Mouser Electronics, an engineering resource and global authorized distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that it has been named Top Catalog Distributor for 2013 by Philips Lumileds, from LED lighting, with a comprehensive portfolio of high-power, mid-power, array, and color LEDs.

Mouser was cited specifically for Point of Sales Top Performance. The global design-fulfillment distributor holds the largest market share industry-wide, has the greatest number of new customers and is the fastest with new product introductions of any catalog distributor for Philips Lumileds.  

“We want to congratulate Mouser for reaching this honor as Top Catalog Distributor. With Mouser’s help, we have the opportunity to bring our comprehensive portfolio of application optimised LEDs to an even broader group of new and innovative companies,” said Kris Keuser, Sr. director WW distribution, at Philips Lumileds. “Our business union provides the perfect avenue for our extensive product line to quickly meet the demands of our rapidly growing customer base.”

“We are honored to be recognised by Philips Lumileds as a top distributor in their sales channel,” said Russell Rasor, Mouser vice president of supplier Management. “In addition to demonstrating a highly collaborative effort in marketing, Lumileds continues to launch leading edge, high-quality lighting components. That fits perfectly with the Mouser model to deliver the newest products and advanced technologies to lighting designers.”

Philips Lumileds focuses on one goal: Creating the world’s highest performing LEDs. The company pioneered the use of solid-state lighting in products such as the first LED backlit TV, the first LED flash in camera phones, and the first LED daytime running lights for cars. Today, they offer one a portfolio of LEDs. Mouser stocks all of the latest innovations from Philips Lumileds.

Philips Lumileds brings LED’s qualities of energy efficiency, digital control and long life to spotlights, downlights, high bay and low bay lighting, indoor area lighting, architectural and specialty lighting as well as retrofit lamps. Their products are engineered for optimal light quality and unprecedented efficacy at the lowest overall cost. By offering LEDs in chip, packaged and module form, they also deliver supply chain flexibility.