Raytheon was founded in Lexington Massachusetts in 1922 under the name American Appliance Company. It was not until 1959 that the company was renamed Raytheon.In 1922 they revolutionized the radio by inventing the S gas rectifier tube. This tube allowed radios to draw power from the wall socket instead of an expensive battery. The new technology revolutionized the radio into an affordable home appliance. The same technology was eventually used to power radars for the U.S. and British armies in World War II. Today Raytheon has grown into the fifth largest defense contractor in the world and the world’s largest producer of guided missiles. Roughly 90% of Raytheon’s total revenues came from defense contracts. Worldwide the company has about 63,000 employees and annual revenues of nearly $25 billion.The Raytheon Company is divided into four major divisions: Integrated Defense Systems, Intelligence and Information Services, Missile Systems, and Space and Airborne Systems. Read more >>

Honeywell International, Inc. is a worldwide conglomerate company that manufactures and produces various commercial and consumer products, engineering services, and aerospace systems. Their products are catered to a widely diverse customer base from the general public to businesses to government. Founded by Mark C.Honeywell in 1906, Honeywell International, Inc. started off as a heat regulating company. Since then, the company has grown into a Fortune 100 company, employing over 130,000 people worldwide, and has met yearly revenues of over $39 billion.The aerospace division of Honeywell International, Inc. is the largest manufacturer of aircraft engines and avionics. It is also a producer of auxiliary power units and other aviation products. This division alone generates approximately $10 billion in annual revenue which consists of commercial, government, and defense contracts. Some of their products include rotaries, synchros, transformers, switches, relays, and various assemblies. Honeywell International, Inc. is manufacture that is constantly contracted by the U.S Government. The company is a top producer of products that meet government specifications. Some contracts include: Read more >>

Operating in four different locations in Wisconsin, Madison-Kipp Corporation is a major aluminum die caster specializing in precision machined components and system subassemblies. With over 115 years of manufacturing and employing over 25,000 workers, Madison-Kipp Corporation has manufactured products, equipment, and parts that are widely used in the transportation, industrial, lawn & garden, and leisure-end industries. Their influence has allowed the company to be almost exclusively the sole-source provider of its products which include Rear Drive Unit Axle Housing Assemblies. Read more >>

Olympus Corporation is a Japan-based electronics manufacturer specializing in optics and reprography products. Established in 1919 and headquartered in Shinjuku, Japan, Olympus Corporation is a publically traded company with approximately 39,000 employees worldwide. You have probably seen Olympus products, such as their famous cameras, that the general public uses and enjoys. What you may not know is they also manufacture Medical, Life Science Imaging, and Industrial products. Olympus Medical and Surgical products provides hospitals and medical facilities with specialty tools and systems such as Bronchoscopes, Cysto-Nephrovideoscopes, ERCP Solutions, and Video Laparoscopes. Olympus Life Science & Imaging Systems provides laboratories with various types of microscopes from inverted to stereo to virtual.Olympus also manufactures products that are in compliance with government regulations. Read more >>

Amphenol Corporation was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1932. The company’s very first product was a mass-produced tube socket for radio tubes. From these humble beginnings, Amphenol has become a publically-traded company with $5.2 billion in expected revenue for 2014. With headquarters in Wallingford, Connecticut, the company has facilities in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa and has a global network of sales offices and distributors.Amphenol’s interconnect products reach a diversity of markets including: automotive, broadband communications, commercial aerospace, industrial, information technology and data communications (the company’s largest market), military, mobile devices, and mobile networks. Some milestones in Amphenol’s legacy include: the innovative Blue Ribbon connectors and cable assemblies which became a Bell System Standard, the 26500 connector used in Boeing’s revolutionary 707, their space-hardened connectors used in the United States’ Apollo Mission to the moon, and their mobile device technology used in some of the world’s first cellular phones. Read more >>