Avnet Abacus garners distribution award from Bourns

Avnet Abacus, one of Europe’s interconnect, passive, electro-mechanical and power distributors, and a regional business unit of Avnet, has won a distribution award from Bourns, a manufacturer of passive electronic components.

At a recent event, Bourns presented a series of awards to recognise its top-performing distribution partners that have contributed to its sales and business growth over the past 18 months in the EMEA region. Across a different range of criteria, Avnet Abacus won the award for the ‘Highest Percentage Network Share Growth’.

Adam Chidley, Senior Marketing Manager, was awarded MVP for his long-term relationship and commitment to Bourns, built over many years of hard work and dedication to driving an excellent team of Supplier Development Managers.

Serving a broad range of markets including automotive, industrial, consumer, communications, and non-critical life support medical, Bourns is a maker of position and speed sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic components, microelectronic modules, panel controls and resistive products.

“Bourns has been a long-term supplier and partner of Avnet Abacus and brings a world-renown surety for innovative and high-quality passive components,” said Hagen Goetze, Senior Director Marketing at Avnet Abacus. “This award is a recognition of our efforts across these challenging times in the market over the past couple of years, Avnet has worked hard to cement its position as one of the leading distribution sales arms for Bourns on a global and European basis.”