Methode Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: MEI) is a global designer and manufacturer of electro-mechanical devices with manufacturing, design and testing facilities in the United States, Malta, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Czech Republic, China, Singapore, the Philippines and India. We design, manufacture and market devices employing electrical, electronic, wireless, radio remote control, sensing and optical technologies to control and convey signals through sensors, interconnections and controls. Our business is managed on a segment basis, with those segments being Automotive, Interconnect, Power Products and Other. Our components are in the primary end markets of the automobile, computer, information processing and networking equipment, voice and data communication systems, consumer electronics, appliances, aerospace vehicles and industrial equipment industries.

Cepheid, a molecular diagnostics company, develops, manufactures, and markets integrated systems for genetic testing in the clinical molecular diagnostic, industrial, and biothreat markets. Its systems enable molecular testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automation. Its SmartCycler system integrates DNA amplification and detection to allow rapid analysis of a sample; and GeneXpert system integrates sample preparation in addition to DNA amplification and detection. GeneXpert is designed for reference laboratories, hospital central laboratories, and satellite testing locations, such as ER and ICU units within hospitals, and doctors offices. In the clinical molecular diagnostic market, Cepheid markets tests for both the GeneXpert and the SmartCycler platforms in the areas of hospital acquired infections, critical infectious disease, immuno-compromised transplantation, women's health, and oncology. These tests include Food and Drug Administration cleared products, such as in-vitro medical devices, CE Marked, analyte specific reagents, and research use only tests. In the industrial market, the company sells its SmartCycler along with general use polymerase chain reaction reagents and reaction tubes. Cepheid has tests available for anthrax, pestis, and tullarensis in the biothreat market. The company sells its products through direct sales and distribution channels worldwide. It has strategic relationship with bioMerieux, Inc. for bioMerieux to develop DNA testing products using nucleic acid sequence-based amplification technology. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

ULVAC,Inc. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the provision of vacuum equipment, machinery and services. The Company operates in two business segments. The Vacuum-related segment provides display and electronic parts manufacturing equipment, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and components. Its major products include sputtering systems, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) systems, etching systems, vacuum evaporation systems and vacuum heat treatment furnaces. The Others segment provides sputtering target materials, vacuum evaporation materials, titanium and tantalum processing products, surface treatment and precision cleaning services, Auger electron spectroscopy analyzers, X-ray photoelectron analyzers, secondary ion mass spectroscopy analyzers, various industrial machinery control devices, high voltage inverters, power source converters and uninterruptible power source devices. The Company has 55 subsidiaries and six associated companies.

Century Electronics, a division of Perillo Industries, Inc. was founded in 1973 as a high technology organization dedicated to the development and manufacturing of high reliability power supplies, converters and inverters within the aerospace, defense, industrial and commercial markets.Century Electronics provides custom Mil-Spec and COTS products for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and the Coast Guard utilizing a variety of military specifications. Our power supplies are typically designed to meet or comply to one of the primary military input power specifications: MIL-STD-704 (Air Force), MIL-STD-1299 (Army) and MIL-STD-1399 (Navy). Our power supplies are qualified to the various requirements defined in MIL-STD-810 (Environmental Test Methods), MIL-STD-461 (EMI) and MIL-STD-901 (High Impact Shock). Our Magnetics are designed to MIL-T-27 and Conformal Coating meets IPC-J-STD-001, IPC-A-610 or NASA-STD-8739.1. Power Supplies can be 100% Burned-In, Acceptance Tested, Environmental Stress Screened (ESS) based on specific program requirements.

