Selecting a Connector Vendor – Part 4

See Bishop & Associates 2024 ranking of connector suppliers for more recent data on Top 10 companies.

Top 10 by Product Type for 2023

Design engineers and purchasing personnel strive to identify the best connector companies for their design and purchasing requirements. However, identifying the best companies is not an easy task.  Answers to the following questions are important.

• Which companies offer the products and services we require? Which companies offer the fastest delivery, reasonable prices, and exceptional quality?
• Which are the easiest companies to deal with?
• Which companies can we count on when there is a problem?

Getting the answers to these questions is not easy.  It takes hands on experience and time to sort through the hundreds of connector companies in the industry. Only working with companies will provide the answer to “which companies do we want to include in our supply chain?”

To vet the nearly 1,500 companies in the connector industry, a process must first be put in place to determine which companies deserve a close examination. One place to start is looking at the companies with the most sales. Generally, the larger companies have been successful because they provide good service, have high quality products, offer reasonable prices, and are global. In effect, customers have rewarded them for their good performance. We believe identifying the top 10 companies by sales, using different definitions of what constitutes top 10, is the logical starting point for identifying the best connector suppliers.

Specifically, who are the:

• Top 10 in world sales.
• Top 10 in each geographic region.
• Top 10 by product type manufactured.
• Top 10 within each market served.

The first article, part 1 of 4, identified the top 10 connector manufacturers in world sales. These companies are ranked from 1 to 10, TE Connectivity, Amphenol, Molex, Aptiv, Luxshare, Foxconn (FIT), Yazaki, Rosenberger, JAE, and Hirose. Part 2 of 4 identified the top 10 connector manufacturers by region, adding an additional 14 companies for a total of 24 companies that achieved a top 10 ranking. Part 3 of 4, examined the top 10 in each of the 11 end-use equipment/market sectors. When the top 10 are viewed from this perspective, an additional 10 companies are added to our list of top 10 companies, making a total of 34 companies acquiring a top 10 position.

This article, the last in our four-part series, identifies the top 10 in each of the product type categories. The article also provides a summary of all connector companies achieving a top 10 status.

Top 10 Connector Manufacturers by Product Type

When product type is the criteria for identifying top 10 companies, an additional 15 companies, in addition to the 34 companies when identified by region or market sector, achieve top 10 status. By adding the number of individual companies that achieved top 10 by region, market sector, or product type, 51 companies acquired a top 10 position in 2022.

These additional 15 companies are Kostal Kontakt, Wago, Yokowo, LAPP, Leeno, Speed Tech, Enplas, Lumberg, Telegartner, Wieland, Autosplice, C.C.P. Contact, Preci-Dip, Mill-Max, and Metz Connect.

The following table identifies top 10 ranking, by product for each of the 49 companies.

Companies Achieving Top 10 Ranking
 by Product Type

Important highlights from this table include:

• TE Connectivity and Amphenol ranked in the top 10 in all 12 product type categories.
• Molex ranked in the top 10 in 10 of the 12 product type categories.
• Aptiv ranked in the top 10 in six of the 12 product type categories.
• Foxconn (FIT) and JONHON ranked in the top 10 in five of the 12 product type categories.
• Luxshare and J.S.T. ranked in the top 10 in four of the 12 product type categories.
• Four companies, Yazaki, Rosenberger, Phoenix Contact, and CommScope, ranked in the top 10 in three of the 12 product type categories.
• Of the 49 companies that ranked in the top 10 in product types, 25 companies ranked in the top 10 in two or more product type categories.

A complete listing of all connector companies that acquired a top 10 position in 2022 is found in the following table. Each company, listed in order of world rank, is shown with their number of top 10 mentions by region, market sector or product type.

Connector Companies by Number of Top 10 Appearances

All source data referenced in the above article is derived from Bishop & Associates Top 100 Connector Manufacturer’s report.

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To learn more about the companies mentioned in this article, visit the Preferred Supplier pages for Amphenol Communications Solutions, Hirose Electric, JAE, Lumberg, METZ CONNECT, Mill-Max Mfg. Corp., Molex, TE Connectivity, and WAGO.

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