Bourns

Founded in 1947 by Marlan and Rosemary Bourns in a small garage in California, Bourns is credited with designing the first linear motion and vane motion potentiometers which were used to determine the pitch of an aircraft. Innovation continued when in 1952, they patented the first trimming potentiometer. Bourns has grown into a global company with a worldwide headquarters in Riverside, California and fourteen manufacturing facilities across the world. They specialise in a wide range of high quality electronic components in a within of industries and are renowned for ensuring that their products remain at the cutting edge of technology. The Bourns product range includes resistor / capacitor networks, thyristor-based over voltage protectors, resettable fuses and inductors; plus their trademarked ‘Trimpot’. Their reputation as a global leader has been cemented by their impact in virtually all aspects of modern industry across the globe, with markets in medical, automotive, telecommunications, computer, industrial and instrumentation.