BERG ELECTRONICS GROUP, INC. ACQUIRES SPECIALTY CONNECTOR COMPANY.ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 1995--In a transaction that broadens the product offering of Berg Electronics Group, Inc. in the data communications, telecommunications and instrumentation markets, Berg today announced that it has acquired Specialty Connector Company, of Franklin, Indiana, a manufacturer of RF and microwave connectors. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Specialty Connector has annual revenues of approximately $15 million. Robert N. Mills, President of Berg Electronics, said: "This transaction, like the several other acquisitions we have made since March 1993, supports our objective of maximizing customer satisfaction by being the best broad-line supplier of connectors and cable assembly products." Specialty Connector, with extensive engineering capability, complete electrical, mechanical and environmental lab facilities and vertically integrated manufacturing operations, is well-positioned to deliver the highest-quality product and to meet just-in-time delivery requirements. Specialty Connector's products include SMA (1) See SMA connector. (2) (Shared Memory Architecture) See shared video memory. (3) (Software Maintenance Association) A membership organization that began in 1985 and ended in 1996. , SSMA (chat) SSMA - some such meaningless acronym. , SMB (1) (Small to Medium-sized Business) Also called "SME" (small to medium-sized enterprise), it refers to companies that are larger than the small office/home office (SOHO), but not huge. , SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) , N, BNC (hardware) BNC - A connector for coaxial cable such as that used for some video connections and RG58 "cheapernet" connections. A BNC connector has a bayonet-type shell with two small knobs on the female connector which lock into spiral slots in the male connector when it is twisted , TNC (hardware) TNC - A threaded version of a BNC. and a blind mate series for radio and microwave frequencies. They also manufacture Twinax, Triax, and a full range of 75-ohm products for telecommunications, as well as FG, F, TPC, UHF, C, SC, MB, and SHV interfaces. In addition, Specialty offers a full line of between-series adapters. Berg Electronics Group, Inc., headquartered in St. Louis, MO, USA, is a leading worldwide supplier of interconnection and cable assembly products with annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. sales in excess of $650 million. Berg's broad range of products serves high-end data processing, personal computing, telecommunications, industrial and instrumentation markets. Employing more than 4,700 people worldwide, its 16 manufacturing and engineering facilities are strategically located in the USA, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, India, and Mexico. CONTACT: Berg Electronics Group Inc., St. Louis Charles D. Shrader, (314) 746-2236 or Kekst and Company Roy Winnick, (212) 593-2655 |
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