Mouser Electronics Named Global High Service Distributor of the Year for Third Year in a Row by TE Connectivity

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global authorized distributor providing the newest semiconductors and electronic components, received the prestigious Global High Service Distributor of the Year Award for the third consecutive year as well as the award for top customer growth from TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors. The annual Electronic Distributor Awards were presented to Mouser executives at TE’s recent Global Distribution Summit in Atlanta.

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TE Connectivity honors Mouser with its prestigious Global High Service Distributor of the Year Award for the third consecutive year. Pictured left to right are TE and Mouser executives Terrence Curtin (President, TE Connectivity), Keith Privett, Les Balamut, Glenn Smith (President and CEO, Mouser Electronics), Tom Lynch (CEO, TE Connectivity), Russell Rasor, Martina Drimala, Mark Burr-Lonnon, Jeff Newell, and Joan Wainwright (President, Channel and Customer Experience, TE Connectivity). (Photo: Business Wire)

The annual awards recognize TE’s highest-performing distribution partners based on sales growth, market share growth, customer growth and business plan performance. Mouser won the 2015 top customer growth award by exceeding its customer growth plan, increasing TE customer count by 15 percent with solid customer count growth in every region. Mouser received the 2015 Global High Service Distributor of the Year Award for the third year in a row by growing revenue. Mouser successfully grew its TE business, outpacing overall company growth rates in key categories, including sales, customer count and pieces per customer, which ultimately increased their TE commercial connector market share. With continued strategic inventory investments and SKU count expansion, Mouser further improves its ability to support engineering needs.

“For the third year in a row, Mouser won TE’s Global High Service Distributor of the Year award. In 2015, they increased their TE sales by 10 percent and grew their TE customer base by 15 percent,” said Joan Wainwright, President, Channel and Customer Experience, TE Connectivity. “We are proud of Mouser’s success as well as their commitment to TE, and look forward to another successful year.”

“We are honored to receive these top awards from TE Connectivity, a recognized leader in the industry and one of our most valued manufacturer partners,” said Glenn Smith, Mouser Electronics’ President and CEO. “We would like to thank TE for these awards and for their continued partnership. TE is a global leader with a wide product portfolio, world-class quality and commitment to customer service that parallels our own mission to be best-in-class in everything we do. We look forward to much future success together.”

Mouser stocks a broad selection of TE products for industries and applications, including automotive, industrial, harsh environments, data communications, consumer devices, and aerospace and defense. To learn more about the newest TE products available from Mouser Electronics, visit www.mouser.com/TE-Connectivity.

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 22 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 10 million products to locate over 4 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 4 million products online from more than 600 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 500,000 customers in 170 countries from its 750,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.mouser.com.

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