Acal is a leading value-added distributor providing specialist design-in, sales and marketing services for international suppliers in the fields of Electronic Components and Medical and Scientific products. In addition, the Supply Chain Division provides parts and services for the IT industry. Founded in 1986 Acal has, through a combination of acquisition and organic growth, developed into a major player in these product groupings.Acal employs approximately 750 people, offering particularly strong sales and marketing expertise. It is through these skills that Acal can focus on the demand creation and high standards of technical support which differentiate it from other distributors. The business provides opportunities for growth, a high return on capital employed and a positive cash-flow. Acal plans to continue investing cash-flow in organic growth and complementary business opportunities.

MTI electronics manufacturer provides printed circuit board (PCB) assembly and encapsulation, liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screen integration, and box build (complete system) manufacturing services. MTI also provides in-circuit, functional, optical inspection, and ionic contamination testing services. In addition, the company can provide thick film hybrid circuit prototyping and high volume production services. Customers include companies in the medical, telecommunications, military, automotive, and industrial markets, among others.

The contract manufacturer of quick-turn printed circuit boards (PCBs) and prototypes is known for offering interesting incentives to customers, including dinner gift certificates for referrals. Engineering students can receive sponsorships for projects and low cost prototypes. The company offers lead-free solder finishing on all prototype boards. Customers have included NASA, Displaytech, Thermo Fisher Scientific, and Microfabrica. Advanced Circuits was founded in 1989. Compass Equity Group financed a management buyout of the company in 2005.

Zytronic plc (Zytronic) is a developer and manufacturer of a range of touch sensor products. These products employ an embedded sensing element and are based on projected capacitative technology (PCT). Zytronic is also engaged in the development and manufacture of customized optical filters to enhance electronic display performance, and production of specialized and transparent laminates for niche markets. The Company has four product groups: ZYTOUCH touch sensors and keypads; ZYPOS, and its derivative ZYBRID, touch sensors; ZYSWITCH touch-switch sensors, and ZYFILM and ZYPROFILM plastic-based touch sensors. ZYTOUCH, ZYPOS and ZYBRID touch sensors are designed to work in front of liquid crystal display (LCD) or other electronic devices. Its subsidiaries include Zytronic Displays Limited, Intasolve Limited and Zytronic Glass Products Limited.

Altera Corporation company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Altera Corporation (Altera) is a semiconductor company. The Company designs, manufactures and markets programmable logic devices (PLDs), HardCopy application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), pre-defined design building blocks, known as intellectual property (IP) cores, and associated development tools. Altera is a supplier of complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) PLDs. The Company’s PLDs consist of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), which are semiconductor integrated circuits, or chips, that its customers program to perform logic functions in their electronic systems. Its HardCopy ASICs enables its customer transition designs from FPGAs to non-programmable implementations. Altera’s IP cores can be licensed by customers to add functions to their PLD designs.

Ultratech, Inc. was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Jose, California. Ultratech, Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets photolithography and laser thermal processing equipment. It offers step-and-repeat photolithography systems based on one-to-one imaging technology to semiconductor device manufacturers for applications involving line geometries of 0.75 microns or greater and to nanotechnology manufacturers. The company's steppers are also used to manufacture semiconductors that are used in various applications, such as telecommunications, automotive control systems, power systems, and consumer electronics. In addition, it offers LSA100, a laser-based thermal annealing tool used by the semiconductor industry for various process steps, including activation of implanted impurities, dielectric film formation, formation of silicides, and stabilization of copper grain structure. Ultratech sells its products to advanced packaging, thin film head, ink jet printer/accelerometer, semiconductor, and various other nanotechnology manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan, Taiwan, and the rest of Asia.

CoorsTek, Inc. was founded in 1910 and is based in Golden, Colorado. The company was formerly known as Coors Ceramics Company, Inc. and in January 2000 it changed its name to CoorsTek, Inc. CoorsTek, Inc. operates as a technical ceramics manufacturing company in North America. It offers components and assemblies for medical, automotive, semiconductor, aerospace and aviation, electronic, power generation, telecommunications, food and beverage, industrial, oil and gas, ozone, fluid, laser, precision measurement, wire and cabling, pulp and paper, and thermal applications. The company provides ceramic air bearing guideways, armor/armour protection products, chemical processing products, defense and security components, ceramic electron tube components, medical device components, ceramic optical components, ceramic plastic tubes and rods, wire bonding tools, and ceramic vacuum wafer chucks, as well as fuel cells, sensors, and membranes. It also offers analytical chemistry and material testing services.

Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. (K&S) designs, manufactures and sells capital equipment and expendable tools used to assemble semiconductor devices, including integrated circuits, high and low powered discrete devices, LEDs, and power modules. It also services, maintains, repairs and upgrades its equipment. The Company’s customers primarily consist of semiconductor device manufacturers, their subcontract assembly suppliers, other electronics manufacturers and automotive electronics suppliers. K&S operates two main business segments: Equipment and Expendable Tools. On October 3, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Orthodyne Electronics Corporation (Orthodyne). Orthodyne is the supplier of both heavy wire wedge bonders and heavy wire wedges (the expendable tools used in wedge bonding) for the power semiconductor and hybrid module markets.

Brandywine Communications is the premier supplier of precision GPS and time code based time and frequency products. Our product list includes plug-in cards for bus level timing such as PCI and VME cards, Network Time Servers (NTP Servers), GPS Frequency standards, GPS Master Clocks, Time and Frequency Systems, Time Displays and Time Code equipment.Brandywine offers custom products for the OEM market, GPS as well as SA-ASM GPS solutions for military applications. Our time and frequency standards with time code support a wide range of time code formats including IRIG B, IRIG A, IRIG G, and HaveQuick.Brandywine offers the industry's broadest range of solutions for customers requiring precise time and frequency.

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.

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