April 2024 Connector Industry News
Upcoming industry events, as well as recent award, partnership, promotion, personnel, facility, distribution, standards, association, and certification news from across the connector industry.
April 2024 Connector Industry News
April 2024 Connector Industry News > Award News
TE Connectivity received the 2024 World’s Most Ethical Companies recognition by Ethisphere, a global leader in defining and advancing the standards of ethical business practices. TE, which has earned this honor for 10 consecutive years, is one of only four honorees in the electronics and components industry. This year,136 companies were recognized spanning 20 countries and 44 industries. The World’s Most Ethical Companies assessment measures a company’s culture of ethics; environmental, social and governance practices; ethics and compliance program; diversity, equity and inclusion; and initiatives that support a strong value chain. In the past year, TE enhanced its compliance training and communications strategy and continued to leverage data analytics to increase effectiveness. “At TE, our core values of integrity, accountability, inclusion, innovation, and teamwork dictate how we operate and how we innovate,” said CEO Terrence Curtin. “Ethisphere’s ongoing recognition is proof that our dedication to running our business ethically is highly regarded by our customers, our employees and our owners.” View the full list of this year’s honorees.
USA Today announced that Weidmuller USA has earned the 2024 Top Workplaces USA award issued by Energage. Top Workplaces USA celebrates organizations with 150 or more employees that have built great cultures. Winners are chosen based solely on employee feedback gathered through a survey issued by Energage. Over 42,000 organizations were invited to participate. The Top Workplaces award has a 15-year history of surveying more than 20 million employees and recognizing the top organizations across 60 markets for regional Top Workplaces awards.
April 2024 Connector Industry News > Event News
ECIA marks its 100th anniversary, tracing its roots back to the Association of Radio Manufacturers, founded in 1924. The modern electronic component industry evolved from several parallel associations formed during the early years of what eventually became the tech-enhanced world we live in today. “While it hasn’t been a straight line from the Association of Radio Manufacturers in 1924 to what is now the main association serving the entire components supply chain, it is an interesting and instructive story that illustrates our connection to the broader and world-changing electronics industry,” explained ECIA President and CEO David Loftus. “ECIA is the one organization that brings the distributors, the manufacturers, and the manufacturers’ reps together to bring efficiencies to the channel. The 100-year history shows how and why that evolution came about.”
Indium Corporation commemorated its 90th anniversary. The company’s innovative products, especially its advanced soldering solutions, are found in many common consumer electronics and high-reliability technologies such as electric vehicles, mobile devices, life-saving medical devices, and emerging 5G technology. Indium was founded in Utica, NY, U.S. in 1934 by Dr. William S. Murray who was instrumental in identifying and enabling the first commercially viable applications for indium metal. Today, the company is a premier materials refiner, smelter, manufacturer, and supplier to the global electronics, semiconductor, thin-film, and thermal management markets, with facilities in China, Germany, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. The company’s products include solders and fluxes; brazes; thermal interface materials; sputtering targets; indium, gallium, germanium, and tin metals and inorganic compounds; and NanoFoil. Currently, over 5 million EVs are on the road with Indium Corporation’s proven solder and thermal management solutions for high reliability. Additionally, products such as Durafuse LT and the company’s Reclaim and Recycle initiative are at the forefront of sustainability within the industry.
April 2024 Connector Industry News > Partnership, Personnel, & Acquisitions News
TE Connectivity shareholders elected Carol “John” Davidson as the new chairman of the board at the company’s March 13 annual general meeting of shareholders. Davidson assumes the chairman’s role from Tom Lynch, who retired from the board after serving as the chairman since 2013. Davidson has served on the board since 2016 and has been the lead independent director of TE since 2022. He has more than 30 years of leadership experience across multiple industries and is an experienced board leader.
The Mikron Group acquired DM2, an Italian manufacturer of rotary transfer CNC machines. With this acquisition Mikron aims to strengthen its position and gain market share in specific applications not yet covered by the Mikron portfolio. DM2’s product portfolio concentrates on the manufacture of larger parts with a focus on fittings and valves applications. The acquisition of DM2 by Mikron ensures the continuity of DM2’s business activities as a succession plan for the company’s owner Gianfranco Duina, who founded DM2 in 1985.
Fiber optic manufacturers Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) AG and US Conec Ltd. have partnered to produce and supply harsh environment connectors that are fully interoperable with R&M’s HEC-QR connector format. The HEC-QR connector from R&M and the HEC-DC connector from US Conec encompass a next-generation family of connectors for harsh environments, supporting single fiber (SC), duplex (LC) and multi-fiber (MT) variants. The novel 19 mm circular housing format enables simple insertion and extraction in dense cabling environments via actuation by the strain relief boot. The IP68 rated connector embodiment is compliant with the requirements of GR-3120 for single fiber applications and GR-3152 for multi-fiber applications. The robust connector solution is ideal for applications requiring rugged optical connectivity such as fiber to the home, industrial, broadcast, and transportation.
April 2024 Connector Industry News > New Technical Resources
Tune in to Greene Tweed’s latest webinar, How Smart Technology Can Monitor Your Seal State, on May 8, 2024, 1-2 p.m. ET. Host Nick Piacente, Greene Tweed’s product manager, specializing in emerging markets and technologies, will discuss the future of predictive maintenance, explaining how to stop leaks before they happen and minimize production downtime. Technical panelist Carmen Quartapella, senior engineer – design & analysis, will be available for questions at the end.
DigiKey announced the exclusive release of the LabsLand Prism4, a modular structure for building interactive real-time, remote hardware systems faster and more efficiently. The Prism4’s design supports remote hardware systems with cameras, modular lights, and evaluation boards. The platform also includes a set of Phase Dock workbench bases where devices can be attached using clicks and slides. Each Prism4 hosts specific ready-to-ship Prism4 hardware systems for different technologies, including field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), select microprocessors, and microcontrollers. The Prism4’s extensible system design supports the creation of remote laboratories for a variety of fields and uses, such as remote education and training using real equipment. Initially developed for educational settings, LabsLand remote engineering hardware systems allow engineers, students, and educators access to hardware and software solutions that are often price-prohibitive. Prism4 gives engineers, designers, and suppliers access to a remote engineering platform for new product demonstration, evaluation, product testing, and design, allowing engineers to try out hardware before purchasing. Software engineers can also use the platform to learn and develop code and program remote targets using actual hardware instead of simulators. The Prism4 hardware system enables users to control and interact with the target platforms while providing video feedback demonstrating outcomes and results in real time. DigiKey engaged with a design integration service provider to jump-start the design process and then collaborated with Phase Dock and LabsLand on the final product.
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