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Dedication to service and partnership cited as key factors in winning award…

SEI RECOGNIZED AS “EASIEST TO DO BUSINESS WITH” BY ARROW ELECTRONICS

Raleigh, NC (June 3, 2004) – Resistor manufacturer SEI Electronics, Inc. has been selected as “Easiest to Do Business With” by Arrow Electronics, a major global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and computer products.

This is the first year that Arrow Electronics has given out this award. The award is based on various factors including being fully compliant on all EDI and bar-coding specifications, exceptional on-time delivery, and overall timeliness and responsiveness.

“SEI's dedication to servicing Arrow at the highest possible levels led to our presenting them with our Easiest to Do Business With Award for 2003,” said Michael Kennedy, Director of the Passive Segment for Arrow’s PEMCO Supplier Services group. “Over the years, the people at SEI have been true partners to Arrow in every sense of the word and continue to find new ways to differentiate SEI on Arrow's linecard.”

“Differentiating ourselves on service and being easy to do business with is one of our primary objectives at SEI,” said Jamie Mullane, SEI’s Chief Operating Officer. “It’s great when we receive this type of validation of our efforts, especially from a quality organization such as Arrow Electronics.”

For more information about SEI products, contact SEI Electronics, Inc. at 3261 Atlantic Avenue, Raleigh, N.C. 27604; phone 919-850-9500; fax 919-850-9504; email marketing@seielect.com; or visit the Web site at www.seielect.com.

Arrow Electronics is a major global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and computer products. Headquartered in Melville, New York, Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 600 suppliers and 150,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, and commercial customers through a global network of more than 200 locations in 41 countries and territories.

SEI Electronics Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of resistors supplying to the world’s largest OEMs, contract manufacturers and distributors. Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., the privately held company began manufacturing in 1928 as part of Stackpole Carbon Company in St. Mary’s, Pennsylvania. Now affiliated with Akahane Electronics, SEI has manufacturing facilities in Japan, Taiwan, China and Mexico; warehousing facilities in El Paso, Guadalajara, Hong Kong and Japan; and sales offices in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Taiwan.