Mouser Electronics Applauds Its 2012 “Best in Class” Partners

Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, today congratulates each of the recipients of its Annual Mouser Best in Class Award. The award recognizes the supplier partner who best supported engineering marketing programs and new product launches by demonstrating superior performance.

The awards ceremony was held August 6^th, 2012 during Mouser’s 17^th Annual Supplier Golf Tournament. The annual tournament is held near the distributor’s global headquarters in the D/FW Metroplex. Winners of the Best in Class Award were selected using five criteria: promoting product lines within Mouser, finding creative solutions to grow Mouser and supplier market share, partnering strategically with the Mouser team to streamline business, working together to launch new products, and maximizing Mouser’s unique value proposition within their own businesses.

“Mouser derives its success in large part from the unwavering commitment of our suppliers. They are instrumental in helping us introduce the newest technologies to our customers, and our mission to become the most preferred global design-fulfillment distributor is strengthened by these Best in Class associates who share our vision,” says Glenn Smith, Mouser Electronics’ President and CEO. “It is our honor to recognize these individuals, chosen out of over 450 suppliers, with the Best in Class Award. We want to thank and congratulate each of these professionals who have been so supportive over the past year.”

Winners of the 2012 Mouser Best in Class Award are (in alphabetical order):

Anna Greashaber, Honeywell Sensing and Control

Cheryl Swaim, KEMET

Dee Fuller, Amphenol Industrial

Diane Laegeler, LUMEX

Doug Lippincott, Panasonic Electronic Components

Doug Steele, Harwin

Karen Prince, Panasonic Electric Works

Ryan Crouch, Texas Instruments

Scott Jarvis, International Rectifier

Steve Nye, Vishay Intertechnology

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering What’s Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 19 global support locations and stocks the world’s widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics’ website is updated daily and searches more than 8.9 million products to locate over 3 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

About Mouser Electronics

Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 3 million products online from more than 450 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 375,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.mouser.com.

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