KOA was established by Kazuto Mukaiama in Tokyo to manufacture fixed resistors in 1940. Fifteen years later in 1955 they became an authorized manufacturer of JIS (Japanese Industrial Standards) parts. Finally in 1980, 40 years after being founded, KOA Speer Electronics, Inc. is established in the United States. Then in 1994 KOA obtained their quality control ISO 9002 certification and in 1996 they obtained their ISO 9001 certification. Tama Electric Co., LTD. was acquired by KOA Group in August 2001. Read more >>

Headquartered in Glendale, California, Glenair, Inc began operations in 1956. They produce a full line of products to meet every interconnect requirement. They have a broad range of military qualified and commercial connectors. In fact they boast the largest standing inventory of commercial and Mil-Spec electrical connector accessories. Their entire product line is manufactured in the USA, England, or Italy. Read more >>

Dialogic, Inc. was founded in Montreal, Canada 1984 as Eicon Networks Corporation. In 1999, the company was acquired by Intel but has since divested. In 2006, Eicon bought the Media & Signaling Division of Intel and became Dialogic. Read more >>

Headquartered in Bethel, Connecticut, Del-Tron Precision, Inc. was founded in 1974 as the world’s first supplier of commercially available sub-miniature ball slides. Del-Tron has distribution centers worldwide including within the United States, Canada, and Germany and sales locations in Japan and throughout Southeast Asia. The company offers components for automated equipment manufacturers, particularly anti-friction linear bearings for modern industrial equipment. Original equipment manufacturers use Del-Tron’s products for applications which include medical diagnostic equipment, semiconductor-processing equipment, computer peripherals, assembly systems, and scientific instruments. Read more >>

Vishay-Draloric primarily manufactures MELF (metal electrode leadless face) resistors and ceramic capacitors, but also offers thin film flat chip resistors, leaded film and wirewound resistors, and large ceramic power capacitors. In 1900 in Selb, Germany, Philip Rosenthal began manufacturing ceramics for electronic applications as a side business to his main concern in porcelain tableware. Read more >>

Qualcomm is headquartered in San Diego, California and operates 157 locations worldwide. They were founded in 1985 to produce the OmniTRACS satellite locating and messaging service. In 1990 they began designing the first CDMA based cellular base station. Two years later CDMA cell phones, base stations, and chips started being manufactured. Qualcomm was instrumental in established the CDMA2000, WCDMA and LTE cellular standards. In 2013 they recorded revenue of nearly $25 billion, at the time they employed 26,000 people worldwide. Read more >>

Qualtek is a manufacturer of fans, fan accessories, primary power components, EMI power line filters, cable assemblies, domestic and international power cords, and heat shrink products. The company was established in 1980 and is headquartered in Mentor, Ohio. Read more >>

Echelon was founded in 1988 and launched their revolutionary LonWorks platform in 1990. The LonWorks platform is used for network control in the transportation, industrial and home automation industries. Then in 2003 Echelon released their open metering infrastructure, Network Energy Services. Echelon is the pioneer of open-standard control networking platforms. Read more >>

Founded in 1975 by Bernhard Weingartner, Neutrik is a Liechtenstein company which manufactures connectors. The Neutrik group has subsidiaries in the United States, Great Britain, Switzerland, France, Japan, China, and Germany. Distributors are located in over 80 countries. Neutrik develops connectors used in audio and video recording studios and concert sound systems. Read more >>

Legrand Electrics began as a porcelain workshop until Frederic Legrand purchased the workshop and entered into a partnership with Jean Mondot who manufactured switches. At the time porcelain with the best insulating material or electric switches. Since 1949, when Legrand made the decision to focus on electrical wiring devices like switches and sockets, the company has acquired 120 companies around the world. Read more >>