May 23, 2013 – Mouser Electronics, Inc., a top design engineering resource and global distributor for semiconductors and electronic components, has received Murata Americas’ President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions during 2012. Mouser has built a strong relationship with Murata, a worldwide leading innovator in research, design, manufacture and sale of ceramic based passive electronic components and devices.

Mouser earned the President’s Award for its Outstanding Contributions, including the successful marketing strategies that support the launch of Murata’s New Product Introductions. Mouser executives received the President’s Award at the Electronic Distribution Show (EDS), the electronic component industry’s premiere annual event, held recently in Las Vegas.

“We consider Murata one of our strategic partners, so we are honored to receive the President’s Award,” said Andy Kerr, Mouser Vice President of Passives. “Together with Murata, we are able to provide design engineers with the latest technology in ceramic passive components, MEMS devices, RF modules and power supplies. We look forward to continuously strengthening our partnership with Murata.”

"This award was presented to Mouser based on their outstanding contribution in ensuring Murata's newest innovations were made available to the design engineering community,” said Woody Wilder, Director of Distribution Sales at Murata North America. "Mouser continues to deliver new, innovative ways of extending Murata's technology reach within the electronics market. We highly value the partnership with Mouser and appreciate the efforts put forth by the team."

Visit http://www.mouser.com/Murata to learn more about Murata’s leading edge technologies available at Mouser.  To learn more about other performance awards received by Mouser, visit http://www.mouser.com/recognition/.

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 the latest, most technologically advanced components for their newest design projects. Mouser Electronics' website is updated daily and searches more than 10 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
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 500 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 www.mouser.com.

About Murata America
Established in 1944, Murata is a worldwide leading innovator in research, design, manufacture and sale of ceramic based passive electronic components and devices. Murata is committed to the environmentally conscious development and stable supply of advanced electronic materials, leading edge electronic components, and multi-functional, high-density modules. Products include: monolithic ceramic capacitors, polymer aluminum electrolytic capacitors, electric double layer energy device (EDLC), noise suppression products/EMI suppression filters, inductors, resistor products, resonators, filters, RF components, communication and wireless module solutions, sensors, thermistors, DC-DC converters, AC-DC power supplies, sound components, piezo actuators, micro mechatronics products, ceramic applied products, and RFID solutions.

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