LaBarge, Inc., a contract manufacturer, provides electronic and electromechanical systems and devices, and interconnect systems for customers in the defense, government systems, medical, aerospace, natural resources, industrial, and other commercial markets in the United States. The company manufactures, engineers, and designs interconnect systems, printed circuit board assemblies, high-level assemblies, and electronic systems. It produces electronic equipment for use in various high-technology applications, including military communication, radar, and weapons systems; industrial automation; military and commercial aircraft; satellites; space launch vehicles; oil and gas wells; mine automation equipment; and medical devices. The company was founded in 1950 and is based in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jabil Circuit takes more than a jab at contract electronics manufacturing. The company is one of the leading providers of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) in the world. Parts made by Jabil on a contract basis are used in communications products, medical instruments, computers and networking gear, and automobiles. Services range from product design and component procurement to product testing, order fulfillment, and supply chain management. Top customers include Cisco Systems, Research in Motion, Hewlett-Packard, EchoStar, and Nokia. The company, which has expanded into Asian and Eastern European markets, gets more than 80% of sales from international operations.

MathStar, Inc. company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon. MathStar, Inc. (MathStar) was a fabless semiconductor company engaged in the development, marketing and selling of its programmable platform field programmable object arrays (FPOA) chips and design tools required to program its chips. On May 20, 2008, the Company suspended research and development activities. As of September 30, 2008, the Company had ceased all operations in Minnesota. As of December 31, 2008, MathStar had engaged a third party investment banking firm to explore the sale of intellectual property and patents and potential merger and acquisition alternatives.

Curtis Industries makes electrical and electronic components, such as terminal blocks, relay sockets, radio-frequency interference (RFI) power line filters, liquid level controls, and related accessories. The company has manufacturing facilities in Milwaukee and in Nogales, Mexico. Curtis Industries has distributors across the US, and representatives in Canada and Mexico. In early 2008 the company acquired the Preo brand of electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters from Eastek International. Curtis Industries is a division of Powers Holdings, a Milwaukee-based company.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Inc. company was spun off by AMD in early 2009 to handle all of the chip company's semiconductor production. Wafer fabrication facilities (or fabs) are multibillion-dollar facilities to build and maintain; many semiconductor companies are chip design firms that contract out their manufacturing to silicon foundries, chip makers that provide wafer fabrication services to customers. GLOBALFOUNDRIES offers manufacturing services to AMD and other clients. It has fabs in Germany and Singapore, and another one under construction in the US. The company absorbed Chartered Semiconductor in 2010, making it a leader in the industry.

Measurement Specialties, Inc. engages in the design, development, and manufacture of sensors and sensor-based systems for original equipment manufacturers and end users. It offers pressure sensors and transducers, linear/rotary position sensors, piezoelectric polymer film sensors, custom microstructures, load cells, accelerometers, optical sensors, humidity, and temperature sensors. The company's technologies include piezo-resistive silicon sensors, application-specific integrated circuits, micro-electromechanical systems, piezoelectric polymers, foil strain gauges, force balance systems, fluid capacitive devices, linear and rotational variable differential transformers, electromagnetic displacement sensors, hygroscopic capacitive sensors, ultrasonic sensors, optical sensors, negative thermal coefficient ceramic sensors, and mechanical resonators. Its products are used for automotive, medical, consumer, military/aerospace, and industrial applications. The company sells its sensor products through regional sales managers, distributors, and outside sales representatives in the United States, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, and China. Measurement Specialties, Inc. was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Hampton, Virginia.

Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Zhuhai, the People's Republic of China. Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Actions) is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets integrated platform solutions, including system-on-a-chips (SoCs), firmware, software development tools and reference designs, for manufacturers of portable media players. The Company provides integrated platform solutions to portable media player manufacturers, brand owners and value-added distributors that enable them to accelerate the time-to-market for their products.

Viking Modular Solutions (formerly Viking InterWorks) designs and builds memory and flash modules for PCs and other products that optimize the performance of its customers' applications. The company supplies OEMs in the computer server, data storage, embedded electronics, and telecom markets. In addition to memory modules, Viking supplies processor modules, with digital signal processors or microprocessors, and its "Office-in-a-Box" module with a Mindspeed Technologies processor. A division of Sanmina-SCI, Viking Modular Solutions took its present form and name when Viking InterWorks merged with that company in 2008.

Tristar Electronics Corporation was founded in 1987 and is based in Houston, Texas.Tristar Electronics Corporation distributes electronics, controls, and automation products. It also offers application engineering assistance, bin-stocking, cable and harness assembly, custom cable assembly, dock to stock programs, electric utility deregulation planning and power evaluation, factory Web/factory IT, field service and start-up, general assembly, hardware/software, just-in-time deliveries, kitting, materials management, networking of HMIs and PLCs, packaging, and sub-station automation solutions. The company serves petrochemical/refinery, oil and gas, automotive, packaging, pharmaceutical, electronics, plastics, and food processing industries.

Orbotech Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and service of production solutions for specialized applications in the supply chain of the electronics industry worldwide. he company provides automated optical inspection (AOI), production and imaging products for specialized applications in the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCB) and AOI; test and repair systems for flat panel displays; and automatic check reading products enabled through its recognition software and gamma cameras for use in nuclear cardiac imaging. It also markets computer aided manufacturing solutions for PCB production; develops and markets character recognition solution to banks and other financial institutions; and provides technology for Web-based and location-independent data entry for check and forms processing. The company was formerly known as Optrotech Ltd. and changed its name to Orbotech Ltd. in October 1992 as a result of merger with Orbot Systems Ltd. Orbotech was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

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