弊社の沿革

In 2010, we began leveraging our global leadership position in circuit protection to expand into the power control and sensing markets, largely by acquisition. By 2016, we exceeded $1 billion in annual sales and achieved our five-year strategic goal of delivering a 15% compound annual growth rate.

Additionally, we opened our European Headquarters in Bremen, Germany, and three US R&D centers focusing on industrial, automotive, and electronics applications.

By the end of the 1990s, we were a truly global company with 16 worldwide locations, and well on our way to becoming the circuit protection leader.

Milestones include emerging from Tracor ownership as an independent Illinois corporation in 1991, achieving ISO 9000 certification at all US facilities, and establishing Six Sigma goals organization-wide to drive excellence in a culture of continuous improvement.

Innovating at the speed of modern life, we developed fuses for computers as mainstream use grew. In the automotive marketplace, we introduced the first blade-type ATO fast-acting fuse.

This technology soon became the global standard in the industry, solidifying the company’s growing reputation as an innovative leader in circuit protection.

By the 1950s, we were well known for circuit protection capabilities and poised to take advantage of the growing popularity of home television sets.

This doubled within three years early in the decade, with over 29 million American homes featuring TV sets by 1954. Additionally, further expansion of our automotive product line extended the reach of our technology innovations to an even more diverse customer base.

Littelfuse Laboratories became Littelfuse, Inc. in 1938, having grown from $264 in sales in 1928 to $105,000 a decade later.

The rapid rise in popularity of automobiles and aviation allowed us to innovate successful fuse solutions for those markets, including a high-durability fuse for United Airlines that became the industry standard. Likewise, in the early years of the electronics industry, we innovated to meet the demands of electronics pioneers and grew alongside them.