ABRACON Corporation was established August 5, 1992 with the vision of becoming a top tier global manufacturer of frequency control products. ABRACON has created a highly competitive business model that has enabled it to supply OEMs, contract manufacturers and distributors with a wide range of high quality microprocessor crystals, crystal oscillators and SAW devices. ABRACON provides its' customers with high quality products, competitive pricing, timely delivery, reliable engineering and technical support and the flexibility to change production requirements on short notice. In pursuit of this vision, ABRACON has obtained ISO 9001-2000 quality certification as well as TS 16949 qualification for a broad range of products for automotive applications.

Abracon supplies

• Crystals
• Resonators
• Filters
• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs
  6. VCO
  7. Programmable oscillators
  8. MEMS oscillators

Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Taichung, Taiwan, Aker Technology has become a prominent manufacturer of frequency control products for the global electronics industry. Aker Technology was established to manufacture and market high volume and competitively priced products. The comprehensive product range both in through-hole and surface mount include crystals, filters, resonators, clock oscillators, VCXOs and TCXOs.

Aker supplies

• Crystals
• Resonators
• Filters
• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs

Italian manufacturer ATE ELECTRONICS S.R.L was founded over 30 years ago and has been one of the leading suppliers of high-quality resistor products ever since. With extremely modern production facilities, the company offers a wide range of wire-wound-resistors to MIL and CECC standards. The company is DIN EN ISO 9001:2000 certified and is also happy to take on customised requirements.

ATE supplies:

• Wire-wound resistors
  1. High value / low value
  2. High power
  3. Precision
  4. SMDs

US manufacturer BOURNS INC. was founded over 50 years ago in Altadena, California USA. In 1952, its first patent was registered for a trimming Potentiometers, paving the way for the success of the company that is today a world leader. BOURNS has always developed in line with the market and its growing requirements with the result that, today, it offers one of the most extensive and most professional product ranges in passives.

Bourns supplies:

• Potentiometers
  1. Trimming potentiometers
  2. Precision
  3. Encoders
  4. Panel Controls

• Switches
• Inductors
• Circuit protection
  1. Multifuse
  2. Chipguard

• Resistors
  1. Networks
  2. CHIPs/SMDs

US manufacturer CARDINAL COMPONENTS INC., based in Wayne, New Jersey, USA, has made a name for itself thanks in particular to the introduction of its FIPO series. It has a portfolio of programmable oscillators which, in terms of spec, price and range of possible applications, is second to none. Today, the FIPO series represents the commercial backbone of the company. The company also runs highly modern facilities for the manufacture of traditional quartz products.

CARDINAL supplies:

• Crystals
• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. FIPO programmable oscillators
  6. PLATINUM programmable oscillators

US manufacturer CRYSTEK CRYSTALS CORPORATION was founded in 1958 and is today one of the leading suppliers of high-quality frequency-control-products within the telecommunications industry. With a modern production site and top-class development facilities at its main headquarter in Ft. Myers, Florida USA, CRYSTEK has the chance to meet custom-made requirements as well as keep abreast of the rapid pace of development in product engineering.

Crystek supplies:

• Crystals

• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. VCO

Established 1997, C-TECH is known as s specialist manufacturer of filter products as IF/RF-SAW-Filters, SAW-Filter-Modules and a broad range of Microwave-Filter products. C-TECH is certified to ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 14001.

C-TECH supplies:

• SAW-Filter
  1. IF-SAW-Filter
  2. RF-SAW-Filter
  3. Narrow-RF-SAW-Filter

• SAW-Modules
  1. SAW-Duplexer
  2. SAW-Multiplexer

• Microwave-Filter
  1. Bandpass-Filter
  2. Duplexer
  3. LC-Filter
  4. Cavity-Filter

Producer EUROQUARTZ LIMITED, based in Crewkerne, Somerset UK, is able to look back on almost 60 years of history. Over the past 25 years, targeted purchases and a consistent policy of expansion have turned the company into what it is today. The broad product range makes EUROQUARTZ a genuine "one-stop shop" - from simple quartz crystals for microprocessor applications through to OCXOs and MIL crystal oscillators - meaning that EUROQUARTZ can offer all technologies from a single source.

Euroquartz supplies:

• Crystals
• Resonators
• Filters

• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs
  6. VCO
  7. Frequency-Moduls
  8. programmable oscillators

Fox Electronics was founded in 1979 as a small, family owned supplier of quartz crystals and oscillators. Since then, the company has evolved to become America's leading supplier of highly precise, highly reliable frequency control products to the worldwide electronics markets. The comprehensive product range both in through-hole and surface mount include crystals, filters, clock oscillators, VCXOs, TCXOs, OCXOs and the world-famous XpressO series.

