July 24, 2007, Hong Kong, Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) announced that it received the "Asia Best Distributor Gold Award" by NXP. This is an annual award by NXP to recognize the outstanding achievement of distributors in Asia Pacific. The award measurement criteria are based on the sales revenue achievement, business growth and engagement level.  

TL Chow, Distribution Channel, Senior Director, NXP said “Arrow has been a long-lasting partner to NXP. We appreciate the continuous commitment and support by the Arrow team across the whole Asia region. And this award is a way to recognize the great contributions by Arrow team and we look forward to further growing our business with Arrow in the Asia region.”

“We are proud to receive this award by NXP for the first time. It is a clear testament of the great success of the partnership with NXP across all countries where we operate in Asia,” said Tim Wang, vice president, supplier marketing and asset management, Arrow Asia Pac Ltd. “This success is based on cooperation and dedication by both the NXP and Arrow teams. We will continue to build on our strengths in extensive market reach and deep understanding of the local market and further develop NXP business in the region.”

In addition to the gold award, Arrow Asia also received 2 awards from NXP in recognition of Arrow’s high performance in achieving volume units and sales revenue in GA and multi-market semiconductor product segments.

 About Arrow Asia Pac

A business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW), Arrow Asia Pac is one of Asia Pacific’s leading electronic component distributors. In addition to its regional headquarters in Hong Kong, Arrow Asia Pac operates 50 sales offices, four primary distribution centers and 12 local warehousing facilities in eleven countries/territories across Asia.

About NXP  

NXP is a top 10 semiconductor company founded by Philips more than 50 years ago. Headquartered in Europe, the company has 37,000 employees working in 26 countries across the world. NXP creates semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. News from NXP is located at http://www.nxp.com/.