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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.32



                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


     This Agreement is made as of the 7th day of October, 1996 between Kent
Electronics Corporation ("Kent"), a Texas corporation, Futronix Acquisition
Company, a Texas corporation (the "Company"), and Terrence M. Hunt (the
"Employee").

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS, the Employee has been an executive level employee of a company
that proposes to merge into the Company on the effective date hereof;

     WHEREAS, the Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kent;

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to entrust Employee with access to certain
Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined) concerning the Company's
business and the relationships between the Company and its customers, but only
if the Employee agrees and covenants not to use or disclose such Confidential
Information in competition with the Company;

     WHEREAS, Employee recognizes that the Company will not entrust such
Confidential Information to him unless he agrees to the terms of this Agreement;

     WHEREAS, Employee and the Company recognize that the agreements and
covenants contained in this Agreement are essential to protect the business of
the Company; and

     WHEREAS, the Company desires to retain the Employee to provide services to
the Company and the Employee desires to provide services to the Company upon the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

                                  WITNESSETH:

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises
contained herein, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound hereby,
agree as follows:

1.   Employment.
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          (a) The Company hereby employs the Employee as an executive level
     employee, and the Employee hereby accepts such continued employment on the
     terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.  During the term of the
     Employee's employment under this Agreement (the "Employment Term"), the
     Employee shall perform such services as shall be specified from time to
     time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") and by any
     senior executive officer of the Company in a senior position

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     relative to the Employee, which services shall be rendered on behalf of the
     Company, Kent and any other affiliated company, as designated from time to
     time by the Board or any such senior executive officer.

          (b) The Company has elected the Employee as of the date hereof to the
     position of President.  The Employee shall continue to hold such office or
     offices and to have such responsibilities as are associated with such
     office or assigned to him by the Board or a senior executive officer until
     any change in such office or in such responsibilities as may be approved in
     writing by a majority vote of the Board or a senior executive officer;
     provided, however, that notwithstanding any such change, the Employee shall
     at all times during the Employment Term remain an executive level employee
     and shall have responsibilities commensurate with such status; and provided
     further that the Employee shall not be required by the Company to relocate
     to a metropolitan area different from that in which the Employee resides on
     the date hereof.

 
2.   Performance.
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          The Employee shall devote his entire business efforts to the
     performance of his duties hereunder; provided, however, that the Employee
     may engage in personal investment and charitable activities so long as they
     do not interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder.

3.   Term.
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          The Employment Term shall consist of an initial term beginning on the
     date hereof and continuing until April 1, 2000.

4.   Compensation for Employment.
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          (a) The basic annual rate of compensation of the Employee for his
     employment services to the Company during the Employment Term shall be
     $150,000 (such amount, as adjusted in accordance with this Section 4, is
     referred to herein as the "Salary"), which the Company shall pay (or cause
     to be paid) to the Employee in equal installments in accordance with the
     normal payroll policies of the Company.  The Salary may be adjusted upward
     on an annual basis as the Board may approve, in its sole discretion, but
     the Salary shall not be decreased.

          (b) The Employee shall be eligible to receive a bonus (the "Bonus")
     upon such terms and conditions as may be determined from time to time by
     the Board; provided, however, that (i) for the period from the date hereof
     through the end of 1996 the Employee shall receive no Bonus, and (ii) for
     the fourth quarter of the Company's 1997 fiscal year and the Company's 1998
     fiscal year, and only in the event that the Company's income

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     from operations for its 1998 fiscal year exceeds $7,025,000, the Company
     shall pay the Employee a bonus in an amount equal to the product of 1.25
     times 2.34% of the Company's income from operations for the 1998 fiscal
     year without taking into account any bonuses paid to the Employee or other
     management-level employees of the Company pursuant to the Employment
     Agreements (as defined in the Reorganization Agreement ("Reorganization
     Agreement") dated September 25, 1996) ("Adjusted Pre-Tax Income").
     Thereafter, the Company shall permit the Employee to participate in bonus
     plans comparable to those then provided to other officers of Kent and its
     subsidiaries in comparable executive positions. Except as provided herein
     with respect to a termination, the Company shall pay the Bonus with respect
     to a particular fiscal year in the next fiscal year promptly after the
     receipt of the Kent's consolidated audited financial statements from its
     independent accountants.

