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Our Advantages

Our Products

We design, manufacture, and market over 500,000 products for more than 200,000 customer locations in a broad array of industries including automotive; data communications; consumer devices; telecom and enterprise networks; aerospace, defense and marine; medical; energy; and lighting. We bring advanced performance to every technology, product and service we provide, including connector systems, relays, fiber optics, circuit protection devices, distributed antenna systems, wire and cable, touch screens, heat shrink tubing, racks and panels, network cabling systems, and subsea communication systems. Our spirit of innovation drives us to continually hone our technological edge with the goal of delivering the best solutions – with the highest quality – every time.

Our Technologies

We invest approximately five percent of the company’s sales revenue on research, development and engineering annually – in 2010 alone, our investment was US$585 million. These efforts are supported by approximately 8,000 engineers at 13 global design centers who work closely with our customers to develop application-specific, highly engineered products and systems to satisfy customers’ needs. We apply for more than 1,500 patents annually and hold more than 20,000 patents and patent applications in total. Our innovation, early design involvement and materials expertise give customers a competitive advantage by delivering new functionality, and by helping them to bring better performance to existing products, deliver new products to market faster, and realize greater efficiencies in their manufacturing processes.

Our Global Presence

We have an established manufacturing presence in approximately 20 countries, we operate in over 50 countries and serve customers in more than 150 countries. Our global coverage positions us near our customers and allows us to assist them in consolidating their supply base and lowering their production costs. In addition, our Global Account Management programs allow us to maintain close working relationships with the key customers in the markets we serve. With sales of US$12.1 billion in fiscal 2010, we are significantly larger than many of our competitors – giving us scale and reach that generate direct dividends for our customers everywhere.

Our People

We have nearly 100,000 dedicated employees who are based throughout the world, with approximately 38,000 employees in China alone. By maximizing the commitment of our approximately 8,000 engineers, and the reach of our approximately 6,000-member sales force serving customers in more than 150 countries, we can collaborate with customers to provide highly engineered products and innovative solutions to meet their needs. Our diverse and capable management team is equally dedicated to creating and sustaining those powerful customer alliances – and to earning their business every day.

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