Semitool, Inc. (Semitool) designs, manufactures, installs and services engineered equipment for use in the fabrication of semiconductor devices. The Company’s products are focused on the wet chemical process steps in integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing and include systems for wafer surface preparation and electrochemical deposition (ECD) applications. The Company’s surface preparation systems are designed for Front End of Line (FEOL), Back End of Line (BEOL) and wafer level packaging of ICs processes. The Company’s single-wafer FEOL surface preparation systems are used for photoresist stripping, post etch and pre-diffusion cleans. The Company’s ECD systems are used to plate copper and other metals, which are used for the IC’s internal wiring, or interconnects; to plate solder and lead free solder bumps, and to plate other metals for a range of semiconductor and related applications. In December 2009, Applied Materials, Inc. acquired Semitool, Inc.

Firan Technology Group (FTG) is all fired up about making high-reliability electronic components for critical applications in military and aerospace equipment. The company's FTG Circuits unit makes complex printed circuit boards from advanced materials; these components are used in applications such as avionics that call for high reliability. FTG Circuits also offers related manufacturing services. Meanwhile, the company makes luminescent cockpit display panels and keyboards through its FTG Aerospace division. In late 2007 the company bought the assets of Filtran Microcircuits from Merrimac Industries for about C$1.8 million.

Ovonyx was founded in 1999 by Tyler Lowrey and Ward Parkinson. Ovonyx has developed designs for a new type of technology used in non-volatile memory chips. The technology is known as Ovonic Unified Memory (OUM), or phase-change memory (PCM), and it is meant to supplant flash memory devices in consumer electronics. The company has licensing and development agreements with several chip makers, including BAE Systems, Elpida Memory, Hynix Semiconductor, Nanochip, Samsung Electronics, and STMicroelectronics. Energy Conversion Devices (ECD), which originally developed the memory technology, owns about 40% of Ovonyx. CEO Lowrey, Intel, and other investors own the rest of the company.

RF Industries, Ltd. provides interconnect products and systems for radio frequency (RF) communications devices and wireless digital transmission systems in the United States and internationally. Its Connector and Cable Assembly division designs, manufactures, and distributes coaxial connectors and cable assemblies. The companys Aviel Electronics division engages in the design, manufacture, and distribution of specialty and custom RF connectors primarily for aerospace and military customers. Its Worswick division sells coaxial and other connectors and cable assemblies primarily on a retail basis to local multi-media and communications customers. The companys Bioconnect division manufactures and distributes cabling and interconnect products to the medical monitoring applications, such as disposable ECG cables, EEG leads, infant apnea monitors in hospitals, patient leads, snap leads, and connecting wires. Its RF Neulink division designs and manufactures wireless data products, such as RF data links and wireless modems. It also distributes antennas, transceivers, and related products of other manufacturers, as well as provides turn-key packages for various remote data transmission applications. The companys RadioMobile division provides end-to-end mobile management solutions implemented over wireless networks. RF Industries markets and distributes its products through warehousing distributors, original equipment manufacturers, hospital suppliers, dealers, distributors, directly or manufacturers representatives, system integrators, and value added resellers, as well as through the operation of an e-commerce.

Transistor Devices, Inc. (TDI) is plugged in to the power needs of the computer industry. Founded in 1960, the company makes high-power, fault-tolerant, uninterruptible electronic power supplies and systems designed to prevent power loss in transportation equipment and computer data storage and telecommunications systems. Customers include companies in the aerospace, computer/networking, industrial, medical, military, and telecommunications industries. TDI operates mainly in the US, but it also has facilities in China, Ireland, and Mexico. Richard Blake, the company's founder, chairman, and CTO, controls TDI; the rest of the company is owned by officers and employees.

Adaptive Networks keeps communication down-to-the-wire. It researches, develops, and sells chipsets and modules that helps transmit data at high speeds over ordinary electrical power lines. The technology has been adapted for commercial and industrial data networks -- hospitals, hotels, utility companies -- and also has applications in home networking. The company was founded in 1983 by the Propp brothers, Michael (president) and David (EVP), and applied for its first patent in 1986. Products include PowerStream (used for streaming multimedia including video and audio) and PowerConnect (powerline communications chipset). Outside investors own about three-quarters of the company, with officers holding one-quarter.

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