          (c) During the Employment Term, the Company shall provide (or cause to
     be provided) the Employee with fringe benefits comparable to those provided
     to other officers of Kent and its subsidiaries in comparable executive
     positions (the "Fringe Benefits").

5.   Termination Without Compensation.
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          (a) Termination After Employment Term.  After the expiration of the
     Employment Term, the Employee or the Company may terminate Employee's
     employment by the Company on 30 days' written notice.  As of the
     termination date, the Company shall have no further liability or obligation
     to the Employee hereunder except that the Company shall provide the
     Employee with any unpaid Salary and Fringe Benefits that may have accrued
     through the date of termination, and the Company shall either pay the
     Employee as severance compensation one year's salary, payable in accordance
     with the Company's customary payroll practices, or, at the sole option of
     the Company, release the Employee from his covenants not to compete with
     the Company described in the Reorganization Agreement and this Agreement.
     The Employee agrees that he shall not be entitled to any such severance
     compensation unless and until he delivers the release contemplated by
     Section 6(b) hereof, which severance compensation shall be treated as
     Termination Compensation for the purposes of this Agreement.

          (b) Total Disability.  If the Employee becomes totally disabled (as
     defined below), the Company may terminate the Employment Term by notice to
     the Employee, and as of the termination date, the Company shall have no
     further liability or obligation to the Employee hereunder except as
     follows:  the Company shall provide the Employee with (i) any unpaid Salary
     and Fringe Benefits that have accrued through the date of termination; (ii)
     whatever benefits that he may be entitled to receive under any then
     existing disability benefit plans of the Company, including any such plans
     included in the Fringe Benefits, and (iii) in the fiscal year immediately
     following the fiscal year of termination, the Bonus to which the Employee
     would have been entitled if he had been employed for the full

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     period to which the Bonus relates but reduced proportionately to correspond
     to the portion of the period for which the Employee was actually employed
     (a"Proportionate Bonus"). For the purposes hereof, the Employee shall be
     deemed to be "totally disabled" if the Employee is unable to perform his
     services hereunder despite reasonable accommodation as a result of illness,
     injury or incapacity for a continuous period of six months. In the event of
     any dispute under this Section 5(b), the Employee shall submit to a
     physical examination by a licensed physician mutually satisfactory to the
     Company and the Employee, the cost of such examination to be paid by the
     Company, and the determination of such physician shall be determinative.

          (c) Death.  If the Employee dies, this Employment Agreement shall
     terminate on the date of death, and thereafter the Company shall not have
     any further liability or obligation to the Employee, his executors,
     administrators, heirs, assigns or any other person claiming under or
     through  him except that the Company shall provide the Employee's estate
     with any unpaid Salary and Fringe Benefits that have accrued through the
     date of termination and a Proportionate Bonus.

          (d) Cause.  The Company may terminate the Employment Term for "cause"
     by giving the employee 30 days' notice of the termination date, and as of
     the termination date, the Company shall not have any further liability or
     obligation to the Employee, except that the Company shall provide the
     Employee with any unpaid Salary and Fringe Benefits that have accrued
     through the date of termination, net of any liabilities that the Employee
     may have to the Company.  For purposes of this Agreement, "cause" shall
     mean (i) conviction of a felony, (ii) conduct amounting to a material act
     of fraud or dishonesty involving the Company, (iii) a material act of fraud
     or dishonesty not involving the Company that has a material adverse effect
     upon the business or reputation of the Company, (iv) the failure or refusal
     of the Employee in any material respect to observe or perform (other than
     by reason of illness, injury or incapacity) any of the material terms or
     provisions of this Agreement if such non-performance continues uncured for
     a period of 30 days after notice thereof, which notice specifies the nature
     of such failure or refusal and requests that it be cured or (v) chronic
     alcoholism, drug addiction or any other form of addiction that materially
     impairs the Employee's ability to perform the terms and provisions of this
     Agreement, as determined by a physician retained by the Company.

