As one of the largest suppliers of engineered electronic components in the world, Tyco Electronics enjoys a preeminent place among Pennsylvania's tech companies not only for its storied past, but also for its innovative present.
With more than 50 years of leadership in the electronics field, the PA-based $13 billion company now operates in approximately 50 countries with manufacturing facilities in over 25 countries. Boasting some 500,000 precision-engineered products and about 96,000 employees worldwide, Tyco makes everything from connectors, relays, fiber optics, circuit protection devices, touchscreens and more.
The company is also a leader in fiber optic undersea networks; from 1986 to 2008, Tyco Telecommunications laid enough undersea cable to circle the earth more than 10 times.
As a designer, manufacturer and marketer of products for customers in myriad industries, Tyco is also on the cutting edge of new technologies such as wind and solar power, efficient high voltage connector systems and High-Speed Ruggedized (HSR) backplane connectors.
In March 2009, Tyco Electronics was named TECHQuest Pennsylvania's Technology Company of the Year for its strategic use of technology for the advancement of the company and the technology industry as a whole in Pennsylvania.