Fox supplies:

• Crystals
• Filters
• Crystal Oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs
  6. XpressoO-series

HOSONIC was founded in 1979 in Taipei, Taiwan as a manufacturer of resistors. In 1991 the company began with the production of crystals. With the set up of the subsidiary in Hangzhou, Mainland China, the mass production of crystals and oscillators was established to manufacture and market high volume and competitively priced products. HOSONIC is certified to DIN ISO 9001:2000 and DIN ISO 14001:2000 and offers a comprehensive product range both in through-hole and surface mount include crystals, resonators and clock oscillators.

HOSONIC supplies:

• Crystals
• Resonators
• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs

Indian manufacturer HI-TECH RESISTORS PVT. LTD. was founded in 1986 and has been one of the leading suppliers of high-quality resistor products ever since. With extremely modern production facilities, the company offers a wide range of wire-wound-resistors. The company is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is also happy to take on customised requirements.

HTR supplies:

• Wire-wound resistors
  1. Low-value
  2. High power
  3. SMDs/MELFs

HY-MEG CORPORATION was founded in 1972 in Addison, Illinois USA, and has been a leader in the supply of quality high-voltage resistors ever since. HY-MEG also offers top-class customer support, not to mention intensive technical support. The company will even accept custom-made applications. At HY-Meg, MIL-test procedures, a 100% final inspection and product "burn-ins" are all integral procedures carried out as standard.

Hymeg supplies:

• Thick-film resistors
  1. High voltage
  2. High value
  3. Precision

The formation of the INTERQUIP Group of companies began in the United States in January 1970 with the founding of Comtec Economation Incorporated. The initial focus of this company was to design and manufacture equipment used in the production of quartz crystal devices. INTERQUIP Limited (HK) was formed in 1978 to carry out trade with China which allowed Comtec Economation to expand its activities by utilizing the rapidly expanding, technically trained labor force of Hong Kong to support the design and development of certain new types of equipment targeted to the world market. In 1990, it was decided to move all operations from the United States to one central location in Hong Kong. In 2000, it was decided to restructure the business again to focus exclusively on the design and manufacture of frequency control products. The manufacture and sale of quartz electronic components to be carried out by INTERQUIP Electronics Co., Limited, which was founded in September 2002. INTERQUIP Electronics manufactures more than 20 million quartz crystal devices per month in its three ISO certified facilities in China. INTERQUIP has obtained ISO 9001 quality certification, ISO 14001 as well as TS 16949 qualification for automotive applications.

InterQuip supplies:

• Crystals
• Resonators
• Filters

• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs

Since 1973, IQD has established a leading position in the European market as a specialist manufacturer and supplier of quartz based frequency control components. IQD´s own facilities are supplemented by a small number of quality managed partner factories with specific technology strengths. This allows to offer one of the most comprehensive ranges available, from low cost commercial grade product to that used in high reliability military and professional grade applications. Our components are specified by leading manufacturers in the aerospace, communications, computing, consumer and medical industries. IQD is certified to BS EN ISO 9001:2008.

IQD supplies:

• Crystals
• Resonators
• Filters

• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs
  6. Programmable oscillators
  7. MEMS oscillators

In 1995, this Japanese manufacturer opened its Europe head office in D�geling/Itzehoe near Hamburg, Germany. With a total of 4,000 staff at 24 sites, KOA is one of the largest manufacturers of passives in the world. Its major strengths include its complete product range, its flexible, professional service and its excellent logistics.

KOA supplies:

• Resistors
  1. CHIPs/SMDs/MELFs
  2. Precision
  3. Low-value-/High value
  4. High voltage
  5. High power
  6. Networks
• Inductors
• Circuit protection

The Taiwanese manufacturer LIKET was founded in 1989. A wide range of passive components of resistors, condensers, diodes and inductors are manufactured in a production plant covering over 20,000m². Particular value is placed on quality, service and short delivery times. A comprehensive and integrated product range is offered in each of the manufactured product areas.

LIKET supplies:

• Resistors
  1. Chip/SMD/MELF/wired
  2. Precision
  3. Low Ohm/high Ohm
  4. High voltage
  5. High power
  6. Networks
• Inductors

MERCURY ELECTRONICS has manufactured frequency control products since 1973 and is proud to be the pioneer of crystal industry in Taiwan. With headquarter in Taipei, Taiwan, and facilities in California, USA and Shanghai, China, Mercury products offering include surface mount and thru-hole quartz crystals, clock oscillators, VCXOs, TCXOs, VCTCXOs, OCXO and low EMI spread spectrum clock oscillators. MERCURY is ISO 9001:2000 certified.