          (e) Resignation.  The Employee shall have the right to terminate the
     Employment Term at any time by giving the Company at least 30 days' notice
     of the termination date.  Under such circumstances, the Company shall
     continue to pay the Salary and provide the Fringe Benefits to the Employee
     through the termination date. As of such termination date, the Company
     shall not have any further liability or obligation to the Employee, except
     that the Company shall provide the Employee with any unpaid Salary and
     Fringe Benefits that have been accrued through the date of termination.
     The Employee shall not be entitled to receive any Bonus or Proportionate
     Bonus.

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6.   Termination With Compensation.
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          (a) Without Cause.  The Company shall have the right to terminate the
     Employment Term without cause at any time by giving the Employee 30 days'
     notice of the termination date.  Under such circumstances, the Company
     shall pay to the Employee in a single payment within 45 days after the
     termination date, an amount (the "Lump Sum Payment") equal to (i) the
     Salary for the remainder of the Employment Term plus (ii) an amount equal
     to (x) the quotient resulting from dividing the Bonus paid to the Employee
     for the fiscal year period immediately preceding the fiscal year of
     termination (in the case of a termination prior to April 1, 1998, the Bonus
     shall be deemed to be $150,000, and the Bonus for the 1998 fiscal year
     shall equal 80% of the Bonus earned for the fifteen-month period ending on
     the last day of the Company's 1998 fiscal year) by 12, multiplied by (y)
     the number of months from the end of the last fiscal year for which a Bonus
     was paid or, in the case of a termination prior to April 1, 1998, from
     December 31, 1996 through the end of the Employment Term; provided,
     however, that if the Lump Sum Payment is not equal to at least one year's
     Salary then the Company shall, at its sole option, either increase the Lump
     Sum Payment to an amount equal to the Salary or release the Employee from
     his covenants not to compete with the Company described in the
     Reorganization Agreement and this Agreement.  In addition, the Company
     shall continue to provide to the Employee the health benefits in effect for
     the Employee at the time of termination until the earlier of the expiration
     of 18 months after the termination date and the date on which the Employee
     obtains health benefits from another source.  As of such termination date,
     the Company shall not have any further liability or obligation to the
     Employee other than to continue paying the amounts and provide the health
     benefits specified in this Section 6(a).  Notwithstanding the foregoing,
     the Company shall not be obligated to pay the Lump Sum Payment unless the
     Employee delivers the release specified under Section 6(b).

          (b) Consideration for Termination Compensation.  The Lump Sum Payment
     is referred to herein as the "Termination Compensation."  The Employee
     shall not be entitled to any Termination Compensation unless the Employee
     executes and delivers to the Company after notice of termination a release
     in a form satisfactory to the Company in its sole discretion by which the
     Employee releases the Company from any obligations and liabilities of any
     type whatsoever, except for the Company's obligations with respect to the
     Termination Compensation.  The parties hereto acknowledges that the
     Termination Compensation to be provided under this Section 6 is to be
     provided in consideration for the above-specified release.

7.   Inventions, Designs and Product Developments.
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          All inventions, innovations, designs, ideas and product developments,
     developed or conceived by the Employee, solely or jointly with others,
     whether or not patentable or copyrightable, at any time during the
     Employment Term or during his employment by the Company prior to the
     commencement of the Employment Term and that relate to the actual

