Bourns acquires Riedon, Inc., a leading manufacturer of resistors
Bourns has announced that the company has acquired substantially all of the operating assets of Riedon Inc., a leading manufacturer of resistors headquartered in Alhambra, California. Riedon’s products are key components used to help enhance efficiency and reliability in multiple market applications. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
“As a leader and innovator of custom, high quality resistive solutions, Riedon’s products are well known for their stability over time even within extreme environments. Including Riedon’s broad portfolio of thick-film, thin-film, wire-wound and shunt resistor products gives us a valuable addition to Bourns resistors product line. This acquisition represents an important step in our continued protection portfolio growth strategy,” said Craig Shipley, President of Bourns Protection Division.
“The acquisition complements Bourns’ existing resistors product line and enables us to offer our customers a broader and deeper range of resistive and current sense product solutions. It also puts Bourns in a favourable position to better meet the technology and advanced product demands of high growth markets,” said Al Yost, President of Bourns, Inc. “We are thrilled to welcome Riedon’s employees to the Bourns family, and look forward to working closely with them to continue the successful growth of the business.”
About Riedon
Riedon, Inc. is a resistor manufacturing company, specialising in power resistors, precision resistors, surface mount resistors, high temperature, high power, and custom resistors. Riedon is committed to bringing the best custom, high quality resistive solutions to customers around the globe since 1960. The company’s headquarters and primary manufacturing facility is located in Alhambra, CA with an additional production facility in Tecate, Mexico.
About Bourns
Bourns, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and supplier of position and speed sensors, circuit protection solutions, magnetic components, microelectronic modules, panel controls and resistive products. Headquartered in Riverside, California, USA, Bourns serves a broad range of markets, including automotive, industrial, consumer, communications, medical (low/medium risk)*, audio and various other market segments. Additional company and product information is available at www.bourns.com.
