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.

Ferraz Shawmut, a subsidiary of Paris-based carbon and graphite products supplier Le Carbone Lorraine, designs, manufactures, and distributes circuit protection products including industrial fuses, switches, and power management devices. Its wide array of products includes fuse holders; fuses for power distribution blocks; and general purpose, semiconductor, medium-voltage, and special uses. Its power interconnection business makes switchgear and magnetic relays; it also produces custom-made contactors and systems through its Lenoir Elec brand. Ferraz Shawmut also provides thermal management systems, which include air and liquid cooling, to the transportation, power quality, and signal processing markets.

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.

Jaco Electronics, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, distributes active and passive electronic components used in the manufacture and assembly of electronic products to various industrial original equipment manufacturers. Its active products comprise a range of semiconductors, including transistors, diodes, memory devices, microprocessors, micro controllers, other integrated circuits, active matrix displays, and various board-level products; and passive products include capacitors, resistors, and electromechanical devices, such as power supplies, relays, switches, connectors, and printer heads. The companys products are used in the manufacture and assembly of a range of electronic products, including telecommunications equipment, medical devices and instrumentation, military/aerospace systems, voting and gaming machines, computers and office equipment, industrial equipment and controls, automotive electronics, and home entertainment and other consumer electronics. Jaco Electronics also provides flat panel display, and supporting technology products and services. It has operations in western Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the Far East. The company serves a range of customers in computer, computer-related, telecommunications, data transmission, defense, aerospace, and medical equipment industries.

American Technology Corporation designs, develops, and commercializes sound reproduction technologies and products primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. The company develops and delivers directed acoustic products that beam, focus, and control sound over short and long distances. It offers Long Range Acoustic Device that creates directed acoustic beam to communicate at operational ranges in ambient noise environments; HyperSonic sound, a parametric speaker technology that creates sound in the air using ultrasonic frequencies above the normal range of hearing; and SoundSaber, a thin film magnetic speaker technology, which produces sound of low distortion and high volume. The company offers its products primarily to government, military, homeland and international security, private and commercial security, maritime, and digital signage markets through a network of independent resellers and system integrators.

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).

Coyote Electronics manufactures industrial control products that include variable speed drives, speed controls, signal isolators, and pressure transducers for industrial and automotive applications. The company also produces custom switch panels for OEMs and distributors of tow trucks, ambulances, armored cars, and other vehicles. Customers have included Dallas Water Utilities, George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Johnson Controls, the Trinity River Authority, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

API Technologies has built a blue chip list of customers and successfully grown its business in traditional electronics for military and industrial applications. We pride ourselves on our ability to deliver highly specialized products. Now under the umbrella of API Technologies we offer our customers the opportunity to develop next generation Nanotechnology based products in our new state of the art facility under the oversight of top Nanotechnology scientists and engineers. This significantly broadens the scope of our products and opportunities. We are very excited about the future of electronics and our position on the cutting edge of Nanotechnology.

Solyndra, Inc. company manufactures photovoltaic solar panels made of tube-shaped modules, rather than the traditional flat modules. Solyndra's thin-film solar panels, which are designed for commercial rooftop mounting, are distributed mainly in North American and European commercial markets. Solyndra's customers include solar system integrators and roofing materials manufacturers, such as Phoenix Solar, Solar Power Inc., among others. It was founded in 2005 by CEO Chris Gronet. Solyndra is privately owned by various venture capital and private equity firms. In December 2009 Solyndra filed for a $300 million initial public offering (IPO).

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