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“Our production today is all about automation and semi-automation ”
— Roberto Lu , VP Technology , TE Connectivity things ( IoT ), machine learning ( ML ), automation and robotics .
This places TE Connectivity firmly among the essential global companies that most people haven ’ t heard of , sitting behind the label on your smartphone , your transportation , all of your internet activity and every experience you have . It develops and manufactures switches , cable assemblies , relays , antennae and many more product categories as well as critical connection solutions for fiber optics . Today the company employs 80,000 people , makes 220bn products a year , achieved sales of $ 14bn in 2018 and has 130 manufacturing and engineering centers around the world .
AMP was acquired by Tyco International in 1999 , becoming part of Tyco Electronics in a 2007 restructure . In 2011 , however , it rebranded itself as TE Connectivity partly to reflect its approach to the market and partly to avoid confusion with other Tyco companies . This happened under the leadership of Tom Lynch , CEO from 2006 until 2017 and now Chair of the Board . Attracting talent was an important part of the former Motorola CFO ’ s strategy , as was shown in 2011
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