Analysts' Recommendation: Buy 30 Days Ago: Buy Analysts' Target: $57 Collins Stewart LLC $57 Buy Wednesday, July 02, 2008 BusinessWeek Rankings IT 100 IT 100 2007 #66 2006 #81 Amphenol Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, interconnect systems, and coaxial and flat-ribbon cable worldwide. The company produces a range of interconnect products and assemblies primarily for voice, video, and data communication systems; commercial aerospace and military systems; automotive and mass transportation applications; and industrial and factory automation equipment. Its interconnect products include connectors, which when attached to an electronic or fiber optic cable, a printed circuit board or other device, facilitate electronic or fiber optic transmission. The company’s interconnect assemblies consist of a system of cable and connectors for linking electronic and fiber optic equipment. It also designs and produces a range of radio frequency connector products and antennas used in telecommunications, computer and office equipment, instrumentation equipment, local area networks, and automotive electronics. In addition, the company’s various industrial applications include factory automation and motion control systems, medical and industrial instrumentation, mass transportation and natural resource exploration, and automotive applications. Its cable products include coaxial cable and connector products used in cable television systems, including full service cable television/telecommunication systems. The company also offers speed data cables and specialty cables, including flat-ribbon cable, which is used to connect internal components in computer and office equipment applications, as well as in various telecommunication applications. Amphenol Corporation markets its products directly, as well as through manufacturers’ representatives and distributors to original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers, cable system operators, and telecommunication companies. The company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Wallingford, Connecticut.
$45.6 (07/12/08)
