Premier Farnell plc is a leading multi-channel, high service distributor supporting millions of engineers and purchasing professionals globally. Premier Farnell markets and distributes a comprehensive range of products and services throughout Europe, North America and Asia Pacific with operations in 24 countries and trading in over 100, with approximately 4,100 employees worldwide. Serving a global customer base of more than 2 million customer contacts worldwide, the Group stocks in excess of 400,000 electronic products, has access to 4 million more and represents 3,500 manufacturer brands. The Group's multi-channel approach includes fully transactional websites, contact centres, field sales force, trade counters, branch network, catalogues and direct mail. Companies within the Premier Farnell Group include Farnell, Newark, CPC, Premier Electronics, Farnell-Newark, MCM, Akron Brass and TPC Wire & Cable.

Schumacher Electric started originally by designing and producing custom-built transformers for the electronic industry. Since our inception, Schumacher’s outstanding reputation and product lines have grown in proportion with our desire and capability to be best in each of the markets we serve. Today, Schumacher Electric is the world’s undisputed leader in the manufacturing and marketing of battery chargers, portable power sources, inverters/converters, battery testers, 12V accessories, and welding equipment. Schumacher Electric is famous for its superior product offering and never-ending commitment to completely service our growing number of customers.

Paradigm Works provides technical consulting services to help semiconductor companies and other parties design new application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) devices for use in CPU, LAN, SOC, analog, testing, storage, graphics, and telecommunications applications. The company also offers semiconductor intellectual property (IP) cores, chip-design elements that can be added piecemeal and integrated into a new device, protocol verification, chip construction, and foundry support. Branded software products include SystemVerilog FrameWorks (released in 2009), ReleaseWorks, and RegWorks Spec2Reg. Employee-owned Paradigm was founded in 2000 and has offices in the US.

First Solar was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Tempe, Arizona. First Solar, Inc. (First Solar) is engaged in the manufacture and sale of solar modules with an advanced thin film semiconductor technology, and it designs, constructs and sells photovoltaic (PV) solar power systems. It operates the business in two segments: components segment and systems segment. Components segment designs, manufactures and sells solar modules to solar project developers and system integrators. Systems segment provides PV solar power system for commercial systems, which includes project development, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), operating and maintenance (O&M) services and, when required, project finance. In April 2009, First Solar acquired the solar power project development business of OptiSolar Inc.

PLX Technology, Inc. was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. PLX Technology, Inc. (PLX) develops and supplies semiconductor devices that accelerate and manage the transfer of data in microprocessor-based systems, including networking and telecommunications, enterprise storage, servers, personal computers (PCs), PC peripherals, consumer electronics, imaging, and industrial products. PLX offers a complete solution consisting of two related types of products: semiconductor devices and development kits. The company markets its products to customers that sell electronic systems in the server, storage, communications, industrial, and consumer markets. On January 2, 2009, PLX completed the acquisition of Oxford Semiconductor, Inc.

Headway Technologies, a subsidiary of TDK Corporation, is strategically positioned to play a key role in the storage industry of the future. Fujitsu, Hitachi, Maxtor and Toshiba have incorporated our products into their industry-leading drives. Using our broad and fundamental understanding of recording head technology, we develop products that provide our customers with significant performance advantages.

Beckman Coulter, Inc. provides biomedical testing instrument systems, tests, and supplies for clinical laboratories worldwide. The company manufactures chemistry systems, such as routine chemistry systems that use electrochemical detection, chemical reactions with patient samples to detect and quantify substances of diagnostic interest in blood, urine, and other body fluids; and point of care testing products comprising rapid diagnostic test kits and hematology instruments that give physicians information to manage patients. It also provides immunoassay systems performing tests that assess thyroid function, screen and monitor for cancer and cardiac risk, provide information in fertility and reproductive testing, and monitor factors associated with anemia, blood viruses, and infectious disease; and molecular diagnostics that includes testing for infectious diseases, genetic diseases, and disorders, human cancers, and pharmacogenics. Beckman Coulter offers cellular systems for clinicians, such as hematology systems to study formed elements in blood, such as red and white blood cells and platelets; coagulation systems offering information to diagnose bleeding and clotting disorders and to monitor anticoagulant therapy; and flow cytometry systems used in applications in basic research, clinical research, and drug discovery. The company's life science products and services comprise life sciences automation products, centrifugation, and life science tools. It sells its products through sales organizations and independent distributors to hospitals, physician's offices, reference laboratories, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, universities, medical schools, and research institutions. The company was formerly known as Beckman Instruments, Inc. and changed its name to Beckman Coulter, Inc. in April 1998 as of result of acquisition of Coulter Corporation. Beckman Coulter was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Brea, California.

Coastline International was started in 1981 and currently occupies 35,000 sq. ft. in three secure buildings in Tijuana, Mexico., along with  a warehouse, and corporate  offices  in  San  Diego,  California.  Coastline carry  out  a variety of labor-intensive work for our  clients,  primarily  Electronics  to Medical and sewing  products  and other labor intensive  requirements.Coastline can support your manufacturing  needs, while  keeping  the costs down. With  over  26  years  experience, we   handle  all transport  of  raw materials and finished  goods  for  our clients. We operate a  quality  management system which complies with the requirements of BSI in ISO 13485 for subcontracting manufac-turing of medical, electrical and mechanical parts and assemblies.

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and supply of products and systems for the life science research, healthcare, analytical chemistry, and other markets worldwide. The company's products are used to separate complex chemical and biological materials, and to identify, analyze, and purify their components. It operates in two segments, Life Science and Clinical Diagnostics. The Life Science segment offers electrophoresis, image analysis, molecular detection, chromatography, gene transfer, sample preparation, and amplification products and services. This segment serves universities and medical schools, industrial research organizations, government agencies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology researchers, and food testing laboratories. The Clinical Diagnostics segment provides control, autoimmune, diabetes, and blood virus testing products. This segment serves hospital laboratories, reference laboratories, physician office laboratories, government agencies, and diagnostic manufacturers. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Hercules, California.

Dionex Corporation designs, manufactures, markets, and services analytical instrumentation and related accessories, and chemicals. The company offers a range of liquid chromatography systems, sample preparation devices, and related products that are used by chemists to separate and quantify the individual components of chemical mixtures in industrial, research, and laboratory markets. Its liquid chromatography systems include ion chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography products. The company also develops and manufactures consumables, including columns, suppressors, and RFIC eluent generation cartridges; detectors used to measure the quantity of various sample components after separated in a chromatography column; automation products that automate sample handling, system operation, and data analysis for chromatography systems; mass spectrometry, which identifies the molecular weight of compounds within a sample substance and renders structural molecular information; and the Integral Process Analyzer for continuous on-line monitoring in power generation, semiconductor, and pharmaceutical and chemical industries. In addition, the company designs and manufactures a range of specialty detectors and reagents, as well as provides analytical services, including industrial hygiene and clinical diagnostic analysis, and metabolomics profiling. Its customers include environmental testing laboratories, life science and food companies, chemical/petrochemical firms, power generation facilities, electronics manufacturers, government agencies, and academic institutions. Dionex Corporation markets and distributes its products and services through its sales force in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, the People's Republic of China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

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