Littelfuse Honored With Supplier Excellence Award From TTI, Inc.

2011-07-19 13:00:00

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 19, 2011 – Littelfuse, Inc., the world leader in circuit protection, announced today that it has won a Supplier Excellence Award from TTI, Inc., a leading electronics distributor. This marks the second consecutive year that Littelfuse has won this award, achieving the bronze level for 2010 performance.

Created in 1995, the award recognizes suppliers for on-time delivery, customer service, operational excellence, and other performance factors.

“It is a special honor to be recognized by TTI for our continued ability to deliver outstanding product quality and reliability as well as superior customer service,” said Gordon Hunter, Littelfuse Chief Executive Officer. “The Littelfuse team has been pursuing this commitment with TTI for many years, and continues to build on this success in 2011.”

Littelfuse was one of only six organizations to win this award for 2010. Suppliers participating in this program are measured against their ability to meet 14 criteria, with most points awarded for quality-related measurements, including on-time delivery, customer service and operational excellence.

Melanie Pizzey, TTI Vice President Global Product Operations, said, “We congratulate and thank Littelfuse for their ongoing commitment to building partnerships with their customers and to achieving operational excellence across their processes. We added criteria to our 2010 award program, and Littelfuse was able to continue to meet or exceed our expectations.”

About Littelfuse
Littelfuse, Inc. is the worldwide leader in circuit protection with 2010 revenues of $608 million. Founded in 1927, Littelfuse offers the industry’s broadest and deepest portfolio of circuit protection products and solutions. Backed by industry-leading technical support, design and manufacturing expertise, Littelfuse devices protect products in virtually every market that uses electrical energy, from consumer electronics to automobiles to industrial equipment. In addition to its Chicago, Illinois, world headquarters, Littelfuse has more than 20 sales, distribution, manufacturing and engineering facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Technologies offered by Littelfuse include Fuses; Gas Discharge Tubes (GDTs); Positive Temperature Coefficient Devices (PTCs); Protection Relays; PulseGuard® ESD Suppressors; SIDACtor® Devices; TVS Diode Arrays (SPA™ Family of Products); Switching Thyristors; TVS Diodes and Varistors. The company also offers a comprehensive line of highly reliable Electromechanical and Electronic Switch and Control Devices for commercial and specialty vehicles, as well as underground Power Distribution Centers for safe control and distribution of electricity in mining operations.

For more information, please visit www.littelfuse.com.

About TTI, Inc.
TTI, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty distributor of passive, interconnect, electromechanical and discrete components. TTI is the distributor of choice for electronic manufacturers worldwide. TTI’s extensive product line includes: resistors, capacitors, connectors, potentiometers, trimmers, magnetic circuit protection, filters, relays, switches, sensors and discrete semiconductor devices. TTI is recognized as the industry’s leader in service and quality and provides a broad array of supply chain services to its customer base. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, TTI employs 2,000 with more than 50 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

For more information about TTI please visit www.ttiinc.com. For more information about Berkshire Hathaway please visit www.berkshirehathaway.com.


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