Littelfuse and the Chicago Innovation Awards Ring NASDAQ

CHICAGO --(Business Wire)--

Representatives from Littelfuse, Inc. joined the Chicago Innovation Awards, the Chicago region's foremost annual celebration of innovation, in New York City on Monday, February 25^th to close the NASDAQ Stock Market, the premier exchange for technology companies. The event emphasized the surge of innovation that is occurring in the Chicago region, and shined a spotlight on the organizations that contribute to its vibrant economy.

"This annual event is an excellent example of how the Chicago Innovation Awards celebrates the spirit of innovation in organizations across all industries, sizes and sectors," said Tom Kuczmarski, Co-Founder of the Chicago Innovation Awards.

"We congratulate Littelfuse for winning the Chicago Innovation Awards, and applaud their commitment to innovation," said Dan Miller (News - Alert), fellow Co-Founder.

Johnny Chang, Global Product Manager, Varistor for Littelfuse, who represented the company at the NASDAQ event, said, "We were particularly honored when the TMOV^®34S and TMOV^®25S Varistors were recognized with the Chicago Innovation Award. These devices offer a wide range of circuit protection options and exemplify our continuous commitment to developing innovative circut protection solutions that enhance the reliability and safety of our customers' commercial and consumer products."

More information on the TMOV34S and TMOV25S Varistor Series is available on the company's website.

About Littelfuse

Founded in 1927, Littelfuse, Inc., the worldwide leader in circuit protection, offers the industry's broadest and deepest portfolio of circuit protection products and solutions. Littelfuse devices protect products in virtually every market that uses electrical energy, from consumer electronics to automobiles to industrial equipment. In addition to its Chicago, Illinois, world headquarters, Littelfuse has more than 30 sales, distribution, manufacturing and engineering facilities in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Technologies offered by Littelfuse include Fuses; Gas Discharge Tubes (GDTs); Positive Temperature Coefficient Devices (PTCs); PulseGuard^® ESD Suppressors; SIDACtor^® Devices; Silicon Protection Arrays (SPA^®); Switching Thyristors; TVS Diodes (News - Alert) and Varistors. The company also offers a comprehensive line of highly reliable Electromechanical and Electronic Switch and Control Devices for commercial and specialty vehicles and Sensors for automobile safety systems, as well as Protection Relays and underground Power Distribution Centers for the safe control and distribution of electricity.

For more information, please visit the Littelfuse website: Littelfuse.com.

About the Chicago Innovation Awards

Established in 2002, the Chicago Innovation Awards shine a bright light on the creative spirit of Chicago by focusing attention on the most significant new products and services introduced in the region. The winners each year are innovations that uniquely fill unmet needs, spark a competitive response in the marketplace, exceed market expectations, achieve financial success, and improve people's lives. They emerge from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Most importantly, the Chicago Innovation Awards remind us that innovation is thriving in America's heartland.