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Mouser and Cree Ink Global Distribution Agreement

August 08, 2011 by Jeff Shepard

Mouser Electronics, Inc. announced that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Cree, a specialist in LED lighting and silicon carbide (SiC) power products.

The global agreement enables lighting designers worldwide to quickly find, compare, select, and order Cree’s latest products, including their innovative line of lighting-class XLamp® LEDs, high brightness LEDs, LED modules, and power products. Cree LED components and solutions are driving improvements worldwide in applications such as general lighting, electronic signs and signals. Cree also is among the world’s leading manufacturers of silicon carbide-based diodes for power control and management, providing increased efficiency in a variety of applications from solar inverters to industrial motor drivers to wireless technologies.

"Cree is a progressive company known for top-of-the-line innovations in the LED industry and we are pleased to align with them," said Russell Rasor, Mouser’s Vice-President of Advanced Technology. "For design engineers and manufacturers, this means faster access to Cree’s LED lighting solutions and SiC power products on a global basis."

"With the distribution might of Mouser behind our products, our customers will not only have worldwide access to our products, but will also have the search and comparison resources available through Mouser’s award-winning online catalogs and websites," said Mark Despotes, Cree Vice President of Global Channels. "The service and support Mouser offers as an authorized worldwide distributor is invaluable to us and to our customers."