RIVERSIDE, CA – January 25, 2008 – Bourns, Inc. is pleased to announce today that it completed its purchase of substantially all of the assets of the Protection Products business of Emerson Network Power Energy Systems, North America .

Emerson Network Power’s Protection Products business, headquartered in Warrenville, Illinois with manufacturing operations in Mexico City, Mexico, designs and manufactures surge protection modules for telecommunications applications. The products, which include 5-pin protectors, station protectors and screw-in arrestors, are sold principally to Telco’s for use in Central Offices and at customer premises. Certain of the products are also purchased by manufacturers as components in higher level integrated products.

According to Dr. Erik Meijer, Vice President of Circuit Protection for Bourns, this asset purchase extends Bourns current offering of protection products and protection technology and further strengthens Bourns’ position as a leading supplier for Central Office and Outside Plant protection. Bourns will consolidate the Protection Products operation within Bourns’ existing design and marketing operation in Riverside, California and manufacturing facility in Costa Rica. Dr. Meijer noted that Bourns has over 30 years of experience in this market and had previously acquired Joslyn Electronics’ communication protection products business as well as Texas Instruments’ solid state Telecom protection business. "Bourns is committed to supplying the best and most reliable electronic solutions to satisfy the diverse needs of our customers. We are uniquely positioned in this market with our internal component production of gas discharge tubes, solid state thyristors and resettable PTC thermistors, which together form the very heart of modern telecom protection" said Dr. Meijer.

About Bourns, Inc.
Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of Trimming Potentiometers, Precision Potentiometers, Automotive Position Sensors, Modular Contacts, Switches, Resistor Networks, Resistor/Capacitor Networks, Capacitor Networks and Input Devices, including Panel Controls, and Encoders. Meeting the Circuit Protection requirements of next-generation products, Bourns broad offering includes an extensive line of PPTC Resettable Fuses, Thyristor Surge Protectors, Telecom Fuses, ESD Protectors and Line Protection Modules. Bourns GDT Products group includes Gas Discharge Tubes (GDT), Telephone Station Protectors, 5-Pin Protectors, Industrial Signal and Data Line Protectors, Chip Diodes and Inductive Components. Bourns also offers custom hybrids, including multi-chip modules. Headquartered in Riverside, CA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, computer, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, consumer, non-critical life support medical, audio and various other market segments. Bourns® products are manufactured according to ISO-9000 standards under Six Sigma quality programs. For more information, contact Bourns’ corporate headquarters at 1200 Columbia Avenue, Riverside, CA 92507.
Phone (951) 781-5500; Fax (951) 781-5006; URL: bourns.com.