DALLAS & FORT WORTH, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 9, 2026--
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorized global distributor with the newest electronic components and industrial automation products, has been awarded the 2025 Americas Distributor of the Year by GCT, a leading manufacturer of innovative electronic interconnect solutions. The award was recently presented to Mouser during a meeting between the two companies at Mouser Electronics Headquarters in Mansfield, Texas. GCT cited outstanding performance across revenue growth, customer expansion, and product reach.
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"Mouser's dedication to supporting engineers and designers has been instrumental in helping GCT meet the needs of an ever-evolving market," said Richard Clark, Global Distribution Manager at GCT. "GCT and Mouser enjoy a strategic partnership, and we are pleased to recognize the Mouser team for their exceptional work."
"We are honored to receive this top award and thank GCT for the recognition," said Krystal Jackson, Mouser Vice President of Supplier Management. "GCT is a valued partner, and we look forward to many years of continued success."
GCT enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better, and safer. As a world leader in PCB connector and cable assembly solutions, companies worldwide trust GCT's extensive product range to enable connectivity in their designs. Mouser and GCT entered into a distribution agreement in 2021 and were previously awarded Global Distributor of the Year for 2024.
To learn more about GCT products available from Mouser, visit https://www.mouser.com/manufacturer/gct/.
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As a global authorized distributor, Mouser offers the widest selection of the newest semiconductors, electronic components and industrial automation products. Mouser's customers can expect 100% certified, genuine products that are fully traceable from each of its manufacturer partners. To help speed customers' designs, Mouser's website hosts an extensive library of technical resources, including a Technical Resource Center, along with product data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, engineering tools and other helpful information.
Engineers can stay abreast of today's exciting product, technology and application news through Mouser's complimentary e-newsletter. Mouser's email news and reference subscriptions are customizable to the unique and changing project needs of customers and subscribers. No other distributor gives engineers this much customization and control over the information they receive. Learn about emerging technologies, product trends and more by signing up today at https://sub.info.mouser.com/subscriber/.
About Mouser Electronics
Mouser Electronics is an authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on New Product Introductions from its leading manufacturer partners. Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, the global distributor's website, mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 6.8 million products from over 1,200 manufacturer brands. Mouser offers 28 support locations worldwide to provide best-in-class customer service in local language, currency and time zone. The distributor ships to over 650,000 customers in 223 countries/territories from its 1 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution facilities in the Dallas, Texas, metro area. For more information, visit https://www.mouser.com/.
About GCT
GCT is a manufacturer of standard and custom interconnect products with established sales, product development, and manufacturing facilities worldwide. The ever-growing product offering includes USB, board-to-board, SIM/MEM card connectors, FFC connectors/cables, and a range of RF connectors and cable assemblies. GCT products can be found across a wide range of applications, including Mobile and Wireless Communication, Computers and Peripherals, Industrial, Medical, Lifestyle Electronics, Automation, Instrumentation, and Consumer Electronics.
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GCT's 2025 Americas Distributor of the Year was recently presented to Mouser at the Mouser Electronics Headquarters in Mansfield, Texas.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Denny Hamlin returned to victory lane at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday for his first win since he lost the NASCAR championship four months ago, and first since the death of his father in a December house fire.
“I knew it took a few weeks to feel like driving,” Hamlin said after his 61st career victory. “Over the last couple weeks, I definitely regained my love of it, got refocused. These are great opportunities for us.”
Hamlin's 60th career victory was at Las Vegas last October, a win he dedicated to his father as it locked Hamlin into NASCAR's championship-deciding finale. His father was in poor health and Hamlin went into the race knowing it was probably his final chance to win a championship while Dennis Hamlin was still alive.
Then Hamlin dominated last year's title-decider at Phoenix Raceway but the wrong call on the final pit stop cost him the Cup championship that has eluded the three-time Daytona 500 winner.
What followed was an emotional rollercoaster: Hamlin, as co-owner of 23XI Racing, was part of the winning team in a federal lawsuit against NASCAR last December. Weeks later, his father was killed in a fire that destroyed the home Hamlin purchased to thank his parents for getting him into NASCAR.
He returned for the start of his 21st season and went to victory lane as an owner with Tyler Reddick when the 23XI Racing driver won the Daytona 500 and then set a NASCAR record by winning the first three races of the year.
Most of the attention went to 23XI co-owner Michael Jordan as Reddick won Daytona, Atlanta and Circuit of the Americas.
Hamlin did his part at Las Vegas to put himself back in the spotlight.
“It is just so satisfying, so gratifying. You just never know what can happen year over year if you still have it or not," said Hamlin. “I wasn’t totally locked in for the first few weeks. We’ve just been hitting our stride now. This is our bread and butter, these are the tracks that we know we can go win, and we executed. This is a team win. The team did it.”
The 45-year-old Virginia driver overcome an early speeding penalty and drove from 31st through the field in a fairly dominating win for Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota. He led a race-high 134 laps.
Hamlin was joined by his fiancee and their three children as he collected the checkered flag, and he was sure his father was smiling somewhere.
“This is a family sport. My family obviously had so much sacrifice to help me get here,” said Hamlin. “Now that I’ve grown, generations of Hamlins following me, it’s great Mom gets to see this. I know Dad’s still saying, ‘That’s my boy.’ Hell of a day.”
Team owner Joe Gibbs' praised Hamlin's resilience.
“He’s been through a lot. Denny seems to have the ability to continue to work through things,” said Gibbs. “Has a way of just really still being very competitive. I appreciate him so much. We’re riding Denny for about 20 years. It’s been an awful good trip for us.”
Toyota has won four of the first five races.
Hendrick Motorsports teammates Chase Elliott and William Byron finished second and third in Chevrolets; JGR drivers Christopher Bell and Ty Gibbs were fourth and fifth to give JGR three cars in the top-five.
"It makes my job really easy when I can drive Toyotas that fast,” Hamlin said.
It was the third consecutive top-five finish for Gibbs, who is a central figure in a federal lawsuit filed by JGR against former competition director Chris Gabehart. The two sides are back in court in North Carolina on Monday as JGR seeks a restraining order to stop Gabehart for working for rival Spire Motorsports.
“Just don't want to be in court,” said team owner Gibbs. “But we're going to be there. I think it's important for us to follow through with this.”
Gabehart has said his time at JGR became untenable in part because of preferential treatment toward Gibbs, who is the grandson of the team owner.
JGR alleges Gabehart stole proprietary information before he left the team, and had a non-compete clause that prevents him from joining another team. Gabehart claims JGR stopped paying him in November and the role he now has with Spire is completely different from what he did for Gibbs.
Gabehart was at the track Sunday with Spire, which at Las Vegas had its trucks parked next to the JGR trucks.
The Cup Series races Sunday at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. Joe Gibbs Racing dominated at the track last year — Hamlin won in April and Chase Briscoe in August.
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Denny Hamlin (11) performs a burnout after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Denny Hamlin, left, holds up the trophy with a teammate after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Denny Hamlin (11) performs a burnout after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Denny Hamlin poses with his trophy in Victory Lane after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Driver Christopher Bell, foreground, and other drivers make pit stops during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Drives head into Turn 1 after a restart during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Air Force A-10C fighter planes fly over Las Vegas Motor Speedway before a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Drivers prepare for the green flag at the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
Drives get the green flag at the start of a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Steve Marcus)
