Bourns, Inc. was founded in 1947 by Marlan and Rosemary Bourns, graduates of the University of Michigan, Bourns was founded to develop and sell electronic components and sensors to the aerospace industry. Bourns' invention of linear motion and vane position potentiometers provided a method of accurately determining an aircraft's pitch, and helped to grow Bourns' business into a global corporation. Bourns has 15 manufacturing facilities around the world and has continued growing through the development of new products and technologies as well as through acquisitions. Bourns strongly encourages its customers to purchase all Bourns semiconductor products through Bourns’s authorized sources: either directly from Bourns or through a Bourns-authorized distributor...