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Top 75 Electronics Distributors Alphabetical Listing
A.E. Petsche Co. Inc....Rank: 26 2112 West Division St., Arlington, TX 76012 (817) 461-9473 Distributor type: Specialized Management: Arnold E. Petsche, chairman; Kent Horst, president; Glenn Davidson, CEO; Alan Petsche, COO Web site: http://www.aepetsche.com ACI Electronics...Rank: 37 200 Newtown Rd.

• Suppliers focus efforts on making buyers' jobs easier
• Shippers say service beats mode in today's market
• FreeMarkets shakes up reverse auction market
• IT procurement and IT join to meet savings targets at GSK
• Supplies will tighten as recovery builds momentum
• Distributors see slow growth ahead
• Fewer dollars needed to make Purchasing's Top 75 ranking
• Top 10 independents see sales crash
• Top distributors by compound annual growth rate
• Genie Group is top in productivity
• Avnet retains lead spot in North American sales
• Downturn in 2001 hit all component sectors hard
• The Worst is over

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