Smiths Interconnect company News and Trends items

London, England (14 January 2025) – Smiths Interconnect, a global leader in advanced electronic components, subsystems and microwave, optical, and radio frequency products, and part of Smiths Group plc., is delighted to announce the appointment of Vera Parker as President, effective 1 February 2025. Vera succeeds Julian Fagge, who will take up the role of Chief Financia...

Smiths Interconnect is proud to announce its contribution to the Sentinel-1C satellite, the third in the Sentinel-1 mission. Launched into orbit aboard the Vega-C rocket on 5 December 2024, the satellite is already providing valuable data to support environmental studies and disaster response efforts. Within a week of its launch, Sentinel-1C delivered its first radar ima...

In this podcast episode, Justin Fry, Senior Product Line Manager for the medical market and Aidan Irvin, Design Engineer for medical as well, will cover the current medical market needs for increased focus on developing connectors that are safe, reliable, and cost-effective for single use applications, with a special focus on the current market needs for disposable inter...

We are proud to announce that we received the Emerging Technology of the Year Award at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Excellence and Innovation Awards ceremony in Birmingham. Our DaVinci High-Speed IC Test Socket was recognized as a breakthrough solution in testing semiconductor IC chips.

In today's episode Chris Hawn, Engineering manager for Fiber Optic and Components and Fabio Espinoza, Costa Rica’s plant manager, will talk a bit about the current situation of Costa Rica’s manufacturing sector and Smiths Interconnect's plant in the country. They will also discuss the current challenges with the electronic system development and what Smiths Interconnect ...

Smiths Interconnect is pleased to introduce RF Solution Services. With decades of experience and multitudes of proven RF filter solutions, many customers can identify Smiths Interconnect commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products or products needing only minor variation to meet their needs.  However, in some situations, customers need unique products and/or products to mee...

Smiths Interconnect is thrilled to announce that its DaVinci 112 high-speed test socket received the prestigious Best Test Measurement Award of the Year at the Global Electronics Achievement Awards (GEAA) ceremony held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Shenzhen. This annual event honors industry leaders and companies making significant contributions to global electronics inno...

Global conflicts and geopolitical tensions are shifting defense priorities from focus on intelligence/ counterterrorism to addressing immediate threats and modernization efforts. As a result, there is an increased demand for additional and more advanced radar systems. Designers and manufacturers need their radar systems to be quickly deployable with extended long-range ...

The Electronics Industry Awards recognize the industry’s most cutting-edge products and solutions, celebrating excellence and innovation across multiple sectors. Smiths Interconnect's Resistive Power Dividers stood out among the year’s top innovations, further solidifying our commitment to delivering exceptional quality and technological advancement in the aerospace and ...

The Hypertac Green ConnectTM contact technology is expected to bring a sea change in the BEV charging industry helping particularly the CPOs and the BEV. With its unrivalled performance to transfer energy at boost mode, long-term durability, and compliance with global standards, we are setting a new benchmark for high-performance connectors that will meet the needs of an...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, was famously referenced in Arthur C. Clark’s book ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ and is a major candidate to support life, due to the presence of a saltwater ocean capped by a layer of ice on its surface. In this respect it is very similar to conditions on earth – also an ocean world. Smiths Interconnect, which produces highly engineered conne...

Smiths Interconnect is proud to announce that DaVinci technology has been shortlisted for 2024 IET Excellence & Innovation Award in the Emerging Technology of the Year category. Our DaVinci High-Speed IC Test Socket offers a breakthrough solution in testing semiconductor IC chips.

We are back with Season 2 of our Smiths Interconnect 360° Connectivity Podcast! In today's episode Joydip Sanyal, Product Line Manager for Connectors and Giacomo Gennari, Design Engineer for Connectors, will be diving into discovering the new addition to the proven Hyperboloid contact family, the Hyperboloid Green Connect.

The need for a disposable solution that maintains the premium look, reliability, regulatory compliance, and ease of use of the HyperGrip® connector series has driven Smiths Interconnect to develop disposable Hypergrip® receptacles that maintain current electrical performance with limited cycle life and environmental tolerance (up to 30 mating cycles). The disposable conf...

Manufacturer of the Year Manufacturers, including OEMs, sub-contractors, and EMS companies with operations in the UK qualify to enter for this award. It will go to the manufacturer that has demonstrated the most impressive level of commercial success and executed new business projects in global markets over the past 12 months. Power System Product of the Year: Hypertac ...

Limited and single-use connections for medical devices are a growing area of need. In recent times, there has been an increasing focus on developing connectors that are safe, reliable, and cost-effective for single use applications. This has been motivated by the need to reduce the risk of cross-contamination and improve hygiene in medical environments. However, this tre...

The DaVinci 112 is specifically engineered to handle the advanced requirements of today's most dynamic markets, including Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Artificial Intelligence, and Connected Automotive. These segments have traditionally relied on Central Processing Units (CPUs) and (Graphic Processing Units) GPUs designed for other applications. However, as chip perform...

