Littelfuse Ranked No.1 Supplier of Electrical Components

2 August 1999

Littelfuse Ranked No.1 Supplier of Electrical Components by Automotive Industries Magazine

    DES PLAINES, Ill.--July 30, 1999--Littelfuse, Inc. , the world's leading provider of electronic, power and automotive fuses, today announced it was ranked the "Best of the Best" supplier of electrical components in a report issued by Automotive Industries magazine.
    Readers of the magazine rated automotive suppliers on five criteria as part of the magazine's Quest for Excellence award. Littelfuse outranked six other major electrical components suppliers in the areas of quality, service and delivery to achieve the highest score in the category. A formal award will be presented at a special dinner in August hosted by Cahners Publications and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
    "Nine out of every ten cars in the world rely on Littelfuse electrical components. We take great pride in developing and producing reliable products for our customers and are very pleased to receive this industrywide recognition of our efforts," said Howard B. Witt, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Littelfuse.
    Littelfuse is a leading producer of electronic, power and automotive fuses. In addition to its Des Plaines world headquarters, Littelfuse has manufacturing facilities in England, Switzerland, Mexico, Korea, China and the Philippines, as well as in Centralia and Arcola, Illinois. It also has sales, engineering and distribution facilities in the Netherlands, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Brazil and Farmington Hills, Michigan.
    For more information, please visit Littelfuse's web site at www.littelfuse.com.

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