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HISTORY Ulti-Mate Connector Inc. was founded in 1977 by Lou Schmid. Lou and his team had created the first Micro miniature connector product offering at ITT Cannon in 1962. Lou went on to establish this series as a standard offering at several other companies before opening his own company. At Ulti-Mate, Lou proved to be a restless innovator who pushed cutting edge technical solutions, created innovative tooling and spearheaded improvements that have resulted in the creation of standards still in use today. HIGHLIGHTS 1978 Ulti-Mate Inc. was established in Orange, CA 1978 Ulti-Mate introduced the Mite-Y-Pin precision formed pin contact. 1979 Ulti-Mate Inc established molded in insulators as a standard for creating tighter dimensional tolerance within the shell. 1982 Ulti-Mate Inc created the only re-configurable mold tooling allowing Microminiature connectors from 5 to 65 contacts, in odd positions. 1983 Ulti-Mate Inc introduces high profile all plastic shells that mate with the standard Metal shell Micro miniature series and Metal shell connectors that mate with the standard low profile plastic shell series. 1984 Ulti-Mate Inc tools the first nano precision stamped pin contact and introduces their nano product line. 1988 M series and P series products were qualified to MIL-C-83513. 1989 Ulti-Mate was acquired by Molex Inc. and was assimilated into the New Ventures and Acquisitions group. 1991 Molex Industrial Interfaces and Ulti-Mate were co-located into a new facility in Orange, CA 1992 Molex Ulti-Mate established a manufacturing entity in the United Kingdom. 1994 A new In Flight Entertainment group was established within Ulti-Mate to address the burgeoning Airframe entertainment systems cable assembly market. 1999 Molex Ulti-Mate becomes certified to ISO 9001. 2001 Molex re-locates Ulti-Mate to Puerto Rico to lower assembly costs. 2003 Ulti-Mate is purchased from Molex Inc. by a management group consisting of current and previous employees. Ulti-Mate Connector Inc. is incorporated in Orange, California. 2009 Ulti-Mate Connector Inc. re-introduces an expanded nano miniature product line including the only single piece contact system for printed circuit board connectors in the industry. 2009 Ulti-Mate Connector Inc. moves into a new facility effectively doubling our manufacturing floor. 2010 Ulti-Mate Connector Inc. becomes re-certified to ISO 9001. 2010 Using Six Sigma principles, Ulti-Mate Connector Inc. creates lean production cells for multiple products. 2010 Ulti-Mate Connector Inc. acquires the Molex CIC, formally Industrial Interface, product line of Industrial circular connector solutions. 20011 Ulti-Mate Connector Inc. re-qualifies to Mil-DTL-83513 2013 Ulti-Mate passes ISO 9001:2008 re-certification audit. Ulti-Mate is proud to continue our long-standing tradition of making our products in quality controlled plants here in the USA. 5

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