Distributor of the Year in power!

Avnet Abacus, one of Europe’s leading interconnect, passive, electro-mechanical and power distributors and a business unit of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, a business region of Avnet, Inc., has been named Distributor of Year 2014 by the power supplies manufacturer Excelsys Technologies

The award highlights the first-class technical support provided to customers in Europe by the Avnet Abacus power specialists, which has resulted in increased sales across the Excelsys range of high efficiency, low profile power supplies. Strong sales performance by Avnet Abacus was achieved throughout the region, with particularly outstanding results attained in Austria, France, Spain, and Britain.  Excelsys products are targeted for use in industrial, medical, lighting, communications and military applications.

Conor Duffy, European Sales Manager at Excelsys, commented: “There is a strong element of collaboration between our engineering and sales teams at Excelsys and the product specialists at Avnet Abacus that is clearly giving customers what they need in terms of efficiency and expertise. The excellent results show that the added technical know-how that Avnet Abacus brings to our business in widespread European countries is welcomed by customers, and is having a positive impact on our bottom line.”

Don Schriek, Power Product Manager, Avnet Abacus, said: “The initial root of customer satisfaction is in the quality of the products developed. With the Excelsys power supplies range there is no compromise in reliability and performance, which enables us to work closely with the engineering teams of our customers, secure in the knowledge that they have access to the highest quality products for their designs.”