Expands Reach of Private Marketplace Platform

PASADENA, Calif. - May 15, 2001 - eConnections, Inc., announced today that ON Semiconductor (Nasdaq: ONNN), a global supplier of high-performance broadband and power management integrated circuits and standard semiconductors, will work with Quotility, the authorized online quote utility for the electronics industry.

Quotility, an eConnections system, provides enhanced connections to the world's leading electronic component manufacturers, distributors, and manufacturers' representatives. eConnections has established an independent and neutral platform that gives customers needing electronic components an efficient way to request, collect and compare critical product information. Since information is exchanged through a secure private marketplace, users can be confident that the data is authorized, timely and reliable.

"Supporting our customers and being easy to do business with is very important to us - Quotility provides a significant and valuable service that accelerates the quoting cycle providing operational efficiencies for supply chain partners" said Michael Rohleder, ON Semiconductor senior vice president and director of sales and marketing. "As a model for how to do business, the emergence of Quotility is a significant step in the creation of a platform that is critical for true supply chain solutions."

Neutral and independent, Quotility replaces the inefficiencies of traditional quoting processes with automated and intelligent quote distribution, tracking, consolidation and reporting capabilities. Customers can upload quotes, select the authorized suppliers and distributors they wish to quote, then receive an automated spreadsheet containing detailed information as to price, availability, manufacturers' part numbers and standard packaging. Because that information is from authorized sources, customers know they'll get warranty protection, technical support, customer service, inventory management and value-added services.

"eConnections industry-authorized Quotility system makes it easy to quote price and delivery from the world's leading suppliers, distributors and their representatives," said Rob Rodin, chairman and CEO of eConnections. "We're excited to add ON Semiconductor, their decision reflects our shared commitment to dealing only with authorized connections in order to maximize efficiency and not interfere with the customer-supplier relationship."

In addition to ON Semiconductor, other members of the Quotility community include, All American Semiconductor (NASDAQ:SEMI), Arrow Electronics (NYSE:ARW), Artesyn Technologies (NASDAQ:ATSN), Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ:ATML), Avnet (NYSE:AVT), AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX), Bell Microproducts (NASDAQ:BELM), Bourns Inc., Digi-Key Corporation, FCI/Berg, Fujitsu Takamisawa America, Hitachi Semiconductor America, Infineon Technologies (NYSE: IFX), Jaco Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:JACO), KEMET Corporation (NYSE:KEM), Kent Electronics Corporation (NYSE:KNT), The Memec Group (which includes Impact Technologies, Insight Electronics and Unique Technologies), Micron Technology (NYSE:MU), Molex Inc. (NASDAQ:MOLX and MOLXA), Murata Electronics North America, NEC Electronics, Nu Horizons (NASDAQ:NUHC), Pioneer-Standard Electronics (NYSE:PIOS), Projections Unlimited, Inc., QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), Reptron Electronics (NYSE:REPT), Toshiba America Electronic Components and TTI, Inc.

About eConnections
eConnections represents a new web-based model for supply-chain management in the electronics industry: the private marketplace. Neutral and independent, combining deep industry expertise with authorized connections to the world's leading suppliers, distributors and manufacturer representatives, eConnections speeds a customer's time to market, coordinating supply-chain efficiency through a comprehensive toolbox of customizable services. For more information, visit www.eConnections.com.