When searching for a mature or end of life semiconductor, turn to Rochester Electronics. Headquartered in Newburyport, MA Rochester has distribution offices around the world. There are locations in the UK, Germany, China, and Japan. They work with customers worldwide to extend the life of products that are End-of-Life guaranteeing a supply of long-life cycle semiconductor solutions. Rochester is the only dedicated manufacturer that supports the ongoing need of critical semiconductors for their entire life-cycle. Read more >>

Yazaki is a Japanese based manufacturer that pioneered automotive engine wiring harnesses in 1929. Then in 1940 the company became incorporated and in 1966 Yazaki established their American pision in Chicago to serve the growing American automotive industry. The company has a history of innovation. Notably in 1974 Yazaki developed the world’s first solar-powered absorption cooling system. Read more >>

Based in Springfield, Missouri Positronics is a global manufacturer of electronic connectors. Their products are used for military, space, commercial aerospace, medical, industrial, and rail applications. There are a variety of connector in high power, D-sub, rectangular, modular and circular types. The company was founded in 1966 and began expanding to other countries in 1983. First they moved to Europe. Then they expanded to Puerto Rico in 1991, Singapore in 1995, and India in 2004. As of 2010 they have 800 employees worldwide including 442 in the Missouri plant. In 1993 they became the first company in Springfield to receive ISO 9000 standards. Read more >>

Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Cantherm (Canadian Thermostats & Control Devices Ltd.) is a worldwide designer and manufacturer of thermal protection technologies for electric motors, medical devices, power supplies, and temperature-sensitive electronics. Read more >>

Established over 110 years ago Belden Incorporated has grown into a leading manufacturer of networking, connectivity, and cable products. Through a series of acquisitions between 1993 and 2004 Belden grew their annual revenue from under $400 million to over $1 billion in 2000. Through a merger with Cable Design Technologies group Belden converted itself from a simple electrical wire and cable manufacturer to a full service signal transmission provider with a complete product portfolio including cable, connectivity and network products. Read more >>

Founded by two classmates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1960, Teradyne has served as an industry leader in the electronic testing field. Over the years of growth, Teradyne has accumulated a consumer base consisting of high-profile customers such as IBM, Analog Devices, Intel, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, and Samsung. As a result of their relentless commitment to find innovative ways to circumvent complex test issues, Teradyne is capable of offering a variety of test solutions for all of your electronic needs. Teradyne strives to ensure that electronic devices all around the world are working properly and reliably, every single time. Their semiconductor test division consists of five primary product families including J750, FLEX, UltraFLEX, Magnum, and Eagle. Each product family serves to classify and test individual devices on a completed semiconductor, ensuring that the semiconductor wafer has been tested and retested in order to verify that the end product is c......Read more >>

Working out of Cromwell, Connecticut, Amatom is leading supplier of handles for the aerospace, electronics, telecommunications, automotive, and military markets. Established in 1957, Amatom soon became known for its Electronic Hardware Reference Manual—colloquially dubbed “The Bible of the Electronic Hardware Industry.” As of 2003, Amatom has been operating as a subsidiary of Carey Manufacturing. In addition to producing the forerunner to today’s online reference manuals, Amatom creates catches, latches, and handles—produced from brass, aluminum, steel, and stainless steel in over 35 decorative finishes, as well as giving the option of powder coat finishes in over 50 textures and colors. Amatom Corporation’s customers include the following notable companies: Read more >>

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Altera is a leading provider of programmable logic devices (PLD)—electronic components used to build reconfigurable digital circuits. Established in 1984 with the creation of the industry’s first reprogrammable logic device, Altera supports a number of end markets with its array of hardware—including automotive, broadcast, industrial, medical, test & measurement, and military. Altera employs a 2,600-strong workforce spanning 19 countries. Altera primarily produces its parts via its partner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) based in Hsinchu Science and Industrial Park—the largest pure-play semiconductor foundry in the world. However, just last year, Altera and Intel struck a foundry deal together. Read more >>

Headquartered in Riverside, California, Bourns, Inc. is a leading designer and manufacturer of sensor and electronic components — including panel controls, encoders, chip resistors, resettable fuses, network interface devices, and integrated circuits. Founded in 1947 by a husband-and-wife team in their Altadena garage, Bourns got its start with the invention of the first miniature linear motion and vane position potentiometers for the fledgling, post-war, Southern California aerospace industry. Today, Marlan and Rosemary Bourns’ son Gordon serves as CEO. Bourns’ sixty-seven years of aerospace experience includes supporting the Mars Rover expedition and the Apollo 11 moon landing. The company caters to a wide range of markets, including the automotive, audio, medical, telecommunications, computer, industrial, and instrumentation industries. Read more >>

Headquartered in Lohr am Main, Germany, Bosch Rexroth Group is one of the world’s foremost specialists in the field of drive and control technologies. Founded in 2001 via the merger of Mannesman Rexroth AG and the Automation Technology Business Unit of Robert Bosch GmbH, Bosch Rexroth caters to the factory automation, construction, commercial vehicle, marine, and renewable energies markets. Recently, Bossard won a major contact from British firm Land Rover. Founded in 1948, Whitley-based Land Rover is a premier designer and manufacturer of four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicles, and operates under parent company Jaguar Land Rover. The agreement, worth USD$3 million, is for Bosch Rexroth to produce welding controls for Land Rover’s T5 project. Read more >>