HARTING

HARTING was founded in 1945 by the family that stil owns the company.
Today,HARTING employs approximately 2000 people wordwide,including 150 qualified engineers.

The sales team,including more than 100 sales engineers is in daily contact with our customers.

The company is one of the word’s leading manufacturers of connectors,and currently have 34 subsidiary companies in Europe,the United States and Asia.In several product areas,HARTING is a marked leader. Great amphasis is placed on close links with customers,including the provision of a “Just-in-Time”-Service to ensure rapid delivery to key customers.

HARTING products are designed and manufactured using the latest automated techniques,from CAD systems in the research and development department to automatic production techniques on the assembly lines.

Production and quality control is based one a “zero-defect” philosophy which can only be reached by the continuous successful implementation of fully automated production techniques.The organisation and procedures for quality assurance are based on the EN ISO 9001 standard.A total of 60 engineers and other employees,most of whom are trained and qualified to standards laid down by the DGQ(German Association of Quality) or the SAQ (Swiss Association of Quality) are employed solely on quality-assurance activities.

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TURCK

Turck is one of the leading manufacturers in industrial automation technology and was one of the first companies to recognise the possibilities of automating production processes using electronic components.

Turck products not only fulfil national standards(DIN),but also European(EN) and international standards (IEC) anda re manufactured according to DIN ISO 9001.For the European and international market,there are three production sites in Germany an done in Switzerland in order to meet the special requirements of our North American customers,the products for this market are manufactured in the United States.This is just one of the reasons why Turck has achieved the leading position in the inductive sensor market in the United States.

Our emphasis is in offering individual customer support and made-to-measure solutions.Most advanced production Technologies and a word-wide distribution network from the basis of the successful co-operation with our customers.With more than 2000 employees in 20 countries and representatives in over 65 countries,Turck ensures competent sopport and solutions directly for the field and on the spot.

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ESCHA

ESCHA has made a name since 1983 as a highly qualified manufacturer of products for production automation and as an efficient partner of the automobile, packaging and food industries as well as the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.

Our company achieves high quality, flexibility and punctual deliveries thanks to its in-depth production:
Development work and tool design are performed on ultramodern CAD/CAM installations. Our own toolmaking department and production facilities in punching technology, plastics injection moulding, prefabricated cables and electronics guarantee ESCHA products with top quality standards. This permits short reaction times to customer demands and market requirements without having to dispense with quality and safety.

Our family company with its current 240 employees operates on the market with two different product lines: In the switching technology sector ESCHA develops and produces sturdy and durable request buttons for railway and road vehicles as well as buttons for use in road traffic light installations.

In connector technology ESCHA is one of the few suppliers which offers the exact solution to every customer demand: whether standard plugs, prefabricated cables or connector junction systems - it's quality and not quantity that counts here. Our latest developments include bus components for industrial automation.
The world is our market. In line with this motto ESCHA operates at an international level: Agencies in the most important industrialised countries ensure direct dialog with customers all over the world. A licensed production facility was set up in the USA specially for the NAFTA market, i.e. Canada, the USA and Mexico.

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E-T-A

E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH were pioneers in the development of precision performance circuit breakers with characteristics specially designed to protect equipment, sub-systems and components against the potentially catastrophic effects of electrical overload and short circuits. About 900 employees in Bavaria design and build a wide range of high quality products that are approved to the requirements of major approval authorities like UL, CSA, VDE and others.

Complementing the circuit protection products, E-T-A offers a growing family of electronic controls and instrumentation. Flow switches and monitors, and also level sensors are the right choice for innumerable industrical applications.

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BANNER

Banner was founded in 1966, starting out as a custom electronics engineering firm building control panels. Six tough years later, Banner made a commitment to become an innovator in photoelectric sensing. From this commitment came the national leader in sensor technology.

This preference has led to leading market share results. Banner sells more photoelectric sensors and ultrasonic proximity sensors than any other company in the U.S. market.

One of every five Banner employees is involved in product design, the highest percent in the industry. The state-of-the-art Banner Design Center houses more than 100 engineers–the largest engineering staff of its kind–to research, develop and apply the latest optical and safety technologies, including integrated circuit design and software development. Banner has dedicated thousands of square feet and invested millions in sophisticated test equipment to prove our designs, so you can apply them with confidence.
 
Banner has the most advanced manufacturing capabilities in the industry. Over 15,000 different products are produced in six highly automated manufacturing and assembly facilities.

Banner has developed the best sales and distribution system in the industry, a worldwide network comprising more than 2,000 representative and distributor professionals in every major country. Banner field sales engineers are ready to help you in your plants, no matter where they're located.