Molex Expands its Medical Business with Innovative New Capabilities Company will highlight growing product portfolio at MD&M West

LISLE, IL – February 2016 – Molex, LLC will bring its deep expertise and wide range of solutions for the medical industry to MD&M West, February 9 – 11, booth 1746. Through its ongoing investment in research and development, as well as its strategic acquisitions and partnerships, Molex has built an extensive portfolio of solutions that medical original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can integrate into their groundbreaking healthcare devices in diagnostic, therapeutic and patient monitoring applications. Molex remains committed to designing and manufacturing solutions that move the medical industry forward, while containing costs and keeping patient care and safety at the top of the list.

“Today’s life-saving healthcare devices feature increasingly sophisticated capabilities that require equally sophisticated electronics to reliably and cost-effectively transmit data, signals, images and power,” said Anthony Kalaijakis, strategic medical marketing manager, Molex. “Because of its long history as a technology leader, Molex is uniquely qualified to meet this increased demand for innovative, feature-rich and affordable medical electronic equipment. We’re very excited to continue our work in the medical industry, helping to enhance the performance and functionality of medical devices for our customers worldwide.”

Recently, Molex expanded its reach in the medical field with two key acquisitions: ProTek Medical Ltd., a contract engineering design and manufacturing firm that specializes in supplying custom solutions for medical device manufacturers in the global medical industry and certain assets of Soligie, Inc., a developer of flexible printed electronic solutions used in several industries, including medical applications such as diagnostics, EKG leads, surgical equipment/devices and wearable sensors. Other acquisitions that have contributed to the company’s expansion of its medical business include Polymicro Technologies™, Temp-Flex® Specialty Wire and Cable, Affinity Medical Technologies and FCT Electronics Group.

Molex experts will be available throughout the show to discuss the company’s cutting edge technology and showcase its wide array of solutions including:

• Medical Cables: Unique custom medical products including cable assemblies, custom connectors, encapsulated electronics, bulkhead connectors and ECG cables and leadwire assemblies.
• Optical Cables and Connectors: Advanced optical solutions including connectors and adapters, optoelectronics, optical assemblies, backplanes, optical circuitry and integrated systems.
• Printed Circuit Solutions: Molex offers clean sheet mechanical and electrical design, development and test support, including modeling and empirical testing. Its engineering teams work with customers to ensure a design that meets their needs. Solutions include membrane, capacitive and resistive switches, and copper flex with LEDs, as well as components and interconnects that can be fabricated on flexible substrates such as plastic, paper and foil.

For more information about medical solutions from Molex, please visit www.molex.com/industry/medical.html.