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Littelfuse India Recognizes Arrow Electronics Littelfuse India recognized Arrow Electronics, honoring the important distribution partner with the Best Distributor in India Award for 2019. Last October, the Littelfuse leadership team in India held a virtual event to celebrate the win and congratulate their long-standing distribution partner on this incredible achievement. “Arrow Electronics has emerged as a strong channel partner with a great alignment and mindshare,” said Malcolm Evans, Littelfuse Vice President, Global Sales, Electronics and Semiconductor Business Unit (ESBU). “Having won the title twice in a row, Arrow continues to be our go-to partner that consistently delivers best-in-class services and business results exceeding our highest expectations.”
Teamwork that Beats Challenges and Records Even in the face of the many unexpected challenges that were brought to the Philippines by the Taal volcano eruption and the COVID-19 pandemic, the teams at Littelfuse Philippines demonstrated incredible teamwork, dedication, and customer focus. As a reminder of that the Square Nano team was recently able to meet the increased demand and reached new production milestones. Aside from the TRTE and Square Nano teams, other departments have also demonstrated incredible performance which helped the Littelfuse Philippines team achieve all-time record fuse production.
Earlier this fall, with crisp fall temperatures just settling in, Littelfuse associates in Lithuania took on the Virtual Littelfuse Fitness Challenge and opened it with a hike in Kaunas Regional Park. The Challenge invited all Kaunas associates to register and actively participate in different online events. For each activity, the participants receive points that will eventually add up, and the top-scorers will be awarded great prizes. Competition is a natural part of office dynamics, so we might as well have fun with it, said Aida Kundrotaite, Human Resources Manager Lithuania. This challenge is a great way to get associates excited about wellness. Injecting physical activity into our working day could reduce some of the health risks that are elevated by being sedentary. Results come from consistency, and this challenge provides structure to help us consistently move toward an end date and reach our goals. Well, let us not forget the great prizes too! They definitely help us to stay motivated along the way.
Littelfuse Kaunas Tops the 2020 Top Ten of Equal Pay Employers in Lithuania Littelfuse Kaunas was recently recognized as the No.1 Equal Pay Employer in Lithuania. Having debuted on the list in seventh place last year, this year Littelfuse has successfully beaten out more than 330 other companies. Littelfuse was recognized as the country’s best enterprise in terms of ensuring 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. Littelfuse won the award through consistently high scores in all surveyed categories: pay and rewards programs, contractual terms and conditions of employment such as the ratio between female and male employees in leadership roles, career opportunities, paid time off, and other benefits.
Happy Happiness at Work Week Celebrating Happiness at Work Week at the end of September gave us an opportunity to reflect. Being happier at work is associated with improved health, increased creativity, more productivity, and lots more. While many factors have a great impact on the overall office culture, good days do not just happen. They are made. It is possible for each one of us to create our own sense of happiness at work and believe it or not, a happy workday starts with a happy workspace. Therefore, ensuring that you have a space that is friendly, enjoyable, and productive should be a high priority, especially while many office workers are working from home. Keeping spirits up in COVID times while following health and safety best practices is important too. Our associates in China added smiles to their masks, which adds a bit of humanity that we've all been missing.
Dressed up for Mexican Independence Day Early September is a special time of the year in Mexico, known as Mes Patrio (meaning “Patriotic Month”). Travelers visiting Mexico around this time are sure to see plenty of green, white, and red everywhere they go in honor of the colors of the Mexican flag. Also, Mexico is the best place to be on September 16, Mexican Independence Day. This holiday celebrates Mexico’s declaration of independence from Spain in 1810, and it’s filled with national pride, colorful parades, mariachi concerts, and food. On this occasion our associates in Matamoros and Piedras Negras, Mexico, showed up for work dressed up in multi-colored traditional dresses or skirts, and the mariachi attire. The traditional Mexican clothing is full of colors, flower print, and elaborate embroidery, but it is actually more than that. Traditional Mexican clothing is a mix of cultures.
Littelfuse has been named as one of the 2020 "Best Places to Work in Illinois" in the large employer category. This is the ninth consecutive year the company has been recognized by this awards program. "It is truly an honor to be once again recognized as one of the best places to work in Illinois," said Dave Heinzmann, Littelfuse President and Chief Executive Officer. "Receiving this award highlights the teamwork of Littelfuse associates around the world and our company?s ongoing efforts to be an employer of choice."
Littelfuse Philippines Celebrates Zero Failures at new Power Semiconductor Assembly Plant More than a year ago, Littelfuse broke ground on a new power semiconductor assembly plant in Lipa City, the Philippines. Expected to be complete in 2021, the new plant was built in a record time ? within a span of 10 months. While the groundbreaking event took place in May 2019, within only six months the Lipa City SBU team successfully assembled the first production line and a clean room while half of the building was still under construction. Recently, the SBU team achieved a major milestone ? the first product made in the new facility passed reliability testing with zero failures. Ensuring that product reliability meets customer expectations is an important step and drives the thinking behind every decision throughout the product development process.
Littelfuse Makes the Top-500 List of Business Leaders in Lithuania Littelfuse was recently recognized as one of the Top 500 leading large enterprises in Lithuania. Published annually by Verslo Zinios (Business News) — a prominent national business journal — the list recognizes companies ranked not only according to revenue growth but also in terms of sustainability, efficiency, transparency, and corporate social responsibility. Making the list for the very first time, Littelfuse Lithuania made an impressive debut at number 132. “I wish to thank each and every associate who, even under the most demanding circumstances, remains dedicated and thorough in everything that they do to contribute to achieving the company’s goals,” said Aidas Kucys, Littelfuse Lithuania Managing Director and Plant Manager. “I am confident that this will allow us to overcome even the biggest challenges and remain competitive in even the toughest market conditions.”
Littelfuse Associates Making Big Impact in Mexico The world is changing and we have to start adapting to a new, more germ-conscious way of living. The Littelfuse Mexico Engineering team found a way to leverage the Piedras Negras Tooling and Prototyping Fabrication Centers and made face shields and hygiene keys for associates returning back to work. With in-house tooling development capability and scrap plastic repelletization methods in Piedras Negras, the team designed and made face shields complete with injection-molded Littelfuse visors from recycled production plastics. These face shields provide additional safety for Littelfuse associates in Mexico; Kaunas, Lithuania; Rapid City, the United States; Almada, Portugal, and will also be sent to the Mount Prospect lab for teams to utilize as they return to work in the labs.
