News Archives: 1999
December 1999
Purchasing Magazine issues its report on the alliance between America II and FastParts.com (December 16, 1999).
November 1999
Electronic News reports on the newly-formed alliance between America II and
FastParts.com ("FastParts on the Move," November 8, 1999).
October 1999
On October 15, 1999, America II Electronics and internet-based trading exchange
FastParts.com announced their strategic alliance in EBN's "Where 'clicks' meet 'bricks'."
EBN consulted America II Vice President of Sales Chuck Magee to predict how an earthquake in Taiwan would rattle wafer-fab production ("Execs wait for quake fallout," October 7, 1999).
September 1999
America II ranks #4 on Purchasing Magazine's Top 10 Independent Distributors list.
July 1999
EBN outlines how America II will contribute to an online excess inventory
management source for OEMs ("Online site provides OEMs with outlet for excess parts," July 28, 1999).
June 1999
America II voices plans for European and Asian expansion in EBN's "Top players moving toward globalization" (June 18, 1999).
May 1999
Purchasing Magazine reports on a year of strained earnings for distributors in its Top 100 Electronics Distributors segment ("Price pressures hurt profits of IC distributors," May 20, 1999).
