HONG KONG, Jan. 9 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), announced that it has extended its distribution relationship with Linear Technology Corporation
(Nasdaq: LLTC), a leading, independent manufacturer of high-performance analog integrated circuits, to include Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).
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"We are pleased to expand our relationship with Linear Technology," said CC Lim, vice president of marketing for Arrow Asia Pac. "Linear Technology's innovative and superior product portfolio represents a solid complement to our strong customer relationships and design services. This expansion will enable both companies to better serve our customers' design requirements and production support in the communications, computing, industrial, and automotive markets."
Mike Grossman, Linear Technology's worldwide distribution manager, stated, "We are looking forward to expanding our relationship with Arrow to Australia and New Zealand. Given Arrow's knowledge of the market and depth of experience, I am confident in our ability to grow sales of Linear Technology's high-performance analog ICs in the region."
About Arrow Asia Pac
A business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), Arrow Asia Pac is one of Asia-Pacific's leading electronic component distributors. In addition to its regional headquarters in Hong Kong, Arrow Asia Pac operates 52 sales offices, four primary distribution centers and 13 local warehousing facilities in 12 countries/territories across Asia.
Providing a full range of semiconductors, passive, electromechanical and connector products from over 200 leading international and local suppliers, Arrow Asia Pac serves more than 10,000 original equipment and contract manufacturers and commercial customers in Asia-Pacific. Visit http://www.arrowasia.com .
About Linear Technology
Linear Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of high performance linear integrated circuits, was founded in 1981, became a public company in 1986 and joined the S&P 500 index of major public companies in 2000. Linear Technology products include high performance amplifiers, comparators, voltage references, monolithic filters, linear regulators, DC-DC converters, battery chargers, data converters, communications interface circuits, RF signal conditioning circuits, uModule(TM) products, and many other analog functions. Applications for Linear Technology's high-performance circuits include telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products such as optical switches, notebook and desktop computers, computer peripherals, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, security monitoring devices, high-end consumer products such as digital cameras and MP3 players, complex medical devices, automotive electronics, factory automation, process control, and military and space systems. For more information, visit http://www.linear.com .
Media Contact:
Ray Leung
Marketing Communications Director
Arrow Asia Pac Ltd.
Tel: +852-2484-2484
Email: marcom.asia@arrowasia.com
Grace Kung
Marketing Communications Manager
Tel: +852-2484-2682
Email: grace.kung@arrowasia.com
