Molex Acquires Keyssa’s Contactless Connector Technology

Molex Acquires Keyssa’s Contactless Connector Technology Molex has acquired core technology and intellectual property (IP) from Keyssa Inc., a pioneer in high-speed contactless connectors. The acquisition of this unique wireless chip-to-chip technology, including over 350 filed patent applications, will accelerate Molex’s strategy to further expand and diversify its micro connector portfolio with highly flexible, cable-free connectors ……Read More »

Amphenol Corporation Announced the Acquisition of Halo Technology and Closing of Sale of MTS Test & Simulation Business

Amphenol Corporation Announced the Acquisition of Halo Technology and Closing of Sale of MTS Test & Simulation Business Amphenol Corporation announced that it has acquired Halo Technology Limited for approximately $715 million. Halo is headquartered in Tustin, California with operations in North America and Europe, and is a leading provider of active and passive fiber ……Read More »

Leoni AG Sells Majority of its Industrial Business to Strategic Investor BizLink Holding Inc. 

Leoni AG Sells Majority of its Industrial Business to Strategic Investor BizLink Holding Inc.  Leoni has sold its Business Group Industrial Solutions, which belongs to the WCS division (Wire & Cable Solutions) and represents significant parts of its industrial business, to BizLink. This marks another important milestone on Leoni’s path towards the long-term stabilization of ……Read More »

HEICO Acquires 80.1% of RH Laboratories Inc.

HEICO Acquires 80.1% of RH Laboratories Inc. HEICO Corporation’s Electronic Technologies Group acquired 80.1% of the stock of Nashua, New Hampshire-based RH Laboratories Inc. (RH). RH, now in its 20th year in business, is a designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art RF and microwave integrated assemblies, sub-assemblies, and components used in harsh environment defense applications, including space. Its ……Read More »

Positronic Becomes Part of Amphenol Corporation

Amphenol Corporation, during their fourth quarter earnings conference call, announced the acquisition of Positronic, a global manufacturer of high reliability/harsh environment electronic connector products based in Springfield, Missouri, USA. Positronic was said to have annual sales of approximately $80 million into the military aerospace, IT datacom, and industrial markets. This acquisition brings together industry-leading knowledge ……Read More »

Radiall Completes the Acquisition of Timbercon, Inc.

Radiall America, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Timbercon, Inc., a fiber optic interconnect specialist based in Tualatin, Oregon. “We are excited to welcome Timbercon to the Radiall Group. By combining our activities, our objective is to offer the most comprehensive range of end to end active and optical interconnect solutions for ……Read More »

Hirose’s FX26 series and BM46 series connectors have both been selected as Innovation Award Honorees for CES 2020

FX26, a floating board-to-board connector with high heat resistance up to 140°C that withstands severe vibration environments, was developed for internal connection of powertrains including motor controllers, the key product in Electric Vehicles (EV) and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV). It has been selected in the ‟Vehicle Intelligence & Transportation” category. Additionally BM46, a multi-RF board-to-board ……Read More »

Smiths Interconnect Acquires Reflex Photonics

Smiths Interconnect has completed its acquisition of Reflex Photonics, Inc., a leading global supplier of rugged, high-reliability optical transceiver modules designed to deliver high signal density and ultra-fast data transmission speeds in a wide range of harsh-environment applications with stringent size, weight, and power (SWaP) demands, including space, defense, aerospace, industrial, and automotive applications such ……Read More »

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CIT) acquired MicroConnex Corporation

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CIT) acquired MicroConnex Corporation, a privately held manufacturer of highly engineered microminiature flex circuits for the medical and test and measurement markets, which will now operate under Carlisle Medical Technologies (CMT), CIT’s Medical Technologies Business Unit. MicroConnex brings deep technical expertise and process capabilities for developing custom precision flex circuits and hybrid ……Read More »