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     or planned business activities of the Company (collectively, the
     "Developments") and all of the Employee's right, title and interest
     therein, shall be the exclusive property of the Company. The Employee
     hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Company all of his right,
     title and interest in and to any and all such Developments. The Employee
     shall disclose fully, as soon as practicable and in writing, all
     Developments to the Board. At any time and from time to time, upon the
     request of the Company, the Employee shall execute and deliver to the
     Company any and all instruments, documents and papers, give evidence and do
     any and all other acts that, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, are
     or may be necessary or desirable to document such transfer or to enable the
     Company to file and prosecute applications for and to acquire, maintain and
     enforce any and all patents, trademark registrations or copyrights under
     United States or foreign law with respect to any such Developments or to
     obtain any extension, validation, reissue, continuance or renewal of any
     such patent, trademark or copyright. The Company will be responsible for
     the preparation of any such instruments, documents and papers and for the
     prosecution of any such proceedings and will reimburse the Employee for all
     reasonable expenses incurred by him in compliance with the provisions of
     this Section 7.

8.   Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Non-Solicitation.
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          (a) The Employee has had and will have possession of or access to
     confidential information relating to the business of the Company and Kent
     and their affiliated companies, including writings, equipment, processes,
     drawings, reports, manuals, invention records, financial information,
     business plans, customer lists, the identity of or other facts relating to
     prospective customers, inventory lists, arrangements with suppliers and
     customers, computer programs, or other material embodying trade secrets,
     customer or product information or technical or business information of the
     Company. All such information, other than any information that is in the
     public domain through no act or omission of the Employee or which he is
     authorized to disclose, is referred to collectively as the "Confidential
     Information".  The Confidential Information is a valuable, special and
     unique asset of the Company and Employee's access to and knowledge of the
     Confidential Information is essential to the performance of his duties as
     an Employee of the Company.  In light of the competitive nature of the
     business in which the Company is engaged, Employee agrees that during the
     Employment Term and thereafter, the Employee shall not (i) disclose any
     Confidential Information to any person or entity; (ii) use or exploit in
     any manner the Confidential Information for himself or any person,
     partnership, association, corporation or other entity other than the
     Company; (iii) remove any Confidential Information, or any reproduction
     thereof, from the possession or control of the Company or (iv) treat
     Confidential Information otherwise than in a confidential manner.

          (b) All Confidential Information developed, created or maintained by
     the Employee, alone or with others while employed by the Company, and all
     Confidential Information maintained by the Employee thereafter, shall
     remain at all times the exclusive property of the Company.  The Employee
     shall return to the Company all Confidential

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     Information, and reproductions thereof, whether prepared by him or others,
     that are in his possession immediately upon request and in any event upon
     the completion of his employment by the Company.

          (c) In furtherance of the agreements contained in Section 8(a) hereof,
     from the date hereof and for a period of three years after Employee's
     employment with the Company is terminated, Employee, on behalf of himself
     and his present and future affiliates and employers, agrees not to and
     shall not directly or indirectly, for his own account or the account of
     others, whether as owner, partner, joint venturer, lender, shareholder,
     director, officer, employee, consultant or otherwise:  (i) in any state
     where the Company does business, engage, invest or otherwise take part in,
     or render any service (whether for or without compensation) to any person
     or company (other than the Company) who or which is directly or indirectly
     engaged in any business that is competitive with any business conducted by
     the Company in which Employee has been, is or shall be actively involved,
     including but not limited to the purchase and sale, distribution,
     marketing, brokering of or dealing in electrical and electronic wire and
     cable; (ii) compete for or solicit any of the business conducted by the
     Company from any customer of the Company other than for the benefit of the
     Company; (iii) induce any customer of the Company, or request or advise any
     such customer to withdraw, curtail, or cancel any such customer's business
     with the Company; or (iv) solicit directly or indirectly for employment
     outside of the Company any person currently employed by the Company or who
     has been employed by the Company.  However, the Employee may have a
     financial interest in a competitor of the Surviving Corporation if that
     interest is in the form of ownership of less than one percent (1%) of the
     outstanding stock of a company whose securities are listed on a national
     stock exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System.

