Awards

AVX presented with prestigious Rockwell Collins award for 2nd consecutive year AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced electronic components and interconnect solutions, received the 2009 Resistor/Capacitor Commodity Supplier of the Year from Rockwell Collins. The Supplier of the Year award, which AVX won for the second consecutive year, is an acknowledgement of the significant contributions made during the year by suppliers, and is based upon quality, delivery, total cost of ownership, lead-time and customer service. The award was presented to AVX by Jeff Moore, Senior Vice President of Operations at Rockwell Collins, during the company’s Annual Supplier Conference. “The Supplier of the Year Award recognizes excellence from our suppliers. AVX continuously exceeds our expectations with advancements in its technology,

AVX’s tantalum capacitor provides cost-saving solution AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and leaded solutions, has been awarded the ‘Outstanding Technical Paper Award’ at the 2008 CARTS Europe Conference. The paper is entitled “New Low Profile Low ESL Tantalum Multi-anode Capacitor” and was written by Tomas Zedniček, Ladislav Marek and Stanislav Zedniček. CARTS Europe is the premier symposium for the European passive electronic components industry, showcasing technical excellence in materials, applications, design, construction, testing, reliability and new technologies. Best and Outstanding Paper Awards are voted for by conference attendees. All three authors, who are based at AVX Lanškroun, Czech Republic, have worked in the tantalum industry for more than ten years. “Today’s electronic market is driven by

AVX employee recognized for excellence in customer service AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, is pleased to announce that Ms. Julie Miller, Supplier Account Manager at AVX, has received Arrow Electronics’ 2008 Supplier All-Star Award. Ms. Miller was honored at an award ceremony on DATE during the 2009 Electronic Distribution Show (EDS) in Las Vegas for being the best corporate account representative serving Arrow. “Awarded to the individual that best exemplifies excellence in providing service, knowledge and commitment to Arrow’s sales team and corporate Supplier Services Group, on behalf of Arrow I am pleased to present Julie Miller of AVX with the 2008 Supplier All-Star Award,” said NAMA and TITLE at Arrow. “Ms Miller

AVX honored by Arrow at EDS with 2008 award AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and interconnect solutions, received the Arrow Electronics 2008 Largest Passives Supplier award at the 2009 Electronic Distribution Show (EDS). Ms. Julie Miller, Supplier Account Manager of AVX, accepted the award from Stephen Sallas, Business Segment Manager at Arrow, at an awards banquet recently. “AVX’s expansive product offering and outstanding customer service provides the foundation for continued sales growth and success. We are pleased to honor AVX with the 2008 Largest Passives Supplier award, as it is a reflection of the hard work and achievements from both the AVX and Arrow sales teams,” said Stephen Sallas, Business Segment Manager at Arrow. “Receiving this

AVX awarded Arrow’s 2007 Largest Passives Supplier and Largest Dollar Growth in Passives AVX Corporation, a leading international supplier of advanced electronic components, received two awards from Arrow Electronics at the 2008 Electronic Distribution Show (EDS). AVX was presented with the 2007 Largest Passives Supplier Award and the 2007 Largest Dollar Growth in Passives Award. “AVX’s broad product portfolio and outstanding customer service provided the foundation for excellent sales in 2007. We are pleased to honor AVX with the 2007 Largest Passives Supplier Award,” said Mike White, Business Segment Director for Passives. “Arrow is also pleased to present AVX with the award for the largest dollar growth in passives. These awards are a result of the outstanding efforts and success

AVX receives distinguished Assodel Award AVX has won the prestigious Italian Assodel Award for ‘Best Passives Supplier of the Year.’ AVX received this award based on results of a questionnaire sent to 1,500 customers and distributors. The survey included purchasing and design personnel, asking them which supplier they considered best for products, service, technical support and distribution. AVX’s Country Manager for Italy, Giovani Sioli, accepted the award during a gala dinner attended by 500 people from the Italian distribution world. Sioli said, “I want to thank Stefania Frioni, our POS Distribution Manager, and all our colleagues in AVX’s Milan office for all their good work during this last year. I also want to share this award with all our distributors

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced electronic components and interconnect solutions, received the 2008 Resistor/Capacitor Commodity Supplier of the Year from Rockwell Collins. The Supplier of the Year award is an acknowledgement of the significant contributions made during the year by suppliers, and is based upon quality, delivery, total cost of ownership, lead-time and customer service. The award was presented to AVX by Jeff Moore, Senior Vice President of Operations at Rockwell Collins, during the company’s Annual Supplier Conference. “AVX has experienced tremendous growth this past year, including a merger with American Technical Ceramics, while maintaining high levels of product quality, customer service and delivery performance across all product lines”, said Mark Mirelez, Senior Director at Rockwell Collins, as

AVX receives award from Frost & Sullivan AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced electronic components and interconnect solutions, has received the 2008 Global Capacitor Company of the Year Award from Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company that empowers clients to create a growth focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. The Global Capacitor Company of the Year Award is based on numerous criteria including business development, competitive strategy, customer satisfaction and leadership in the industry. “The Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year is presented each year to the company that has demonstrated unparalleled excellence within its industry. This year, we happily honor AVX Corporation,” said Frost & Sullivan Analyst Abhigyan Sengupta.

