Bourns Asia-Pacific Awarded 2009 TTI Supplier Excellence Award

Riverside, Calif., April 13, 2010 – Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components, today announced that TTI, Inc. Asia, a leading worldwide passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete component distributor for the electronics industry, has awarded Bourns Asia-Pacific operations with their prestigious 2009 TTI Supplier Excellence Award for outstanding supplier service, quality and sales performance. TTI"s award program distinguishes companies based on quality measurements that include on-time delivery, receiving quality, customer quality, administrative quality and business systems. In addition, there are performance measurements such as sales results, profitability and percent growth that are evaluated. Bourns Asia-Pacific is one of only a few suppliers that met or exceeded key performance metrics to receive this award.

"Bourns is truly honored to receive this prestigious award that represents the highest recognition possible of a supplier"s performance within TTI, Inc.," said Caleb You, vice presidentof sales of Bourns Asia-Pacific, Inc. "The entire team at Bourns Asia-Pacific is to be commended for their superior service and excellent performance results that helped the company achieve TTI"s impressive acknowledgement."

About Bourns

Bourns, Inc., is a leading manufacturer and supplier of position and speed sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic components, microelectronic modules, panel controls and resistive products. Headquartered in Riverside, California, USA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including automotive, industrial, consumer, communications, non-critical life support medical (low/medium risk)^†, audio and various other market segments. Additional company and product information is available at www.bourns.com.

Bourns® and the Bourns logo are registered trademarks of Bourns, Inc. and may be used only with the permission of Bourns and proper acknowledgement. Other listed names and brands are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

^† Bourns® products have not been designed for and are not intended for use in "lifesaving," "life-critical" or "life-sustaining" applications nor any other applications where failure or malfunction of the Bourns® product may result in personal injury or death. See Legal Disclaimer Notice www.bourns.com/docs/legal/disclaimer.pdf

Agency Contact:
Annette Keller
Keller Communication
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Company Contact:
David Scofield
Bourns, Inc.
(951) 781-5054
david.scofield@bourns.com