Mexico President Visits New Littelfuse Piedras Negras Mexico Plant

DES PLAINES, Ill.--June 16, 2005--Littelfuse, Inc. today welcomed Vicente Fox, President of Mexico, to the company's new 98,000 square-foot manufacturing plant located in Piedras Negras, Mexico. The visit marked the opening of the new plant and highlighted Littelfuse's dedication to establishing an environment that is conducive to employees and to the culture of lean-manufacturing practices.

"We are very pleased that Littelfuse is continuing its long-term investment in Mexico with the opening of this new, state-of-the art, world-class manufacturing factory," said President Fox. "This impressive facility shows Littelfuse's ongoing recognition of the local workforce and the successful partnership that has been developed over many years in Piedras Negras."

In addition, President Fox praised Littelfuse for its history of investment into the Piedras Negras community, and for its continuing and long term relationship with Mexico, both in Piedras Negras and Matamoros. He acknowledged Littelfuse for its best-in-class lean-manufacturing facility and practices, an initiative that increases production speed, and improves quality while reducing operating costs. Such state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities serve to attract more global manufacturing companies to Mexico.

The new plant produces an extensive range of fuses that are used to protect automotive electrical wiring and electronic devices. Serving many of the world's top OEM manufacturers, Littelfuse is a global company dedicated to producing the highest quality components, and is strongly committed to the communities in which it manufactures.

About Littelfuse

As the worldwide leader in circuit protection products and solutions with annual sales of $500.2 million in 2004, the Littelfuse portfolio is backed by industry leading technical support, design and manufacturing expertise. Littelfuse products are vital components in virtually every product that uses electrical energy, including automobiles, computers, consumer electronics, handheld devices, industrial equipment, and telecom/datacom circuits. Littelfuse offers Teccor(R), Wickmann, Pudenz and Efen brand circuit protection products. In addition to its Des Plaines world headquarters, Littelfuse has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., England, Ireland, Mexico, China, and the Philippines. It also has sales, engineering and distribution facilities in Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Japan and Brazil.

For more information, please visit Littelfuse's web site at www.littelfuse.com