September 29, 2008 - Allied Electronics, a subsidiary of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), will add L-com’s HyperLink Technologies product line to its product offering. “Allied is pleased to add the HyperLink product line to our line card and offer customers access to their innovative solutions for wireless communication,” said Scott McLendon, Vice President of Marketing at Allied. “Customers can now benefit from our expanded offering of wireless connectivity equipment.” Allied will offer the entire HyperLink product line, which includes antennas, surge and lightning protectors and other products that can be used in WLANs, SCADA Systems, ISM, GSM and RFID design applications.
“We are pleased to partner with Allied to distribute our HyperLink product line,” said Mary Ann Kleinfelter, Director of Marketing at L-com. “Allied’s broad customer base and dedicated local branches allows both companies to expand our market opportunities and meet the growing demand for wireless infrastructure products.”
About Allied Electronics
Allied Electronics’ headquarters are located in Fort Worth, Texas, with 55 sales branches across the United States and Canada. Allied is a subsidiary of Electrocomponents plc (LSE: ECM), the world’s leading catalog component distributor. Electrocomponents has operations in six continents and headquarters in Oxford, England.
About L-com Connectivity Products
L-com is a privately held Massachusetts Corporation, dedicated to the design and production of a wide range of interconnect products for the electronics and data communications industries. Primary product emphasis is placed on copper and fiber cable assemblies and accessories for modular and coaxial applications as well as computer networking. The company endeavors to serve the industry by offering solutions to interconnect problems. In June 2007, L-com acquired HyperLink Technologies. HyperLink has offered a wide line of wireless products since 1994, ranging from bi-directional amplifiers to wireless LAN antenna systems.
This acquisition makes the combination of HyperLink's impressive wireless offering and Lcom's extensive range of interconnect products a virtual one-stop shopping source for every kind of connectivity need.
