EBV Elektronik and Maxim Integrated Sign EMEA Distribution Agreement

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) announced a distribution agreement with EBV Elektronik, an Avnet company (NYSE: AVT) and the leading specialist in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) semiconductor distribution. EBV will distribute Maxim’s innovative and high-performance product portfolio in the EMEA region, starting January 2017.

“As Maxim continues to expand its automotive and industrial technology offerings, the deep application knowledge and expertise of EBV will provide our EMEA customers with an added level of support to help them bring their products to market quickly,” said David Loftus, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Maxim Integrated. “The distribution agreement with EBV strengthens Maxim’s commitment to these fast growing markets and our customers in EMEA.”

“Maxim Integrated provides a state-of-the-art analog portfolio of general purpose products with the performance and flexibility needed for use in multiple applications. In parallel, they also offer very application-specific products to support the demanding requirements of high-end technology markets. Maxim’s portfolio and technology roadmap complements the EBV Vertical Segments approach and our industrial market strategy,” said Slobodan Puljarevic, President of EBV Elektronik. “The world leading analog portfolio of Maxim together with the services, market knowledge, and technology know-how of the EBV sales teams and our FAE community will be a great combination for our customers. We are looking very much forward to this promising partnership and are convinced that it is going to be a big success story for everybody involved, Maxim, our customers, and EBV.”