Phoenix, Ariz. — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas has expanded its contract with Power Integrations (San Jose, Calif.), which now includes the addition of the U.S. to their existing Pan-European/Asia-Pacific distribution agreement. The move is expected to better support U.S. market growth in high-efficiency power applications, particularly in markets such as LED lighting, advanced metering, and other smart-grid applications.
“Markets such as LED lighting, advanced metering, and other smart-grid applications are growing rapidly, leading to a broad spectrum of opportunities. This partnership allows us to offer cost-effective and highly efficient power supply solutions by matching PI’s innovative power conversion ICs with other key components supplied by Avnet — microcontrollers and high-brightness LEDs, for example — enabling our customers to quickly and efficiently get their products to market,” said Bruce Renouard, vice president of worldwide sales at Power Integrations, in a statement.