The small connector is actually a big name, because the connector that acts as a bridge is the technological path to achieve world interconnection. However, connector companies that are upstream of the industry chain have always been behind the scenes heroes and rarely exposed, so they are not familiar to end consumers. As the world's largest connector manufacturer, TE is also known as a "stealth giant", and it has its presence in almost all places where electricity, signals, and data flow. If based on the entire business sector, new products are introduced every day, from sensing technology in the automotive industry to contactless applications in the industrial field, or terminals on mobile terminals, ultra-small antennas, and the business scope covers almost all countries from Consumption, transportation, energy, industry, etc.

When the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0 become the new market engines, component manufacturers such as TE seem to have a long way to go. In James's view, the core of these market hotspots is simply the word "connect", the connection between cars, the connection between home appliances, and the connection between security facilities, including in industrial applications, between devices Connection. It's just that the requirements for connectors are getting higher and higher.

The requirements for future connectors are nothing more than faster, smaller, smarter and more environmentally friendly. But each sub-sector has a different focus, James said, for example, the automotive industry needs to ensure the reliability and high quality of connectors in harsh environments. For the consumer electronics industry, thinness and smallness are the most important. The second is reliability, but the reliability of the two is not a level. The speed at which consumer electronics products are being introduced has, to a certain extent, determined two other special requirements: controlling costs and shortening the development cycle.