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."