13. Segment information

Electronic Components (“EC”) and Premier Farnell (“PF”) are the Company’s reportable segments (“operating groups”). EC markets and sells semiconductors and interconnect, passive and electromechanical devices and integrated components to a diverse customer base serving many end-markets. PF distributes electronic components and related products to the electronic system design community utilizing multi-channel sales and marketing resources.


	First Quarters Ended
	September 29,		September 30,
	2018		2017
	(Thousands)
Sales:
Electronic Components	$	4,710,825	$	4,307,251
Premier Farnell		379,054		353,692
		5,089,879		4,660,943
Operating income:
Electronic Components	$	161,913	$	139,601
Premier Farnell		40,793		32,632
		202,706		172,233
Corporate (1)		(20,175)		(35,686)
Restructuring, integration and other expenses		(14,788)		(46,394)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets and other		(20,927)		(25,585)
Operating income	$	146,816	$	64,568

Sales, by geographic area:
Americas (2)	$	1,271,793	$	1,185,485
EMEA (3)		1,714,917		1,692,985
Asia/Pacific (4)		2,103,169		1,782,473
Sales	$	5,089,879	$	4,660,943

(1)Corporate is not a reportable segment and represents certain centrally incurred overhead expenses and assets that are not included in the EC and PF measures of profitability or assets. Corporate amounts represent a reconciling item between segment measures of profitability or assets and total Avnet amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements.

(2)Includes sales from the United States of $1.18 billion and $1.10 billion for the first quarters ended September 29, 2018 and September 30, 2017, respectively.

(3)Includes sales from Germany and Belgium of $685.7 million and $280.1 million, respectively, for the first quarter ended September 29, 2018. Includes sales from Germany and Belgium of $681.0 million and $262.5 million, respectively, for the first quarter ended September 30, 2017.

(4)Includes sales from China (including Hong Kong), Taiwan and Singapore of $693.1 million, $888.7 million and $280.4 million, respectively, for the first quarter ended September 29, 2018. Includes sales from China (including Hong Kong), Taiwan and Singapore of $655.4 million, $657.5 million and $228.9 million, respectively, for the first quarter ended September 30, 2017.


	September 29,		June 30,
	2018		2018
	(Thousands)
Property, plant, and equipment, net, by geographic area:
Americas (1)	$	272,398	$	276,156
EMEA (2)		212,486		204,797
Asia/Pacific		40,989		41,956
Property, plant, and equipment, net	$	525,873	$	522,909

(1)Includes property, plant and equipment, net, of $267.5 million and $271.4 million as of September 29, 2018, and June 30, 2018, respectively, in the United States.

(2)Includes property, plant and equipment, net, of $99.4 million, $50.8 million and $52.7 million in Germany, UK and Belgium, respectively, as of September 29, 2018; and $99.4 million, $52.5 million and $43.4 million in Germany, UK and Belgium, respectively, as of June 30, 2018.