Select a Connector Vendor Identifying the Top 10 by Product Type

02/07/2024 // Ron Bishop

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This is Part Four in Ron Bishop’s 4-Part 2024 Top 10 Connector Series.

Design engineers and purchasing personnel strive to identify the best connector companies for their design and purchasing requirements. However, identifying the best companies is not an easy task. Answers to the following questions are important:

Which companies offer the products and services we require? Which companies offer the fastest delivery, reasonable prices and exceptional quality?
Which are the easiest companies to deal with?
Which companies can we count on when there is a problem?

The answers to these questions are not easy. It takes hands-on experience and time to sort through the hundreds of connector companies in the industry. Only working with companies will provide the answer to “which companies do we want to include in our supply chain?”

It is nearly impossible to vet the nearly 1,500 companies in the connector industry. A process must be put in place to first determine which companies deserve a close examination. A good starting point is to examine the largest companies in sales. Generally, the larger companies have been successful because they provide good service, have high quality products, offer reasonable prices and are global. In effect, customers have rewarded them for their good performance. We believe identifying the top 10 companies using different definitions of what constitutes top 10 is the logical starting point for identifying the best connector suppliers.

Specifically, who are the

The first article, part 1 of 4, identified the top 10 in world sales. These companies are ranked from 1 to 10: TE Connectivity, Amphenol, Molex, Aptiv, Luxshare, Foxconn (FIT), Yazaki, Rosenberger, JAE and Hirose. The second article, part 2 of 4, identified the top 10 by region, adding an additional 14 companies for a total of 24 companies that achieved a top 10 ranking. The third article, part 3 of 4, examined the top 10 in each of the 11 end-use equipment/market sectors. When the top 10 are viewed from this perspective, an additional 10 companies are added to our list of top 10 companies, making a total of 34 companies acquiring a top 10 position.

This article, the last in our four-part series, identifies the top 10 in each of the product type categories. The article also provides a summary of all connector companies achieving a top 10 status.

Top 10 by Product Type
2022

When product type is the criteria for identifying top 10 companies, an additional 15 companies in addition to the 34 companies when identified by region or market sector, achieve top 10 status. Adding the number of individual companies that achieved top 10 by region, market sector or product type, you find that 51 companies acquired a top 10 position in 2022.

These additional 15 companies are Kostal Kontakt, Wago, Yokowo, LAPP, Leeno, Speed Tech, Enplas, Lumberg, Telegartner, Wieland, Autosplice, C.C.P. Contact, Preci-Dip, Mill-Max and Metz Connect.

The following table identifies top 10 ranking by product for each of the 49 companies.

Companies Achieving Top 10 Ranking by Product Type

Important highlights from this table include:

TE Connectivity and Amphenol ranked in the top 10 in all 12 product type categories.
Molex ranked in the top 10 in 10 of the 12 product type categories.
Aptiv ranked in the top 10 in six of the 12 product type categories.
Foxconn (FIT) and JONHON ranked in the top 10 in five of the 12 product type categories.
Luxshare and J.S.T. ranked in the top 10 in four of the 12 product type categories.
Four companies—Yazaki, Rosenberger, Phoenix Contact and CommScope—ranked in the top 10 in three of the 12 product type categories.
Of the 49 companies that ranked in the top 10 in product types, 25 companies ranked in the top 10 in two or more product type categories.

A complete listing of all connector companies that acquired a top 10 position in 2022 is found in the following table. Each company, listed in order of world rank, is shown with their number of top 10 mentions by region, market sector or product type.

Connector Companies by Number of Top 10 Appearances

All source data referenced in the above article is derived from Bishop & Associates Top 100 Connector Manufacturer’s report.

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Ronald E. Bishop

Ronald E. Bishop founded Bishop & Associates Inc., a market research firm that specializes in the world electronic connector industry, in 1985. The firm publishes a monthly newsletter titled “The Bishop Report,” and a weekly digital publication from Connector Supplier.

Bishop & Associates’ research reports focus on connector sales by geographic regions, end-user equipment markets, connector products, and interconnect technologies.

The firm also tracks acquisitions within the connector space, conducts multi-client studies, and participates in customer specific research projects.

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