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RG6 cables, or radio guide cables, are a type of coaxial cable that are typically used for home and commercial purposes. These cables transmit audio and visual signals to devices like your television set via satellite dishes, cable television and aerial antennas.

RS Components, the European and United Kingdom trading brand of Electrocomponents, has recently introduced the NECTOR M power system series from TE Connectivity. The NECTOR M power system series has been designed to serve the construction industry by increasing seamless integration and design flexibility into existing and new designs. The NECTOR M power system series is ideal for contractors and designers who may be operating in a variety of industries. The NECTOR M power system series was engineered to offer a pluggable connectivity solution for harsh and outdoor environments.

The DisplayPort Connector was developed by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) and is a digital display interface. This interface is mainly used in order to connect a video source to a display device, such as a computer screen or monitor. The DisplayPort Connector may also be used to carry USB, audio, as well as other forms of data.

AT&T is ready to invest $3 billion towards expanding its Iusacell network in Mexico, in hopes of providing the same mobile services they do in the United States. Their plan is to have the network reach 40 million people by the end of this year, 75 million by 2016, and 100 million by 2018. Mexico’s current population is 122.3 million.

Founded in 1917, Souriau is the world’s leading harsh environments interconnect product producer and manufacturer. Along with Sunbank, Souriau is owned by Esterline which employs over 3,000 people with production centers and research & development sites in North America, Europe, Japan, Mexico, and India. Their high performance connectors and back shells are used in all industries such as Aviation, Space, Energy, Transportation, and General Industry. Military and Defense also use Souriau’s connectors for applications in Military Airframing, Rotorcraft, Radars, Ground Army, Missiles, Weapons, and Military Marine. Souriau’s product profile contains over 500,000 parts.

As technology advances, the demand for raw materials to support new electronic products slowly increases as well. This has caused the world’s supply of raw materials to slowly deplete with the possibility of them becoming completely exhausted. One major raw material that is used especially in electronics and connectors is copper. Sources have suggested that the world’s mineable copper supply could potentially become exhausted in 40 years. This has alerted companies such as Yazaki to take action in the attempt to sustain supply. Yazaki, a global automotive parts supplier, has teamed up with companies such as Toyota to develop the world’s first copper recycling system. Together, the companies have developed a new sorting method which safeguards the metal from contamination by minute impurities during the dismantling process. The new technology has been able to produce recycled metal that have 99.96 per cent purity which is a level stable enough to be considered production quality. It is estimated that annually, the new process can produce about 1,000 tons of copper.

On November 10, 2014, the electronic connector manufacturer, FCI, introduced a new wire to board connector. The new product is under the Griplet line of connectors and is a described as a miniature low profile and compact IDC terminal. The small IDC wire to board design was designed to be ideal for small and tight spaces while providing easy installation to the user. The connector has a height of only 3.7mm with a footprint of only 4.0mm x 6.1 mm. Another feature of the design is a stackable pitch of up to 12 positions with housings to secure and protect the terminated components. Custom housings are also available to allow for automatic pick and place processes.

On October 3, 2014, the electronic interconnector manufacturer, Molex, introduced their new Temp-Flex FEP Flat-Ribbon Cable. This new cable will be the only FEP (Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene) on the market that meets specific military specification requirements for M49055/11 and M49055/12. Designed especially for harsh environment use, the Temp-Flex FEP flat-ribbon cable is able to tolerate high temperatures, high flexure, abrasion, and chemical exposure better than Polyvinyl Chloride and Thermoplastic Elastomers products. Such environments include rugged and extensive use in military aircraft instruments and industrial equipment.

TE Connectivity, Ltd. is an electronic component designer and manufacture located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland and Berwyn, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 2007 after Tyco International was split, resulting in two major companies, Tyco Electronic Ltd. and Covidien to become separate entities. The publically traded company Tyco Electronics Ltd. was renamed to TE Connectivity on March 10, 2011. Traded on the NYSE and S&P 500, TE Connectivity serves over 150 countries with 100,000 employees and has met yearly revenues of over $14 Billion.

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, or DuPont, is an enormous American company, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. With $35.7 billion in revenue for fiscal year 2013 and approximately 70,000 employees, DuPont is the third largest chemical company in the world manufacturing with seven primary business segments: agriculture (32% of sales), performance chemicals (19%), performance materials (18%), safety & protection (11%), nutrition & health (10%), industrial biosciences (3%), and electronics & communications (7%).