Bourns Electronics GmbH (Bourns Inc.)

History

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.