          (d) Employee recognizes, agrees and represents that the Company would
     not permit Employee to access the Company's Confidential Information unless
     Employee agrees to the restrictions contained herein, and that the Company
     is relying on the agreements of Employee contained in this Agreement in
     permitting Employee access to the Confidential Information.  Employee
     represents that being permitted to access the Confidential Information and
     the compensation described in this Agreement constitutes significant and
     valuable consideration for his agreements hereunder.  Employee has read and
     considered the provisions of this Section 8 and, having done so, agrees,
     states, and covenants that the geographical area, and scope of activities
     to be restrained, are reasonably required for the protection of the
     goodwill and other business interests of the Company.  In the event a court
     of competent jurisdiction determines as a matter of law that any of the
     terms of Section 8 are unreasonable or overbroad, the parties expressly
     allow such court to reform this Agreement to the extent necessary to make
     it reasonable as a matter of law and to enforce it as so reformed.

9.   Remedies.
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          The Employee expressly acknowledges that the remedy at law for any
     breach of Sections 7 and 8 will be inadequate and that upon any such breach
     or threatened breach, the Company shall be entitled as a matter of right to
     injunctive relief in any court of competent jurisdiction, in equity or
     otherwise, and to enforce the specific performance of the Employee's
     obligations under these provisions without the necessity of providing the
     actual damage to the Company or the inadequacy of a legal remedy.  The
     rights conferred upon the Company by the preceding sentence shall not be
     exclusive of, but shall be in addition to, any other rights or remedies
     which the Company may have at law, in equity or otherwise.


10.  General.
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          (a) Governing Law.  The terms of this Agreement shall be governed by
     the laws of the State of Texas.

          (b)  Company.  For purposes of Sections 7, 8 and 9, the term "Company"
     shall be deemed to include any incorporated or unincorporated entities that
     are controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company through ownership,
     agreement or otherwise.

          (c) Guaranty.  Kent hereby guarantees the payment and performance of
     the obligations of the Company hereunder.

          (d) Effective Time; Binding Effect.  This Agreement shall become
     effective and binding on the parties hereto only upon the effectiveness of
     the merger of Wire & Cable Specialties Corporation, a Georgia corporation,
     and Futronix Corporation, a Texas corporation, with and into the Company
     pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement.  All of the terms and provisions
     of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit and be
     enforceable by the respective heirs, representatives, successors (including
     any successor as a result of a merger or similar reorganization) and
     assigns of the parties hereto, except that the duties and responsibilities
     of the Employee hereunder are of a personal nature and shall not be
     assignable in whole or in part by the Employee.

          (e) Notices.  All notices required to be given under this Agreement
     shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when personally
     delivered or when mailed by registered or certified mail, postage pre-paid,
     return receipt requested, or when sent by Federal Express or other
     overnight delivery service addressed (i) in the case of the Company, to the
     Company at its principal executive offices, to the attention of the
     President, and (ii) in the case of the Employee, to the Employee at the
     Employee's residential address on the records of the Company at that time.

          (f)   Entire Agreement; Modification.  This Agreement constitutes the
     entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
     hereof and may not be

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     modified or amended in any way except in writing by the parties hereto.

          (g) Duration.  Notwithstanding the termination of the Employment Term
     and of the Employee's employment by the Company, this Agreement shall
     continue to bind the parties for so long as any obligations remain under
     the terms of this Agreement.

          (h) Waiver.  No waiver of any breach of this Agreement shall be
     construed to be a waiver as to succeeding breaches.

          (i) Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or application
     thereof to anyone under any circumstances is adjudicated to be invalid or
     unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability
     shall not affect any other provisions or applications of this Agreement
     which can be given effect without the invalid or unenforceable provision or
     application and shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision
     in any other jurisdiction.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, have
hereunto duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written
above.


                              KENT ELECTRONICS CORPORATION


                              By: /s/ MORRIE K. ABRAMSON
                                 ______________________________________



                              FUTRONIX ACQUISITION COMPANY


                              By: /s/ STEPHEN J. CHAPHO
                                 ______________________________________



                               /s/ TERRENCE M. HUNT
                              _________________________________________
                              Terrence M. Hunt



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