Rob Hudspeth
Director of Sales
SEI Electronics, Inc.
919-875-2453
rhudspeth@seielect.com

Distributor receives award for 2nd straight year…

STACKPOLE ELECTRONICS, INC. SELECTS ARROW ELECTRONICS AS 2005 NATIONAL DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR.

Raleigh, NC (June 15, 2005) – Resistor manufacturer Stackpole Electronics, Inc. has selected Arrow Electronics as its 2005 National Distributor of the Year.

Selection of the National Distributor of the Year is based upon a number of criteria including; year over year sales growth, successful closure of new business opportunities and increase in the number of new Stackpole customers.

Stackpole’s Director of Sales & Marketing Rob Hudspeth, commented on the award in saying, “Year after year we continue to enjoy success with Arrow Electronics. Stackpole is very appreciative of Arrow’s efforts and look forward to continued mutual success in the future.”

For more information about Stackpole products, contact Stackpole 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.

Stackpole 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, Stackpole 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.