(pressebox) (Poing, 2016-10-24) EBV Elektronik, an Avnet (NYSE: AVT) group company and the leading specialist in EMEA semiconductor distribution, has combined its EBVchips and EBVsolutions activities into its new department Product Innovations. This will allow EBV to utilise many synergies and to further improve efficiency for both programmes. Although combining efforts and the team, the well-established brand names of EBVchips and EBVsolutions will remain unchanged.

The new Product Innovations team is managed by Dr. Eckart Voskamp, Director Product Innovations, reporting to Thomas Staudinger, VP Marketing EBV Elektronik.

“By combining these forces and especially the know-how we will be able to enhance and improve both programmes”, comments Dr. Eckart Voskamp. “With EBVchips we create, market and invest in our own products. Within EBVsolutions we create platforms to show-case innovative products of our suppliers to our customers. Using the synergy of both will enable us to provide the expertise to our customers helping them to find the right solution and to bring their products faster to the market. Furthermore it will also enhance and intensify our relationship with suppliers and partners by collaborating to develop these products and solutions.”

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. 240 Technical Sales Specialists provide a strong focus on a selected group of long-term manufacturing partners. 120 continuously trained Application Specialists offer extensive application know-how and design expertise. With the EBVchips Program, EBV, together with its customers, defines and develops new semiconductor products. Targeted customers in selected growth markets will be supported by the Vertical Sales Segments. Warehouse operations, complete logistics solutions and value-added 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 61 offices in 28 countries throughout EMEA (Europe - Middle East - Africa). For more information about EBV Elektronik, please visit www.ebv.com. Follow EBV on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. Further information about Avnet Inc. is available via www.avnet.com