Vishay PM Group wants to be a prime mover in onboard weighing equipment. Through several subsidiaries, the company makes scales and software used in the construction, cargo haulage, and waste management industries. The scales are carried on board heavy trucks and other hauling vehicles to measure weight and assign identifying numbers to cargo items. (The company makes similar systems used on cranes.) PM software then hooks up with GPS equipment to provide route and invoicing management. In 2007 Vishay Intertechnology acquired the company for about £22 million in cash, while PM's electrical contracting business, PWE, was sold to former CEO Geoff Mountain for around £9 million.

Sonepar USA, Inc., along with its subsidiaries, distributes electrical supplies in the United States. It offers electrical supplies and datacomm telecommunication products for contractor, industrial, MRO, original equipment manufacturers, and commercial markets. The company also provides electrical services. It offers its products through a network of distributors. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sonepar USA, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Sonepar S.A.

Electrical Wholesalers, Inc. distributor of electrical products has some 20 locations throughout Connecticut, carrying ballasts, conduit, lamps and lighting, switches, and voice/data communications equipment. Electrical Wholesalers (EW) was established in 1956 by Hymen and Pearl Namerow. In 2006 the Namerow family sold EW to U.S. Electrical Services, an electrical products wholesaler established by Richard Worthy, the former CEO of Sonepar USA. A year later Consolidated Electrical Distributors acquired U.S. Electrical Services and Electrical Wholesalers.

Palomar Technologies, Inc. provides automated precision microelectronic assembly equipment and contract assembly services for the semiconductor industry in Asia, North America, and Europe. It offers precision automatic die bonding, wire and ball bonding, and component assembly equipment. The company also provides ball bumper, component placement work cells, precision component placement work cells, and wedge bonders. In addition, it offers process development, prototyping, and production services. The company serves companies that assemble semiconductor, wireless, and optoelectronic devices, as well as merchant and captive manufacturers. Palomar Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. The company has additional offices in Erlangen, Germany, as well as Singapore. Palomar Technologies, Inc. is a former subsidiary of Palomar Technological Companies.

Mabuchi Motor company is one of the world's largest manufacturers of small electric motors, parts, and equipment. Mabuchi's motors are used in audiovisual equipment and in automotive, home appliance, office, and precision equipment applications such as power windows, electric shavers and toothbrushes, copy machines, cameras, and CD-ROM video games. Major clients include Delphi Holdings, Procter & Gamble, and Samsung Electronics. Mabuchi makes its motors and motor parts in Asian countries outside Japan, where production costs are lower. About two-thirds of sales are in Asia, particularly in China and Hong Kong.

Cofidur offers contract electronics manufacturing, including design and production of printed circuit boards and electronic components. It specializes in multilayer and double-sided boards, along with electronic cards, and provides logistics services in addition to assembly of products. In late 2005 the company acquired a plant in Laval, France, from Flextronics International. Cofidur once made consumer electronics products, such as televisions, telephones, and PCs, primarily under the Continental Edison brand, but sold those product lines in 2002.

WEG Electric Motors manufactures and distributes industrial and HVAC electric motors and drives to customers worldwide through manufacturing facilities in Latin America and distributing centers in the US. The company is a subsidiary of Brazil's WEG Industrias S.A. Werner Ricardo Voigt, Eggon João da Silva, and Geraldo Werninghaus founded the company in 1961; the company's name is derived by combining the first letters of the founders' first names. In 2006 WEG Electric Motors made an equity investment in Voltran Ltd., a Mexican manufacturer of electrical transformers, and the companies have set up a JV factory in Tizayuca, Mexico.

Iwatsu Test Instruments Corporation, not surprisingly, specializes in the development and manufacturing of electronic measurement systems and related accessories. Its primary product line is comprised of digital and analog oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, measurement technology used in communications, signal generators, aerospace device systems, gauges, calculation software, automatic measurement equipment, and other related types of networking hardware.

Alps Electric makes a wide array of electronic components, including connectors, sensors, switches, magnetic heads, and potentiometers. The company also makes peripheral products (color LCDs, printers, remote controls); automotive electronics (keyless entry systems, steering switches); and communications components (optical modules, transceivers, tuners for satellite systems and televisions).

CPI International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides microwave, radio frequency, power, and control products primarily in the United States, Europe, and Asia. The company operates through two segments, VED and Satcom Equipment. The VED segment develops, manufactures, and distributes high power/high frequency microwave and radio frequency signal components. This segment's products include linear beam, cavity, power grid, crossed field, and magnetron devices. The Satcom Equipment segment manufactures and supplies high power amplifiers and networks for satellite communication uplink and industrial applications. This segment also offers spares, service, and other post sales support.CPI company's products are used for defense, communications, medical, scientific, and other applications to generate, amplify, transmit, and receive high-power microwave and RF signals, as well as to provide power and control for various applications. It distributes its products through its direct sales force and independent sales representatives, as well as through distributors. The company was formerly known as CPI Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to CPI International, Inc. in January 2006. CPI International, Inc. was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

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