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Ralph Phillips

President

Smiths Interconnect

Smiths Interconnect designs and manufactures specialised electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the global wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space and medical markets. 

Smiths Interconnect is an electronic components and sub-systems business providing signal, power and microwave solutions that are application specific and incorporate innovative technologies to help our customers achieve ultimate system performance.


Employees

3,100

Principal operating regions

Smiths Interconnect operates globally and has locations in the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, Ireland, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Tunisia, India, China, and Australia.

Customers

Smiths Interconnect supplies to multiple levels of the supply chain and its blue chip customers includes primes and service providers, OEMs and system suppliers, and sub-system manufacturers. Amongst our largest customers are Raytheon, Finmeccanica, BAE Systems, AAI/Textron, Northrop Grumman, Ericsson, Motorola, Sprint Nextel, ZTE, GE Medical and Alstrom.

Competitors

Smiths Interconnect operates in a fragmented market with many small and medium-sized competitors. In Connectors, the competitors include Amphenol, Deutsch, Radiall and Souriau. Microwave components competes with, amongst others, Anaren, Spectrum Control and parts of M/A-Comand Dover. The competitors of Microwave Sub-Systems include Cobham, EMS Teledyne and L3. Protection competes with Huber & Suhner, Dehn and parts of SL Industries. 

Major manufacturing and service locations

As reported in Annual Report, year ended 31 July 2008

* Based on revised operating structure for 2008/09

# Percentage relates to headline operating profit before corporate costs


Smiths Group divisions:
Smiths Detection, John Crane, Smiths Medical, Smiths Interconnect, Flex-Tek

 

Smiths Group plc:
Registered office 765 Finchley Road, London NW11 8DS
Incorporated in England No. 137013
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