WILMINGTON, Mass., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Heilind Electronics, the largest interconnect distributor in North America, has received the Distribution 2010 Top Performance Award for North America from 3M Electronic Solutions Division's Interconnect Business.

This award recognizes Heilind's outstanding performance in revenue growth, design support of 3M Interconnect solutions and commitment to customer service excellence.

"3M's focus on quality, innovative products and exemplary customer service must also be matched at the distributor level and every touch point for our customers," said Tim Thornton, global sales director, 3M Electronic Solutions Division, Interconnect. "Heilind embodies 3M's commitment to providing excellent customer service and strong technical support, delivering 3M's solutions to the electronic industry."

"I'm pleased to accept this award from 3M," said Bob Clapp, Heilind President. "3M has long been one of our industry's leading innovators and a close partner to Heilind. We're proud to receive this recognition from such a high-caliber company and look forward to even greater success with 3M in the future."

Heilind Electronics is 3M's largest electronics distributor and is franchised to sell the full 3M Electronics product portfolio including high density, high speed connectors and low and high speed cables.

About Heilind Electronics

Founded in 1974, Heilind Electronics, Inc. (www.heilind.com) is one of the world's leading distributors of connectors, relays, switches, thermal management & circuit protection products, terminal blocks, wire & cable, wiring accessories and insulation & identification products. Heilind has 25 North American sales offices, two automated distribution centers and a highly versatile value-added center. Follow Heilind on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Heilind and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Heilind.

About 3M Electronic Solutions Division – Interconnect

3M Electronic Solutions Division's Interconnect business offers a variety of innovative connectors, low and high speed cables, both industry standard and custom cable assemblies and Textool brand test and burn-in sockets for component engineers and designers in the electronics industry. For more information about 3M's Interconnect solutions, visit: http://www.3Mconnectors.com. Information about 3M Company is available online.