Amphenol Corp. has completed the previously announced acquisition of FCI Asia Pte Ltd (FCI), a major manufacturer of interconnect solutions for the telecom, datacom, wireless communications and industrial markets. “The acquisition of FCI expands Amphenol’s high technology product portfolio while enabling the company to better serve our customers across many of our end markets,” said R. Adam Norwitt, […]
FCI’s PwerMax Ortho supports up to 100 amps per contact
FCI, a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect systems announced an expansion of their power connector family which now includes the PwrMAX Ortho power connectors. PwrMAX Ortho power connectors are designed to support a new datacenter equipment trend known as Orthogonal system packaging architectures. This architecture can offer improved data transfer and improved system cooling by eliminating […]
Breakthrough contact design spawned $500M+ connector company
One of the breakthrough connectors of the 20th century was the Berg PV contact. Some of you will know that Quentin Berg started Berg Electronics back in 1950. When Berg left AMP to start his own company, one of his key inventions and the basis of the company was the mini PV contact. This new […]
FCI expands Pwr TwinBlade offering
FCI, a supplier of power connectors and interconnect systems, is proud to announce the release of the 100Amp Pwr TwinBlade Hot-Swap cable connector. The new connector accepts up to a 25mm (4 AWG) wire and includes engagement sensing contacts to indicate when the power contacts are connected, eliminating potential damage from hot-plug conditions. The Pwr […]
FCI introduces BarGuide connector for high-power distribution
FCI, Singapore, released BarGuide Power Connectors to meet the ever evolving demands for high power distribution in high density packaging. They are used to provide high amperage connections between busbars and circuit boards. BarGuide connectors provide a current carrying capability from 60-250 A, based on specific pins’ size. They are available with press fit PCB […]
FCI launches 2-mm high-speed, hard metric backplane connector
FCI, Singapore, has launched the High Speed version of its Millipacs series connector. The Millipacs series 2-mm hard metric (HM) backplane connector is used extensively for applications that require data rate up to 2.5 Gb/s. Telecom and Data customers are looking for signal speed upgrades that require connectors with improved signal integrity and bandwidth performance. FCI […]
FCI augments SCA-2 storage connector system
FCI, Singapore, announced today the extension of its storage family with the 12 G Single Connect Attachment-2 (SCA-2) Connector System. The latest range of SCA-2 connectors allows the hard disk drive to interface with the backplane in enterprise storage systems. The connector design and its PCB footprint is enhanced resulting in improved impedance, insertion and […]
FCI introduces PwrBlade+ cable connectors
FCI, Singapore, released its PwrBlade+ cable connectors. Rated at 60 A per contact and capable of terminating the widest range of wires in one housing, 26 AWG- 6AWG, they offer flexibility to meet a wide variety of customer needs. The connectors come in both cable-to-cable and cable-to-board solutions. The cable connectors are offered in either […]
FCI unveils Minitek Pwr™ hybrid wire-to-board connectors
FCI, a supplier of connectors and interconnect systems, is proud to announce the launch of its innovative Minitek Pwr™ Hybrid 3.0 & Minitek Pwr™ Hybrid 4.2 connectors. Augmenting the Minitek Pwr™ family, the new Hybrid series has an improved and flexible modular design over traditional power connectors. Both the 3.0 and 4.2 configurations are available […]
Economical and lead-free un-shrouded EconoStik™ 2.54mm headers
FCI, a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect systems, is proud to introduce the new and economical EconoStik™ 2.54mm range of un-shrouded headers which is capable of supporting a wide variety of board-to-board applications. EconoStik™ 2.54mm is available in single-row and double-row with vertical through-hole, right-angle through-hole and vertical SMT versions, with pin counts up […]
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