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Connectronics’ Outlook 2016

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The excitement of new possibilities always presents Connectronics Blog Feb. 2016itself as we start the new year. It is also a time to plan for future events and prepare for how we will tackle upcoming challenges. Since making connections is what we do, we always have the knowledge to connect the industry to the power it needs.

Our focus on the aerospace and military industries will continue throughout the year as we remain committed to meeting the needs of such a high tech industry. Both industries expect to see continued growth as more manufacturing and innovations continue throughout the year. As technology increases, we will be ready to deliver products for the measurement systems used to keep operations running optimally and safely.

As we discussed in a previous post, specialized electronic systems require state-of-the-art components to handle the multiple functions of innovative aerospace and military designs. Heading into 2016, we are working on expanding our product lines to tackle even more technologically advanced electronics. For example, our SCID series is a redesigned connector system that runs at 30 KVDC operating voltage to handle higher operating conditions. The Nano MIGI hardnose connector is also redesigned to improve the functionality of this high voltage connector.

Wiremax, a Connectronics brand, will also continue to produce the high voltage products that companies have relied upon for years. Wire and cable options from Wiremax, such as Tuffsil Silicon Wire, SIL-Koat Wire, and high voltage wire products can be found on both the Connectronics and Wiremax websites. Ordering is available from both Toledo manufacturing facilities.

We are looking forward to continued success in supplying the specialized connectors and interconnection systems for aerospace and defense industry measurements systems. The radar systems, mass spectrometry units, specialized helmets, and all the other analytical instruments required to deliver efficient and effective operations can rely on the continued dependability of Connectronics and Wiremax components.

From all of us at Connectronics, we wish you a happy new year!

Keeping Industries and Families Connected During the Holidays and Throughout the Year!

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As we get set to close out one year and start another, the holiday season is a good time to remember and reflect upon our many activities and accomplishments at Connectronics. Looking at things from a business perspective, the Connectronics team has continued to serve the aerospace, avionics, analytical instruments, oil exploration and many other industries. Together, we offer our customers more than 300 years of combined connector and interconnect experience, and it’s something we continue to enjoy doing!

We believe our work reflects our dedication to what we do as a company and that our experience shows how committed we are to serving our customers. We work with people from a variety of industries and, on a more personal level, this ultimately means that we are impacting the everyday lives of our families and friends. The airplanes we contribute to will be flying our loved ones to their destinations this holiday season. Complex problems that our family members and friend endure are often solved using analytical instruments that can make lives better in so many ways; and advances in medical technology help to keep the population healthy and living longer. The specialized electronic connectors and interconnection systems we proudly design and manufacture right here in the USA help to keep people connected throughout the year.

If you’re not already familiar with everything we do at Connectronics, take a few minutes to read previous blog posts we’ve published. They help to tell the story about how we keep everyone connected, and how we impact the lives of many people around the world. You can scroll through the blog, or click on the links here:

• Cables for Electrostatic Filters for the Mining Industry: Critical for Worker Safety
• How the Oil and Gas Boom is Benefitting Manufacturing
• Aerospace Industry is Still Flying High
• The Benefits of Products Made in the USA
• Serving the Defense Industry with Pride
• Revolutionizing the Material Handling Industry
• Demanding Underwater Applications Require Reliable Underwater Connectors
• “Manufacturing Day” Celebrates Careers, Reshoring Benefits, and Everything Happening in Industry Today
• New Molding Machine Expands Our Capabilities
• On Land, In Water, Up Above: Our Products Are Everywhere!

Looking ahead to 2016 and beyond, we plan to continue to play our role in keeping industries connected. This is an opportunity we are grateful for, and something we like to think about during the holiday season. From our Connectronics family to your family, we wish you a happy holiday season!

New Molding Machine Expands Our Capabilities

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This month, we will be adding a new molding machine for silicone processing to our operations at Connectronics. Once in place and ready to run, the machine will expand our capabilities to provide specialized electronic connectors for the industries we serve. The list consists of: aerospace, defense, entertainment, medical, energy industries and more. The new molding machine will give us high-power production capabilities on site and enable us to keep up with the increasing demand for rubber insulators and other molded parts for our customers.

Our new molding machine is manufactured by ARBURG, a German manufacturer of machinery and technology for plastics processing. ARBURG says their molding machines feature “innovative, cost effective high-end injection molding technology […] to help you reduce unit costs and produce parts conveniently and flexibly […] with an extremely high level of precision.” At Connectronics, we’re looking forward to the cost and time-saving features our new molding machine will offer us. Features include:

• High-precision injection and holding New Mold Machine Imagepressure performance
• Energy efficiency
• Cycle-time reduction
• Flexibility through its pivoting clamping unit, and
• Ease-of-operation.