MERCURY supplies:

• Crystals
• Filters
• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs

Founded in 1978 in Grenchen, Switzerland, as a manufacturer of watch crystals, MICRO CRYSTAL has become an international leader in the supply of frequency-control-products for all manner of different applications. As a member within the integrated SWATCH Group Electronic Systems and with its own production facilities in Switzerland, Thailand and China and around 1000 staff world-wide, MICRO CRYSTAL produces several hundred million quartz crystals every year. With the introduction of the OV-7604-C7, the smallest 32.768kHz oscillator in the world, Micro Crystal shows again its market leadership in the field of low frequency crystal technolgy. Today, the focus is not just on a variety of applications such as Consumer, Automotive, Aviation and technical medicine - but also the telecommunications industry.

Micro Crystal supplies:

• Crystals
  1. Watch crystals
  2. Low and high frequency AT-crystals

• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. OCXOs

Established in 1971 Mill-Max manufactures a wide variety of interconnect components. The product line includes precision-machined spring-loaded connectors, SIP, DIP, PGA, BGA, and PLCC sockets, board-to-board interconnects and pin headers, PCB pins, receptacles, solder terminals and USB connectors, all available in SMT and through-hole. Mill-Max also specializes in military and application specific products.

Mill-Max supplies:

• Connectors
  1. Precision connectors
  2. SIP/DIP/PGA/BGA sockets
  3. Pin headers
  4. Board-to-board interconnects
  5. PCB pins
  6. Receptacles
  7. Solder terminals
  8. USB connectors
  9. SMT and through-hole

US manufacturer M-TRON INDUSTRIES INC. was founded in 1965 in Yankton, South Dakota USA, and since 1976 has been a subsidiary of listed US firm, LYNCH Corporation. In the 1960s, production was started for crystal units for the US military - and, even today, the company produces MIL-certified crystals at its Yankton site, although the product range today is primarily geared to the high demands of the telecommunications industry (LAN/WAN, Bluetooth, PBX, etc.); its high-quality products are also recommended for applications in the aviation and space travel industries, in technical medicine and in measurement and control engineering.

In October 2004, M-TRON announced the take-over of its competitor, PTI Piezo Technology, Inc. based in Orlando, Florida, USA. PTI has been a leading manufacturer of high-quality oscillators and quartz filters for more than 30 years, and its product range will complement the existing M-TRON portfolio. The company is now trading under the name of MtronPTI.

MtronPTI supplies:

• Crystal Filters
• Crystals
• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs
  6. VCO
  7. Frequency-Moduls

MMD Components is one the most technologically advanced full-service manufacturer of frequency control devices, specializing in crystals, oscillators and custom applications. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. In 2002 MMD acquired the manufacturing and patent rights to the entire product portfolio of their two competitors Monitor & Quartztek. MMD Components offers a complete line of components, covering a wide range of applications in the commercial, medical, telecommunications, aerospace, and military markets.

MMD supplies:

• Crystals
• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs

The Chinese manufacturing company Shun Wo New Power Battery Technology Ltd. has more than 30 years experience in manufacturing batteries under the brand name NEW SUN. Coin cell batteries are manufactured in two state-of-the-art production facilities in China, standard types of Li/MnO2 and rechargeable lithium-ion and lithium polymer power pack´s. Manufacturing and technical support capacities are being constantly expanded so as to offer the highest levels of quality and reliability. Manufacturing is conducted in accordance with IEC 60086 and JISC 8512, whilst certification to standards such as UL, ISO 9002, CE, ISO 9001:2002, SGS, ISO 14000 and UN38.8 were already introduced in 1998.

New Sun supplies:

• Lithium (rechargeable) button cell batteries

Spanish manufacturer PIHER has had an office in Germany since 1970 and is a specialist in potentiometers for industrial applications and for the automotive sector. Products are developed and produced at the QS-9000 certified plant in Tuleda, Spain. The particular strengths of the company include its high product quality, coupled with fast availability, thanks to its excellent product planning. PIHER is also happy to accept customised requests.

Piher supplies:

• Potentiometers
  1. Trimming potentiometers
  2. Slide / rotary potentiometers
  3. Encoders

Based in Miami, Florida USA, RALTRON ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, founded in 1983, has developed to become a global supplier of frequency-control-products. With its very wide, well tailored product range, RALTRON offers products from simple watch crystals to ultra-stable OCXOs - thereby covering the complete scope of product technology that is available today. With production facilities in the USA, Europe und Asia, RALTRON is able to offer the customer the best possible function and price / performance ratio.

