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Attitude of Gratitude on Women’s Day at Littelfuse Legnago International Women’s Day, recognized each year on March 8, is an opportunity to celebrate women’s achievements — from politics and justice to sport and entertainment and to all women in all spheres across the globe. On this day, the Littelfuse Legnago teams brought flowers to their female colleagues to express gratitude for the efforts of women across all fields in shaping a more equal world. “International Women's Day is about a lot more than distributing flowers around the site,” said Andrea Polato, Plant Manager. “It's about recognizing the achievements and contributions of the women around us and ensuring that they are recognized and valued. It was a small token of our appreciation, and we were happy to see that they put smiles on many faces, even if they were hidden under the masks.”
Outdoor Team Building at Littelfuse Dongguan Last month, Littelfuse associates from the Engineering Team in Dongguan, China, gathered for an outdoor team building activity held in a beautiful park in Zhongshan City. At the event, associates played team-building games and went on a six kilometer hike where they helped each other get across some steep hills and difficult paths. “As a core value, Teamwork stands at the heart of everything we do at Littelfuse,” said Crystal Wang, HR Generalist. “Team building activities provide a great way to foster teamwork, it as it builds trust, mitigates conflict, encourages communication, and increases collaboration. We really enjoyed the time we spent together and appreciated the opportunity to get to know each other better.”
Team Littelfuse Attends a Job Fair For Students in Chippenham, United Kingdom Recently, Team Littelfuse attended a job fair for students in Hardenhuish Secondary School in Chippenham, England. Fiona Lambert, engineering manager, and Phil Towsend, R&D engineer, spoke about what it means to work for a global manufacturer, provided Littelfuse product demos, and helped local students to contextualize learning by explaining how STEM knowledge is used in designing everyday products and engineering solutions. Our associates put on display a variety of power semiconductors and spoke about the electrification of cars and engines, the physics of the devices, and how electricity flows through them. More than 100 students aged 13 to 16 visited the Littelfuse stand. The students were very excited to learn more about Littelfuse products that control high currents and how they are used to run the national grid, trains, and wind turbines.
Littelfuse-Carling Acquisition Featured in New York’s Times Square Earlier this week, the Littelfuse-Carling Technologies acquisition announcement was included on Nasdaq MarketSite Tower in Times Square in New York City. The Carling acquisition was finalized on Tuesday, November 30, with global Town Halls and other introductory meetings held throughout the first week. We are excited to join with the Carling team to grow the business — Welcome to Littelfuse! For more information on the acquisitions finalized on Tuesday, November 30, go to https://www.littelfuse.com/about-us/news/news-releases/2021/1130-littelfuse-completes-acquisition-of-carling-technologies.
Raising Breast Cancer Awareness in Piedras Negras, Mexico To commemorate National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this October more than 800 Littelfuse associates in Piedras Negras, Mexico, took part in a virtual conference, “Myths and Realities about Breast Cancer” hosted by a professional oncologist. During the conference, the attendees learned how to spot early breast cancer symptoms and perform a potentially lifesaving self-examination. In addition, the female associates working at the plant on the day had the opportunity to get tested by professionals using professional mobile mammography equipment delivered to the site by local medical authorities. “According to the World Health Organization, as of the end of 2020, there were 7.8 million women alive who were diagnosed with breast cancer in the past five years, making it the world's most prevalent cancer,” said Manuel Lopez, Senior HR Manager. “The good news is, though, that with timely diagnosis the chances of a full recovery are increasingly high."
Littelfuse Solar Fuse Receives Honorable Mention from LEAP The Littelfuse SPXI In-Line Solar Fuse recently received an honorable mention in the 2021 LEAP (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) Awards that were announced by WTWH (Willing to Work Harder) Media. The 2021 LEAP celebrates the most innovative and forward-thinking products serving the design engineering space. This year the awards honored the best designs in 14 categories. The winners were chosen by an independent judging panel of 12 engineering and academic professionals. For each category, judges could award Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mentions. The SPXI In-Line Solar Fuse was recognized in the Connectivity division. The PSX series high-speed fuses deliver extremely fast-acting performance up to 1500 V dc (direct current). Available in flush-end, DIN-mount, and bolted-blade styles, they are the smallest package size on the market and range from 80 A to 1400 A.
Littelfuse Kaunas Recognized as Top Equal Pay Employer in Lithuania For the second consecutive year, Littelfuse Kaunas was recognized as the No. 1 Equal Pay Employer in Lithuania in the large company category. Littelfuse was presented with the award in recognition of its continuous efforts to ensure equal pay to men and women in the same employment performing equal tasks that require the same set of competencies and produce the same results. “This award is a significant recognition of our work promoting the diversity, engagement, and gender equality in the labor market,” Aida Kundrotaite, Human Resources Manager, Lithuania, said. “Every year, we take a look into last year’s results to establish the areas where we could further focus our efforts and achieve an even better result, and it clearly pays off.”
Littelfuse Suzhou Recognized with Best Employer Award Littelfuse Suzhou (China) was recently recognized as the Greater Suzhou Best Employer 2021. More than 200 companies from 5000 various industries operating in Greater Suzhou participated in the Greater Suzhou Best Employer Campaign. The campaign aims to advocate healthy and harmonious development of the job market in Suzhou and strengthen employer brands in the Suzhou area. “We are very proud that, despite the challenging times that we have encountered due to COVID-19, we still managed to win this award,” said Mary Dong, Vice President, Human Resources, Asia. “Being recognized as one of the top employers in the area is a team effort and a result of the expertise and dedication of our associates. Thank you for all that you do, each and every day, to help make Littelfuse a great place to work.”
Children’s Week Activities at Littelfuse Mexico Between after-school time, rainy or lazy afternoons, sick days, and – of course – a pandemic that forced kids to stay home for months on end, parents know that it can be maddeningly hard to keep bored children engaged and occupied. At least for one week Littelfuse Mexico associates did not need to worry about any of that – their children participated in a number of fun activities dedicated just for them. The children were invited to take part in a drawing competition, “Superheroes against COVID-19.” When judging the entries, the panel invoked the three main criteria — originality, relevance to the topic, and artistic merit. When the opinions of the panel judges varied, they would simply put a final decision to a vote. Also, the children who collected bottle caps exchanged them for gifts. The bottle caps will be donated to a local organization that exchanges bottle caps to medical equipment and donates it to the people who need it most. More than 1 million caps were collected, and the top scorers were awarded great prizes.
Littelfuse Joins the Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement (CADIA) As part of our ongoing focus on diversity, inclusion, and belonging, Littelfuse recently joined the Center for Automotive Diversity, Inclusion and Advancement (CADIA). CADIA is a non-profit organization focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the automotive industry. Established in 2017 with the idea that diverse talent had long been overlooked and undervalued in the automotive industry, the organization set a goal to double the number of diverse leaders in the automotive industry by 2030. CADIA seeks to create avenues of success for people of all diversity dimensions in the automotive industry by providing professional development opportunities. Due to civil unrest and recent challenges Littelfuse Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB) Committee are currently focusing this initiative on the United States only. However, the long-term plan is to gradually grow it into other regions as well. First it takes to learn the steps and understand what diversity challenges exist in each region.
