Year | Detail |
1947 |
Marlan and Rosemary Bourns founded Bourns Laboratories in their Altadena, California Garage. |
1952 |
Marlan Bourns invented and developed the Trimpot Trimming Potentiometer, showcased at the ISA show in Cleveland, Ohio. |
1953 |
The company filed a patent for its Trimpot Variable Resistor Trimming Potentiometer. |
1959 |
Bourns Laboratories constructed its new building adjacent to 6135 Magnolia Avenue, sold 120,000 shares of capital stock, and started trading as Bourns Inc. |
1963 |
The company introduced the KNOBPOT Potentiometer, the Miniature Relay, and the Linear Variable Differential Transformer products. |
1968 |
Bourns Inc. acquired Euphonics Industries & Euphonics Corp., which were engaged in the production of ultrasonic detection equipment. |
1990 |
The company sold its subsidiary Precision Monolithics to Analog Devices, Inc., a leading semiconductor company. |
1995 |
Bourns acquired VRN's Trimmer assets and introduced the first 4 mm surface-mount sealed tact switch. |
|
The company introduced the Multifuse PPTC Self-Resettable Fuse product line, which offers electronic design engineers a simple and cost-effective solution. |
1998 |
Bourns introduced standard and custom surge protection solutions to protect sensitive equipment from damage caused by lightning and electrical transient surges. |
2001 |
Bourns acquired the Communication Protection Product lines from Joslyn's JESC Division, which comprises Gas Discharge Tubes (GDT), Multi-Stage Protectors (MSP), Telephone Station Protectors, 5-pin Protectors, Industrial Signal, Irrigation and Petroleum Protectors, CATV Coax Protectors, Signal Data Protectors, and the Indoor and Outdoor POTsplitters and Network Interface Devices (NID) product lines. |
2006 |
Bourns Inc. acquired the assets of Bell Industries' J.W. Miller Division, SSI Technologies' Automotive Controls Division, and Therm-O-Disc's Polymer PTC business. |
2014 |
Bourns acquired all of the outstanding shares of Komatsulite Mfg. Co., Ltd and its subsidiaries to achieve a significant milestone in Its long-term growth. This acquisition adds highly complementary products consistent with the company's strategic roadmap. |
2019 |
The company has acquired all assets of I&T GmbH, a supplier of extruded flat flexible cables for clockspring torque sensors. |
2021 |
The company acquired Kaschke Components GmbH, a provider of magnetic core materials and magnetic solutions. Its primary focus is on manufacturing ferrite cores for the growing inductor and transformer industry. |