Raltron supplies:

• Crystals
• Resonators
• Filters
• Crystal oscillators
  1. XOs
  2. VCXOs
  3. TCXOs
  4. VC-TCXOs
  5. OCXOs
  6. VCO
  7. Frequency-Moduls
  8. programmable oscillators

RENATA SA, with its head office in Itingen near Basel (Switzerland), is a worldwide leading producer of button cells for electronic applications. The business - founded in 1952 with the goal to produce mechanical parts for wristwatches - specialised in button-battery cells in the late 70s and after this concentrated on the wrist-watch industry. Today, in the modern production plant at Itingen, all services (research and development, production, quality assurance and marketing) are grouped. The production plant at Itingen is highly automated and produces over one million batteries a day. This includes silver oxide batteries for wrist watches, zinc air batteries for hearing aids, but also lithium-3V-button-cells for user-, industry- and industrial-electronics, for telecommunication, for medical use and PCs. In the same way a complete assortment of holders for lithium-batteries are produced. RENATA SA is a subsidiary of the Swatch Group Ltd. in Biel, Switzerland.

RENATA supplies:

• Lithium batteries
• Silver Oxide batteries
• Lithium Polymer batteries
• High Temperature batteries (HT)
• Battery holders

The Italian manufacturer S.I.R. (Società Italiana Resistor) operates in the European Market since 1970. SIR produces fixed and variable power resistors in most of the existing technologies and it is known both for its innovative design and for its qualified production. The company operates in the Automotive, Industrial, Instrumentation, Medical and Railways markets. SIR supplies resistors for fan speed control to the automotive industry, resistors for snubber circuits, for crowbar and inverter to the traction and power generation, and breaking resistors for high power drives. The range of characteristics offered from SIR resistors includes low inductance, high breakdown voltage, high operating voltage, suitability to high-energy impulses and designs for cooling in free air, forced air or water-cooling. SIR offers full engineering support for all products and will provide additional design and application information if requested.

SIR supplies:

• Wirewound Resistors (fixed and variable)
• Braking Resistors
• Grid Resistors
• Resistor Groups
• High Power Resistors
• Shunts

The US manufacturing company TEPRO of Florida forms part of the Electro Technik Industries group and its products cater for the needs of selected areas of the electronics market. TEPRO has been specialising in passive components such as precision, low voltage and power resistors as well as networks for more than 50 years. A select product range of wire resistors, low voltage resistors and precision resistors is manufactured. Opportunities for specification generally exceed those usually available. Service is focused entirely on fulfilling customers' special wishes. TEPRO Res-Net Microwave offers further additional business areas with a comprehensive product range of high frequency and microwave components for commercial, telecommunications, military and space applications. Certification in the corresponding areas has been achieved.

TEPRO supplies:

• Resistors
  1. Chip/SMD/MELF/wired
  2. Precision
  3. Low Ohm/high Ohm
  4. High voltage
  5. High power
  6. Networks
• Inductors
• High frequency/microwave components

Originally known for years in the market as MEGGITT, the company renamed itself TYCO ELECTRONICS after being incorporated into the TYCO Group in 2002. Thanks to its very wide product range, TYCO is a genuine "one-stop source" for resistor products. From resistance networks to high-voltage resistors, TYCO offers an unrivalled product portfolio.

Tyco Electronics supplies:

• Resistors
  1. CHIPs/SMDs/MELFs
  2. Precision
  3. Low-value-/High value
  4. Thick film / thin film
  5. High voltage
  6. High power
  7. Networks

• Potentiometers
  1. Trimming potentiometers
  2. Precision
  3. Encoders
  4. Panel Controls
• Inductors

The Taiwanese manufacturing company VIKING Tech Corporation was only founded in 1997. VIKING has since specialised in thin film and thick film technology, inductors, resistor products in the low voltage area for current measurement as well as ultra precision. Special emphasis is placed on service, product quality, short delivery times and comprehensive technical support. VIKING is constantly striving to exceed the standard market range of products usually on offer in the areas of miniaturisation, precision, the low voltage area and inductors. Certification to TS-16949 ensures that various products are now available in accordance with AEC-Q200.

VIKING supplies:

• Resistors
  1. Chip/SMD/MELF/wired
  2. Precision
  3. Low Ohm/high Ohm
  4. High voltage
  5. High power
  6. Networks
• Inductors