(pressebox) (Poing/Munich, 2010-04-06) EBV Elektronik, an Avnet (NYSE:AVT) company and leading specialist in EMEA's semiconductor distribution, now offers its customers - as the first company in the semiconductor industry - an exclusive new service on its homepage: the 'EBV Industry News'. The news ticker, in cooperation with 'EE Times Europe', provides all the latest news from the semiconductor industry, including actual market development, product news from suppliers as well as company news.

Bernd Schlemmer, Director Communications at EBV Elektronik, comments: "The 'EBV Industry News' ticker is truly an exceptional approach. This service, which is updated several times a day, offers our customers comprehensive information about the daily developments in our industry prepared by independent journalists. The new feature is for us the next logical step in the further development of www.ebv.com in becoming a leading service and information platform. We see our homepage as a portal for decision makers, purchasers, developers and industry end users. We make it a priority to serve these target groups at the highest level."

The complete 'Industry News Feed' of EBV is available with immediate effect at www.ebv.com/industrynews. All actual news are also shown in ticker form on the startpage of www.ebv.com.

About EBV Elektronik GmbH & Co KG (An Avnet Company): EBV Elektronik, an Avnet (NYSE:AVT) company, was founded in 1969 and is the leading specialist in European semiconductor distribution. EBV maintains its successful strategy of personal commitment to customers and excellent services. 220 Technical Sales Specialists provide a strong focus on a selected group of longterm manufacturing partners. 110 continuously trained Application Specialists offer extensive application knowhow and design expertise. Warehouse operations, complete logistics solutions and valueadded services such as programming, taping & reeling and laser marking are fulfilled by Avnet Logistics, EBV's logistical backbone and Europe's largest service centre. EBV operates from 59 offices in 27 countries throughout EMEA (Europe - Middle East - Africa).

For more information about EBV Elektronik, please visit www.ebv.com.