Mouser Electronics and Amphenol Fiber Optic Products Ink Global Distribution Agreement

October 20, 2007 (PRLEAP.COM) Technology News
Mouser Electronics, Inc., known for its rapid introduction of the newest products, today announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with Amphenol Fiber Optic Products, a leading manufacturer of optical interconnect products including single- and multi-mode fiber optic cable assemblies, adapters, connectors, attenuators, and fiber management solutions.

“Amphenol Fiber Optic Products looks to the future in partnership with Mouser with great enthusiasm as we jointly pursue opportunities within the industrial and enterprise market spaces. I am very confident in the ability of our excellent management teams to navigate through the challenges ahead and deliver quality products and services to our very important customers,” said Thomas Ricko, Amphenol Fiber Optic Products General
Manager.

According to Barry McConnell, Mouser Vice President of Product Marketing, the addition of Amphenol Fiber Optic Products enhances the selection of the newest fiber optic interconnect products available to the distributor’s design engineering customer base.

“We are pleased to expand our association with such a strong industry leader,” McConnell said. “We look forward to delivering the newest and most innovative solutions from Amphenol Fiber Optic Products to the global design engineering community.”

Mouser’s broad-based product line, unsurpassed customer service, and streamlined warehouse operations make the distributor the design engineer’s one-stop shop for all the components and associated development tools necessary for total project design.

Mouser Electronics is the only major distributor to publish a new 1,900+ page print catalog every 90 days. In addition, its website with interactive online catalog is updated daily, contains more than 880,000 products for easy online purchase, provides over 1.5 million cross-references, as well as more than 677,000 downloadable data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, and other technical design information.

About Mouser
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is an electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers. Mouser.com features over 880,000 products online from more than 335 manufacturers. Mouser’s 1,900+ page catalog is published every 90 days, providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 280,000 customers in 170 countries from its 432,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility in Mansfield, Texas. For more information, visit www.mouser.com.

About Amphenol Fiber Optic Products
Amphenol Fiber Optic Products is a premier manufacturer of optical interconnect products. Headquartered in Lisle, Illinois, the company is a division of Amphenol Corporation, a Fortune 500 company with over sixty years of experience in providing total interconnect solutions to customers throughout the world. Amphenol Fiber Optic Products is an ISO 9001 certified company with a broad product offering including fiber management systems, cable assemblies, adapters, attenuators, couplers and wavelength division multiplexers for use in virtually any fiber optic application. For more information, visit www.amphenol-fiberoptics.com

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