2015 FIRST Championship, set for this week April 22-25 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS--Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global authorized distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, today announced that once again it will be a key sponsor of the 2015 FIRST Championship, set for this week April 22-25 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.

Mouser is repeating its sponsorship of the Hall of Fame Exhibit at the Championship event with valued supplier partners TE Connectivity and Murata. Making appearances with Mouser will be celebrity engineer and Empowering Innovation TogetherTM partner Grant Imahara and Muratas famous robot, MURATA BOY.

Through FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), students in grades K-12 are engaged in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills. The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), one of four FIRST programs, provides high-school students with a "real-world engineering" experience.

"At Mouser we are committed to inspiring and fostering young people's interest in science and technology, and we are proud to sponsor an event that celebrates the brightest young minds of today and the engineers of the future," said Kevin Hess, Mousers Vice President of Technical Marketing. "The FIRST Championship event puts the spotlight on innovative students from the U.S. and around the world who are solving real-world engineering challenges with their robots."

The FRC Hall of Fame exhibit at the FIRST Championship, sponsored by Mouser, highlights the past recipients of the Chairmans Award - the highest honor awarded in FIRST Robotics Competitions. This award goes not to the team that earns the most points in the competition, but to the team that best exemplifies the goals and values of FIRST. The FRC Hall of Fame celebrates past winners of the Chairmans Award, and holds them up as examples for other teams to emulate.

Mouser will also staff a booth in the new Innovation Faire exhibition area featuring its unique capabilities as the NPI-focused (new product introduction) distributor offering the newest products and advanced technologies from over 500 manufacturers. Mouser representatives will be there to answer questions as well as provide hands-on demonstrations of some of the newest technologies from TE Connectivity and Murata. Murata will showcase its popular MURATA BOY robot.

Mouser was a major sponsor of the FRC Regional Competition in Irving, TX, and a contributor of the FRC Kit of Parts in partnership with the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA). Each FRC team receives a Kit of Parts, including motors, batteries, a control system, a PC, and a mix of automation components — with no instructions. Teams had six weeks to transform their kit into a working robot designed to perform specific tasks. Mouser has been a major supporter of the FRC Regional and FIRST Championship for several years. To learn more about Mousers support of FIRST, visit www.mouser.com/first.

With its broad product line and unsurpassed customer service, Mouser caters to design engineers and buyers by delivering Whats Next in advanced technologies. Mouser offers customers 20 global support locations and stocks the worlds widest selection of the latest semiconductors and electronic components for the newest design projects. Mouser Electronics website is updated many times per day and searches more than 10 million products to locate over 4 million orderable part numbers available for easy online purchase. Mouser.com also houses an industry-first interactive catalog, data sheets, supplier-specific reference designs, application notes, technical design information, and engineering tools.

About Mouser Electronics
Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 4 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 500,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.mouser.com.