wiredinUSA July 2014

Cable acquisition

Molex Incorporated has acquired the Italian custom cable manufacturer, Flamar Cavi Elettrici Srl. Flamar provides cables for industrial automation, robotics, broadcast audio/video, and telecommunications applications, and specializes in producing high-flex, multi-core cable with high resistance to torsion, chemicals and welding slag. Molex's senior vice president of business development and corporate strategy, Tim Ruff, said the acquisition will expand

the Molex cabling range for machine and process control in the industrial automation and robotics industries. “Flamar has an outstanding reputation as a trusted and reliable provider of high quality cable solutions for assembly lines, conveyors – anywhere industrial connectivity is required,” explained Ruff. The acquisition is expected to close during the calendar third quarter of 2014, after which Flamarwill operateasasubsidiary of Molex Incorporated.

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