AVX receives a best-in-class award for outstanding service to Lear AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components and connectors, has received a 2006 Lear Supplier Hall of Fame Award for best-in-class service. AVX was acknowledged at the company’s ninth annual awards program where they were honored for exceeding expectations and demonstrating excellence in the areas of quality, delivery, service, competitiveness, and customer satisfaction using the Lear Supplier Rating System. This year’s recipients were chosen from more than 2,400 companies that supply Lear globally. “Best-in-class customer service and quality are hallmarks of Lear’s culture and key measures to the success of any supplier,” said Doug DelGrosso, president and chief operating officer of Lear Corporation. “The Hall of Fame Award

LGA decoupling capacitor recognized as a 2006 Product of the Year AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of advanced passive components, has received the 2006 Product of the Year award from Electronic Products for the Land Grid Array (LGA) low inductance decoupling capacitor. The award will be presented during a ceremony at AVX’s Myrtle Beach, SC facilities. “The Product of the Year award was established to identify and reward products that are innovative in their design, represent a significant advancement in a technology or its application, and display a substantial achievement in the price and/or performance of the device,” said Ralph Raiola, Electronic Products editor. The LGA Decoupling Capacitor utilizes a new fine copper termination process to produce advanced decoupling capacitors

FLEXITERM™ V+ capacitor awarded in passives and discrete component category AVX Corporation, a leading international supplier of electronic components, has received a 2006 Product Technology Award from ECN for the FLEXITERM™ V+ capacitor. The Product Technology Awards are chosen each year by the readers of ECN from a list of the magazines’ most viewed products. “AVX is delighted to receive a 2006 ECN Product Technology Award for the FLEXITERM V+ capacitor,“ said Craig Hunter, AVX strategic marketing manager. “This award is particularly important to us because it is chosen by the readers and reinforces our long commitment to being the technology leader in our industry.” FLEXITERM V+ is a new high voltage family which utilizes a soft termination system that

OxiCap® Capacitor Wins “Component of the Year” Award; First New Capacitor Dielectric in Forty Years AVX’s niobium oxide capacitor, (OxiCap®) was voted component of the year at the Elektra 05 European Industry awards in London last week. The judges commented: “This year’s winning component successfully addressed specific environmental issues within the industry without compromising on performance. The device fulfilled innovative design, time-to-market, meeting a customer need, and overall commercial success criteria.” The award was received by Peter Collis, who commented: “We were up against some heavy competition, proving that this product really is a milestone in capacitor development. New legislation will force customers to think again about their current suppliers, and will inevitably lead them to a compliant, high-performance product

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components, has received a first-year Partners in Performance award from Celestica, a world leader in electronics manufacturing services (EMS). This is the sixth time AVX has been presented with similar supplier excellence awards from Celestica in the last seven years. “We are extremely proud to be recognized by an industry leader like Celestica,” said Craig Hunter, AVX strategic marketing manager. “Customer satisfaction is of the highest importance to AVX, and to receive an award that rewards our commitment to quality, logistics support and industry leadership is very satisfying and demonstrates our achievements in these areas.” Celestica’s Partners in Performance awards are given annually to suppliers, in recognition of excellence in customer service and

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components today announced it received an award for having the largest passive sales volume from Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW). “Arrow was pleased to present AVX with our Largest Passive Sales Award for 2004,” said Michael Kennedy, Passive Segment Director, Arrow PEMCO Supplier Services Group. “This award is a clear indication of AVX’s partnership with Arrow, sales support, and our mutual success in bringing our customers the best product selection and service they need. Congratulations to AVX for a great year.” The award was formally presented to AVX recently by Don Schlidt, Vice President, Arrow PEMCO Supplier Services Group. “Receiving this award from Arrow shows the value of our product portfolio and our support

AVX Raleigh facility receives recognition for outstanding performance from Delphi In recognition of outstanding quality performance, AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components, was a recipient of Delphi Corporation’s 2005 Pinnacle Award. Delphi, a world leader in mobile electronics and transportation components and systems technology, presented the first annual Pinnacle Award to AVX at the Michigan State University Executive Management Center in Troy, Michigan. As a supplier to Delphi, AVX received the honor in recognition of its supply and delivery performance, being an active member of the Delphi supplier portal and Commodity teams and having ISO/TS16949 certification. “AVX is committed to supplying the highest quality passive components for today’s growing electronics market,” said Chris Hart, Automotive Operations Manager. “Customer

AVX Corporation, a leading international supplier of electronic components, has received the 2005 Supplier Excellence Award from TTI, a leading passive and connector specialist. “The 2005 Supplier Excellence Award rewards the manufacturer that most fully supports TTI’s passion for customer service and a commitment to overall customer satisfaction,” said Melanie Pizzey, Vice President Global Product Operations for TTI. “Each year manufacturers that score above our expectation are honored.” The Supplier Excellence Award is based on criteria including quality and performance measurements, sales volume, and business growth percentage. AVX received very high marks in almost all the categories under consideration but scored particularly well in terms of business growth. “This recognition from TTI shows the strong partnership that TTI and AVX