Abracon Receives Supplier of the Year Award

AUSTIN, TX – Abracon, LLC (Abracon), a leading global manufacturer of frequency control, timing, synchronization, RF, connectivity, and power component solutions recently received the IP&E China Supplier of the Year award for 2018 in the electromechanical products segment from Avnet, a global technology solutions provider. The award recognizes suppliers on the basis of customer count, customer design-in and overall growth.

Abracon has outpaced other suppliers and experienced tremendous growth in recent years thanks to fast geographic expansion and accelerated new product introductions. Recent global expansion into new regions included: Australia/New Zealand, Brazil, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy and the Nordics. Established markets, like China, also experienced growth higher than industry standard.

“We are delighted to be recognized and extend a thank you to our valued partner Avnet,” said Mike White. “Abracon’s goal of reaching more customers, delivering innovative technologies and supporting customers’ go-to-market needs, better than any of our competitors, aligns with the mutual objectives of our two companies. We look forward to continued additional growth in geography and customer count with Avnet.”

“Avnet and Abracon have developed significant synergy particularly over the past year, extending our reach to an increasing customer base across regions. Avnet’s extensive ecosystem supports every stage of the product development cycle, and working with Abracon, a leading supplier in IP&E, helps us further reduce time to market for our customers,” said Alan Chui, supplier management president, Avnet Asia. “This award is a testament to the strong collaboration between the two companies.”

Strong growth across products including quartz based devices and MEMS based devices, RJ45s and LAN products, and RF antennas and inductors contributed to the success in 2018.