Avnet Centennial: 100 Years of Making History

Avnet Silica. Graded primary. Open the original.

Company-authored retrospective (graded primary as an official company history, but a later retelling). States Avnet acquired Guild in 1965; all other sources say 1966 (conflict K024). Avnet FY1966 annual report would settle it. Archived 2026-10-15 via Directus URL import (llm:claude-opus-5-5). Excerpts verified verbatim against the live page 2026-10-15: C357.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Avnet, Inc. owns Guild^[1]	1965–1986	Guild, Avnet, Inc.	Avnet's acquisition of Guild Musical Instruments in 1965 was one of many in the consumer products market.

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Avnet Centennial: 100 Years of Making Historygraded primary
- Avnet's acquisition of Guild Musical Instruments in 1965 was one of many in the consumer products market.Avnet, Inc. owns Guild, 1965–1986

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