Smith Interconnect is pleased to announce its participation in SEMICON Taiwan 2024, taking place from September 4-6 in Taipei under the theme "Breaking Limits: Powering the AI Era." This year's event promises to be the largest yet, featuring over 1,100 companies across 3,700 booths. SEMICON Taiwan 2024 will spotlight key topics such as advanced processes, compound semic...

Smiths Interconnect is excited to be finalists for the prestigious Electronics Industry Awards in 3 categories. These product catagories include the NXS Series Connectors and Resistive Power Dividers for Aerospace Military Defense Product of the Year, and the D04 Connectors for both Interconnection Product of the Year and Medical Product of the Year. These nominations h...

We are thrilled to announce that our DaVinci 112 test socket was shortlisted among the best Test & Measurement products for 2024 World Electronics Achievement Awards by AspenCore. The World Electronics Achievement Awards honor companies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the innovation and the development of electronics industry worldwide. Don't ...

With a patent pending for the proven CAD-to-FAB process, the team is already working to fully automate other stages of assembly and inspection. It’s this kind of drive that will help reduce our industry’s impact on the planet while scaling up innovation that improves lives. We’re pretty sure Henry Ford would approve.

The new cable configurator tool enables the user to select the exact product options for their design. The online tool allows for quick access to cable product families. It’s as simple as modifying the cable attributes to fit your unique performance requirements.

The Tortac® contact is designed to be mounted directly onto a printed circuit board (PCB), ensuring a secure and stable connection between the component and the circuit. It is designed to provide no micro interruptions in harsh operating conditions, including high vibration and shock environments. The pass-through design of the Tortac® socket allows easy integration and ...

The new Press-Fit cPCI connectors integrate seamlessly with existing systems, maintaining the superior performance characteristics our customers have come to expect. Featuring cPCI Press Fit compliant eye termination technology, these connectors allow for effortless Press-Fit installation, eliminating the need for soldering, thus enhancing efficiency, and reducing costs.

A connector is a crucial component for transmitting radio frequency signals and therefore enabling reliable connectivity. Smiths Interconnect’s innovative new product, the 'Mini-Lock Connector', enables extremely high frequency operation at a signal of up to 110 GHz – one of the highest frequency components on the market currently. This leads to more reliability, faster ...

Smiths Interconnect is contributing to the launch through providing critical connectivity management components to ensure there is no signal integrity failure during the launch process. Smiths Interconnect’s connectors provide the highest reliability technology in harsh environments with high resistance to shock, vibration and temperature changes, maintaining the signal ...

In today's episode Kevin DeFord, Senior Product Commercial Manager and Kim Hause, Sales Engineer at Smiths Interconnect will be diving into understanding what interposers and spring probes are and the advantages they have over other interconnect technologies.

Smiths Interconnect has a long engineering heritage creating products and components used in a variety of industries including aerospace & defence, semi-conductor, healthcare and transportation. We are particularly known for designing and manufacturing high reliability customised products and solutions often used in harsh environments. We have deep expertise in fibre opt...

Smiths Interconnect announced today the introduction of Hypertac Green ConnectTM, a new Lead-free and Beryllium-free hyperboloid high-power contact technology, to its established high relibility contact technologies for demanding applications. As the world experiences a monumental shift on a scale not seen in a century - transitioning from fossil fuel engines to electri...

In today's episode Joydip Sanyal, Product Line Manager for Connectors, will be diving into discovering the history behind the Hypertac® Contact Technology dating back to 1956 and will explain in details why this technology is so special and widely used.

We are fortunate to celebrate 80 years of growth and expansion and would like to take this moment to thank our employees for their support and trust throughout this journey. Thirty-two percent of our employees have more than 15 years of seniority and unique knowledge at Smiths. They are the driving force, and Smiths Interconnect is grateful for the continued commitment a...

Plastronics joins our growing portfolio of technology brands including EMC Technology, Hypertac, IDI, Lorch, Millitech, Reflex Photonics, RF Labs, Sabritec, TECOM and TRAK through one unified site.

The Kepler contact technology combines the scrub motion of a cantilever contact with the versatility and modularity of a spring probe. The design includes horizontal movement during the downward stroke of the device to remove surface oxides, provide stable and reliable contact, and cause no damage to the PCB.

The SpaceABLE 10G SM Series, 10G SL Series, and 28G SL Series radiation resistant onboard embedded optical transceiver modules offer radiation hardness, robustness, longevity, and high I/O density. The SpaceABLE® line of products with their intrinsic radiation resistance, are well suited to provide optical interconnect within space vehicles. These devices are extremely ...

Electrical connectors are used in a variety of medical devices and applications ranging from very large and expensive machines, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems to lower cost portable field devices such as defibrillators. Depending on the specific application, these connectors are engineered to satisfy different requirements for reliability and number of ...

Smiths Interconnect announced today that its high reliability Hypertac® hyperboloid contacts are now available for sale on the new HYPER Series catalogue. Hypertac hyperboloid contacts are known worldwide for providing a stable and durable connection in applications operating in challenging conditions where reliability and safety are critical.