Phoenix – (January 17, 2005) – Avnet Applied Computing Solutions, the division of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) that provides integration, manufacturing, and supply chain management services to industrial OEMs and Military Prime contractors, today announced an alliance with Hybricon Corporation. Hybricon is a world-class supplier of electronic packaging-enclosures, backplanes for VME and CompactPCI designs and total custom chassis solutions. Because of Hybricon’s focus on leading edge enclosure development for high-heat applications, the new relationship will provide Avnet Applied Computing Solutions with enhanced industry-leading services in thermal and structural engineering design prior to prototyping. These services are ideal for military designs and Hybricon’s products can be found in high-altitude aircraft, naval ships, and ruggedized Army/Marines HMMWV applications.
Under the terms of the agreement, Avnet Applied Computing Solutions will utilize Hybricon’s design and program management expertise to develop custom packaging-enclosures. These enclosures will complement Avnet Applied Computing Solutions’ engineering, manufacturing and supply chain management services for industrial OEMs and Military Prime contractors.
“Applications running in thermally-challenged environments require unique engineering and design support,” said Pat Cathey, president of Avnet Applied Computing Solutions. “Our new relationship with Hybricon will make it easier for OEMs that require high-heat solutions to integrate the latest technology into a tested, totally customized system designed to meet all specifications and standards for their operational environment, and will enhance the solutions we are able to provide to defense and military customers.”
Hybricon’s agreement with Avnet Applied Computing Solutions includes design and development solutions requiring thermal, mechanical, signal integrity, electrical and structural engineering, all recognized core competencies of Hybricon. As an active member of both the PICMG and VITA standards groups, Hybricon maintains leading edge knowledge of all the new switch fabric standards in CompactPCI, Advanced TCA, Compact TCA, VXS and VME64X.
“We are very excited to be teaming with Avnet Applied Computing Solutions and to offer their customers an additional level of engineering services that will extend their reach within the embedded systems markets,” said Paul Freve, president of Hybricon. “Our 27 years of proven engineering leadership in the development of products that excite our customers can now be married with Avnet Applied Computing Solutions’ concept design, engineering, manufacturing, systems integration, and supply chain management to yield totally integrated solutions that meet their customer’s requirements and usually exceed their expectations.”
According to Bob Sullivan, Hybricon’s Vice President of Technology, “Advances in silicon technology, together with the emerging embedded computing industry standards from VITA and PICMG, are pushing the envelope on power dissipation and signaling speeds. This creates new challenges in backplane signal integrity and system thermal design. Hybricon understands the intricacies of these switch fabric based industry standards, and we have the skill set and experience to ensure robust signal integrity and thermal performance of these new systems.”
About Avnet Applied Computing Solutions
Avnet Applied Computing Solutions focuses on the unique requirements of computing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), independent software vendors, and value-added resellers looking to get embedded systems or wireless and data collection solutions to market quickly. By partnering with Avnet Applied Computing Solutions to provide engineering, integration, logistics and support services, your company can focus on developing innovative solutions for your customers more quickly and profitably than your competition. Avnet Applied Computing Solutions leverages the supply-chain leadership and global presence of parent company Avnet Inc. to provide its customers with the world-class supply-chain management, financing and distribution capabilities that help them be ‘First to Market™’.
About Hybricon Corporation
Hybricon is a world-class, ISO 9001:2000 certified, designer, manufacturer and Integrator of enclosures, subracks, backplanes and accessories for VME, VME64X, CompactPCI and custom bus structures. Hybricon has standard rackmount and desktop enclosures for Telecom, Medical, Commercial, military COTS and full military Spec configurations. Products are engineered to meet the most stringent design requirements and provide innovative cooling solutions, EMI/RFI containment, and ruggedized construction. Custom configurations and integration services are available as well as engineering services for thermal/airflow modeling & analysis, signal integrity analysis, backplane modeling and design.
