Amphenol promotes Martin H. Loeffler to CEO.WALLINGFORD Wallingford, town (1990 pop. 40,822), New Haven co., S Conn.; inc. 1670. Its silverware industry dates from c.1835. Fruit growing and the manufacture of plastics, steel, precision instruments, and hardware are among the town's other industries. , Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 1996--Amphenol Corp. (NYSE-APH), at its Annual Meeting announced the promotion of Martin H. Loeffler to chief executive officer in addition to his current responsibilities as president. Lawrence J. DeGeorge, Amphenol's chairman, commented on the promotion, "Martin Loeffler has been with Amphenol for over 22 years. He is an outstanding executive, experienced in all phases of the business and in all regions of the world. He has an excellent business background and has been instrumental in successfully guiding the Company to higher growth communications related markets and increasing the value we provide to our customers." DeGeorge will continue in his role as an active chairman. Martin Loeffler joined Amphenol in 1974. He has been president since 1987, and prior to that held various executive positions at the company's headquarters and its subsidiaries. He has a Doctorate Degree in Physics from the University of Innsbruck It is currently the largest education facility in the Austrian Bundesland of Tirol and third largest in Austria according to student population, behind Vienna University and Graz University. , Austria. Amphenol Corp. manufactures connectors, cable and interconnect (1) To attach one device to another. (2) A physical port (plug, socket) or wireless port (transmitter, receiver) used to attach one device to another. systems for electronics, cable television, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , aerospace, transportation and industrial applications. The company's products are engineered and produced in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and the Far East and sold by a worldwide sales and marketing organization. CONTACT: Amphenol Corp., Wallingford Edward G. Jepsen, 203/265-8650 |
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