In the end, these features will also provide value and high-quality end results to our customers.

Our investment in this new molding machine is just the latest example of our mission to provide value to our customers. It also reflects our company’s commitment and continuous improvement philosophy. At Connectronics, we are dedicated to providing innovative designs and solutions for customers from all industries who are looking for electronic connectors and interconnection systems for a variety of applications. If you have any questions about our new molding machine, or about our capabilities, please reach out to us through email or call us at 800-965-0020.

“Manufacturing Day” Celebrates Careers, Reshoring Benefits, and Everything Happening in Industry Today

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On the first Friday in October the U.S. celebrates National Manufacturing Day. That Manufacturing Day Imagebeing said, we have a lot to celebrate in the manufacturing industry 2015. Manufacturing Day is “a celebration of modern manufacturing meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturers […] Although Manufacturing Day officially occurs on the first Friday in October… any day can be a Manufacturing Day.”

NAM (the National Association of Manufacturers) declares that hundreds of Manufacturing Day events were planned this year. As in previous years, Manufacturing Day events celebrate what’s happening in all types of industries, and the events planned for the day offer the next generation of workers an insider’s view of what’s happening behind the scenes. There’s a lot going on in U.S. manufacturing this year, including re-shoring, more manufacturing jobs, exciting careers, and the possible start of “the next industrial revolution!”

A recent TechCrunch article reports, “The ‘Industrial Internet’ is poised to overhaul the way companies manufacture goods, in turn changing our everyday interactions with products.” Sounds futuristic and exciting, doesn’t it?!

There’s more about manufacturing that everyone can be excited about right now, like reshoring and the increase of jobs. Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that manufacturers added 15,000 new workers in July. This is the fastest pace in six months and offered evidence that activity in the manufacturing sector is growing.

Reshoring is also happening at a rapid pace, and it’s a win-win for everyone here in the U.S. Forbes reported that “the data shows that U.S. factories have become more competitive in recent years; offshoring is fading and reshoring is making gains.” More U.S. companies who have previously outsourced overseas are moving their manufacturing operations back to the U.S. Thankfully, Connectronics has been on the receiving end of reshoring and we’re experiencing the benefits first-hand. Several of our customers have brought their work back to us, and back to the U.S., after outsourcing to other countries.

Yes, manufacturers and close-knit industries have a lot to celebrate on Manufacturing Day this year! Our blog today focuses on only several reasons to celebrate; however, there is so much more to be proud of and celebrate in the industry! As manufacturers of specialized connectors and interconnection systems for all types of industries, all of us at Connectronics will be celebrating too.

Happy Manufacturing Day from Connectronics!

The Benefits of Products Made in the USA

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Independence day. flag usaIn the last few years, consumers have begun to question the origins of their products. Realizing the importance of our past manufacturing history and our current economic and industrial issues has caused consumers to look for and request products made in the U.S. by their neighbors, friends, and relatives.

As we celebrate the month the U.S. declared itself a free nation, we’d like to reflect on the American manufacturing industry. This once vital economic powerhouse was the backbone of our nation. Up until the 1960s, most products consumers needed were made in this country. Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing with the assembly line and American workers were at the forefront of the manufacturing revolution.

The turning point came when overseas manufacturers offered cheaper services and lower costs to produce goods. The U.S. manufacturing industry shifted production to foreign plants and the industry in this country shrank, taking with it economic opportunities for the country and the workforce. This is beginning to turn around again as manufacturing opportunities in our nation are once again profitable against foreign facilities and consumers are noticing, and taking an interest in, where their products are made.

Known as reshoring, more companies are bringing their manufacturing operations back to the U.S. According to the Reshoring Initiative, the American manufacturing industry has seen an increase of over 500,000 jobs created since the recession. The trend is continuing as retailers make an effort to provide customers with products “Made in the USA,” which consumers report they would buy over foreign made goods. Wal-Mart has taken up this reshoring initiative by holding open call events for manufacturers to pitch their Made in America products to the retail giant.

Although the intentions are there, reshoring products from overseas facilities isn’t easy. Working with Connectors ImageThere are many challenges to overcome and there are many factors that must be considered. With the help of corporations’ willingness to highlight goods made in the U.S. and the government programs such as Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnerships, homegrown manufacturers have more opportunities than ever for continued growth.

At Connectronics, we understand the American manufacturing sector and the benefits of making products here at home. Our connectors and interconnection systems are proudly Made in the USA by professionals with over 300 years of combined interconnect experience. Serving a wide variety of industries, our expertise covers high voltage interconnects for the defense industry to connectors for stage and entertainment lighting.

With manufacturing facilities here at home, our customers value the exceptional quality and service we can deliver. For the highest value American made connectors, cable assemblies, and interconnection systems, look no further than Connectronics Corp. For past information on American manufacturing read our October, 2014 blog post.

