Nu Horizons Strengthens Power Offering By Signing Global Distribution Agreement with the Power Conversion Business of Emerson Network Power

Melville, NY — August 7, 2007 — Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. (NASDAQ:NUHC), a leading global distributor of advanced technology semiconductor, display, illumination, power and system solutions; and Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), today entered into an agreement by which Nu Horizons becomes a globally authorized distributor of Astec and Artesyn branded standard and custom AC-DC and DC-DC power conversion products.

Astec and Artesyn are recognized global leaders in the field of power solutions and use highly innovative technology and design techniques to deliver market-leading performance and value. The products are used for diverse applications across a wide variety of industries including communications, computing, storage, business systems, test, instrumentation, medical, and industrial.

“Nu Horizons is committed to growing our power supply offering,” states Rita Megling, senior vice president of marketing for Nu Horizons.  “The Astec and Artesyn family of standard products offers thousands of configuration options, and affords the user improved time-to-profit with proven building blocks for a number of applications.  Through our global partnership, we can deliver additional application specific power conversion solutions to our customers around the world.” 

Greg Hester, vice president of sales for Astec, “we are pleased to partner with a company that has such a strong reputation for being a leader in demand creation.  The combination of Nu Horizons’ highly technical sales and engineering teams, strong focus on customer design efforts, and their world-class IT and logistics infrastructure, will deliver a high level of support and services to customers around the world for our products.”

About Nu Horizons Electronics Corp.
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp. is a leading global distributor of advanced technology semiconductor, display, illumination, power and system solutions to a wide variety of commercial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and electronic manufacturing services providers (EMS). With sales facilities in 51 locations across North America, Europe and Asia and regional logistics centers throughout the globe, Nu Horizons partners with a limited number of best-in-class suppliers to provide in-depth product development, custom logistics and life-cycle support to its customers. Information on Nu Horizons and its services is available at http://www.nuhorizons.com.

About Emerson Network Power
Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE:EMR), is the global leader in enabling Business-Critical Continuity™. The company is the trusted source for adaptive and ultra-reliable solutions that enable and protect its customers’ business-critical technology infrastructures. Backed by the largest global services organization in the industry, Emerson Network Power offers a full range of innovative power, precision cooling and connectivity products and services for computer, communications, healthcare and industrial systems. Key product brands within the Emerson Network Power family include Liebert, ASCO, Astec, Artesyn and Lorain. For more information on power supplies visit www.astecpower.com or www.artesyn.com. For more information on the full range of technology solutions from Emerson Network Power, visit www.emersonnetworkpower.com.