Avnet Abacus has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Cooper Bussmann. "Cooper Bussmann is a recognised leader offering innovative circuit protection products," commented Alan Jermyn, vice president of marketing, Avnet Abacus "Its portfolio offers a wide range of both commodity & innovative over current & over voltage protection devices that will complement our existing portfolio. In addition, we see a significant market opportunity for the range of PowerStor supercapacitors, particularly within smart metering applications."
Cooper Bussmann makes a broad range of components such as circuit protection devices, supercapacitors, connectors and magnetics. Under the new agreement, the distributor will be supporting the new generation of Cooper Bussmann supercapacitors and signal conditioning components, such as shielded power and high current inductors and pin configurable transformers. These solutions will support European customers in developing new and more effective power management solutions. Avnet Abacus will also be offering the MPI Series of inductors, a versatile solution addressing high transient spikes, high frequency filtering and EMI sensitive applications up to 10MHz. Cooper Bussmann circuit protection components available will include glass and ceramic fuses, brick and chip fuses, and PolySurg ESD suppressors.
