Mouser Electronics
Encyclopedia
Mouser Electronics is a catalog distributor of electronic component
s based in Mansfield, Texas
, United States
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by Jerry Mouser in 1964. The company later relocated to its branch location in Mansfield, Texas
. In January 2000, Mouser became a wholly owned subsidiary of TTI, Inc.
in Fort Worth, Texas
. On March 30, 2007, Mouser became part of the Berkshire Hathaway Group
.
Electronic component
An electronic component is a basic electronic element and may be available in a discrete form having two or more electrical terminals . These are intended to be connected together, usually by soldering to a printed circuit board, in order to create an electronic circuit with a particular function...
s based in Mansfield, Texas
Mansfield, Texas
Mansfield is a city in Ellis, Johnson, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,368.In 2009, CNN/Money Magazine rated Mansfield as one of the "Best Places to Live" in the United States, ranking 24th out of the top 100 places.-History:The first...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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History
Mouser Electronics was founded in El Cajon, CaliforniaEl Cajon, California
-History:El Cajon is located on the Rancho El Cajon Mexican land grant made in 1845 to María Antonia Estudillo, wife of Miguel Pedrorena. In 1876 Amaziah Lord Knox , a New Englander who had recently moved to California, established a hotel there to serve the growing number of people traveling...
by Jerry Mouser in 1964. The company later relocated to its branch location in Mansfield, Texas
Mansfield, Texas
Mansfield is a city in Ellis, Johnson, and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 56,368.In 2009, CNN/Money Magazine rated Mansfield as one of the "Best Places to Live" in the United States, ranking 24th out of the top 100 places.-History:The first...
. In January 2000, Mouser became a wholly owned subsidiary of TTI, Inc.
TTI, Inc.
TTI, Inc. is a distributor of passive, interconnect and electromechanical components. The company was founded by Paul Andrews in 1971. As a former parts buyer for General Dynamics, a military aircraft manufacturer, Andrews developed a specialized inventory with emphasis on capacitors, resistors and...
in Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
. On March 30, 2007, Mouser became part of the Berkshire Hathaway Group
Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The company averaged an annual growth in book value of 20.3% to its shareholders for the last 44 years,...
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