TAIYO YUDEN INC has signed up Mouser Electronics as an authorized distributor for its extensive line of passive components and module products. Mouser’s Web site and catalogs will provide customers with quick and convenient access to all of TAIYO YUDEN’s component and module products, as well as to Mouser’s responsive and expert customer service.

“Mouser is a valuable addition to the Taiyo Yuden distributor lineup that will help us reach even further into the global design engineering community,” stated Kazuyuki Oshima, Sales planning & Operation division Operating Officer, TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. “Their world-class website, along with fast and excellent service will enhance our ability to introduce new products and our latest technologies to an even broader market.”

Mouser’s offering of the TAIYO YUDEN line will provide customers with more innovative options. “Taiyo Yuden products are recognized worldwide for their innovation. It is our goal to give engineers more cutting edge choices to maximize their designs. The incorporation of Taiyo Yuden products into our lineup definitely helps to satisfy that objective,” commented Andy Kerr, Vice President, Passives at Mouser.

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Taiyo Yuden Recognizes Avnet Electronics Marketing As 2009 Distributor Of The Year

Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A.) Inc. has recognized Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas as its 2009 Distributor of the Year. The award recognizes Avnet as the distributor with the highest increase in year-over-year sales of Taiyo Yuden’s surface-mount and leaded passive components, Bluetooth modules, power electronics modules, power supplies and recordable digital media. Avnet produced an outstanding 50 percent increase in the North American sales for calendar year 2009.

“At Taiyo Yuden, we are proud of our affiliation with highly regarded organizations such as Avnet,” said Shinya Miyazawa, president and CEO, Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A.) Inc. “Avnet’s trust in our line of passive components, including multi-layer ceramic capacitors, inductors and ferrite beads, is testament to our commitment to advancing technology.”

“Being named Distributor of the Year helps to solidify Avnet’s place in Taiyo Yuden’s supply chain. This is terrific recognition of Avnet’s team effort to create new business channels for Taiyo Yuden, while meeting the needs of our customers,” said Alex Iuorio, senior vice president of supplier marketing, Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas.

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TAIYO YUDEN Names Digi-Key Its “2007 Distributor of the Year”

TAIYO YUDEN INC., recently named Digi-Key Corporation – one of the world’s fastest-growing distributors of electronic components – as its “Distributor of the Year” in recognition of Digi-Key’s outstanding Year on Year growth of Taiyo Yuden product sales in calendar year 2007. With its global distribution agreement now in year three, Taiyo Yuden is pleased to report that Digi-Key’s sales of the company’s extensive line of passive components were up 70% compared to calendar year 2006.

“Such a dramatic sales increase of Taiyo Yuden products shows that Digi-Key is one of the world’s premier electronics distributors and that our confidence and trust in them is well-placed,” said Hisashi Oi, President & CEO at Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A.) Inc. “Every day, more design engineers around the world are using Digi-Key, which means even more design-wins and increased sales for Taiyo Yuden’s top-performing passive components including multi-layer ceramic capacitors, inductors and ferrite beads. We look forward to successful outcomes again this year, and for many years to come with our good partner Digi-Key.”

“Taiyo Yuden’s quality products and Digi-Key’s excellent customer service and logistics have proven themselves to be an unbeatable combination,” said Mark Larson, president of Digi-Key. “This combination plus the Taiyo Yuden / Digi-Key winning-team approach has worked well in meeting the global market’s diverse, rapid-turnaround electronic component needs.”

Supported by Digi-Key‘s global print and online catalogs, cutting-edge customer service and global logistics system, the sale of Taiyo Yuden capacitors, inductors and other passive components will in most cases offer same-day turnaround of prototype quantities to help accelerate development cycles and shorten time to market of new OEM products.

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