Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. is a leading global supplier of innovative interconnect solutions. They employ advanced engineering services, superior customer support and worldwide manufacturing capabilities to provide value-based connector solutions to various industries including industrial, medical, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and automotive. With advanced technologies and diverse development capabilities, Hirose continues a long history of designing ground-breaking connector solutions to meet global market needs. Hirose's past innovations include: The launch of the industry’s first flip lock connector, the FH12 Series, in 1994. Development of the ZX Series in 2005, of which the global Micro-USB standard is based on. The creation in 1997 of the industry standard U.FL connector design that is used globally in wireless technology. The introduction of the ix Industrial connector in 2017, which was later specified as a new standard interface connector for Ethernet applications by PROFINET (Process Field Network) in 2021. Today, Hirose Electric Co., Ltd offers more than 50,000 products, with their newer products accounting for more than 30% of sales.