Interconnecting Business and the Environment

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Fjord1In the early part of August this year, at the height of the summer heat, over 500,000 residents of Ohio and Michigan were left without drinkable water. This is a terrible occurrence at any time of year—but in August, it’s that much less bearable.

The cause? Algae blooms in Lake Erie, which is the source of water for these 500,000+ residents. Officials noted that algae blooms were found in the water of an area water-treatment plant, and those blooms were causing toxic levels of microcysten. As a result, residents of affected areas were told to avoid drinking their tap water, and Ohio Governor John Kasich was forced to declare a state of emergency.

Ohio Senator Rob Portman acknowledged “a problem with toxic algae blooms”* in the lake, which had first been seen in early July, and reached toxic levels a month later. The cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are what make up these algae blooms, and the toxic versions of these bacteria can be harmful to humans, animals, and plants, causing an array of symptoms, from eye and ear irritation to vomiting, rashes, and high fevers.

Thankfully, no serious injuries occurred, and the area was able to return to normal soon enough. This is largely due to the fact that proper monitoring procedures and equipment were in place, essentially saving a significant number of people from drinking toxic water.

So what does this have to do with Connectronics, and interconnection systems? For one thing, our corporate office is located in Ohio, so we naturally feel for the residents of our state who were left without water. But more specifically, for 20 years we have been supplying Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI) with our equipment.

YSI is a renowned leader in developing water monitoring solutions, and they are based out of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Of the many services they provide, they monitor blue-green algae, which they point out “is important because they pose a serious threat to water quality, ecosystem stability, surface drinking water supplies, and public health…”

YSI provides the crucial services to monitor water and protect the country’s lakes, rivers, and oceans from threats such as algae blooms, and we provide YSI with the connectors to make this possible. We’re proud to be a part of this important circle, so critical to our country’s resources and residents.

* http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2014/08/02/Algae-blooms-in-Lake-Erie-contaminate-water-in-Ohio-and-Michigan/stories/201408030173

Advancements in the U.S. Medical Industry

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Advancements in the U.S. Medical IndustryThe 21st century will surely be remembered for its extraordinary leaps in technological advancement. There is virtually no area in our lives left untouched by today’s advanced technology—and medical treatment is no exception. Doctors today can present a wide variety of cutting edge treatment options to their patients in many different areas. One of the more exciting advances is in the field of radiotherapy, and it is an advanced form of brachytherapy for cancer treatments.

Brachytherapy has been with us for a long time. It was first introduced in 1901 as a way to shrink cancerous tumors. The idea was to place the radiation source either inside or next to the area that requires treatment. This method has been effective in treating a number of different types of cancer, and can typically be completed more quickly than many other radiotherapy techniques.

Electronic Brachytherapy

Using the latest and most advanced forms of radiotherapy, electronic brachytherapy employs a high dose, miniaturized X-ray for direct radiation treatment for the cancerous site. This allows the radiation dose to be matched to the shape and size of the cancerous area while avoiding radioactive exposure to healthy tissue. This form of brachytherapy has proven to be very successful in treating endometrium, skin, and breast cancers.

Electronic brachytherapy has proven particularly effective in treating non-melanoma skin cancers. The traditional method of treating this type of cancer is Mohs surgery. While effective, Mohs carries a number of risks, including infection, bleeding, scarring, and occasional reconstructive surgery. The small dose of radiation that is delivered in electronic brachytherapy can be completed over the course of eight treatments. It has a 95% success rate and requires no cutting, eliminating the pain and bleeding that can come from the Mohs operation.

The Role of Connectors and Assemblies

When advanced procedures such as electronic brachytherapy are developed, they rely on solid technology provided by accessories such as connectors and cable assemblies. The right connectors can withstand altitude and temperature extremes, ensuring that sensitive equipment will work properly in all conditions. Multi-pin and other specialized connectors are available for sensitive applications such as radiotherapy. State-of-the-art connectors and assemblies help complete the package for these advanced applications. Electronic brachytherapy and many other such procedures could not reliably function without them.

A Wealth of Advantages

Electronic brachytherapy provides patients and medical practitioners with a variety of benefits. With the therapeutic dose directly delivered to the cancerous area, it eliminates a number of safety issues. It needs lower shielding requirements, allowing medical personnel to remain in the room while the process is administered. Multiple applications can be performed due to its unique design, with less radiation exposure to healthy tissue and organs. Electronic brachytherapy is an example of how far this process has come. This state-of-the-art technology, along with the backing of solid connection equipment, ensures patients can receive the highest level of care available—both now and long into the future.

Connectronics provides instrumentation for a number of different machines in the medical industry that revolutionizes the way patients are treated. For more information on our connectors and company, check out our website.

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