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18 Photo Contest Winners Inside!

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Photo Contest Winners Visit from Indiana University A Different Avenue Samtec Cares - Rauch Inc. The Hidden Talents of Greg Bowman Mary makes the Products that Save her Life Best Places to Work VEX Worlds 2016 Samtec First Responders Fastest Two Minutes in Sports Samtec Headquarters Remodel Samtec Bass Tournament SME Spartans Product Spotlight - FireFly Customer Spotlights - Brookhaven & Nordson Samtec Around the World Welcome Samtec Chicago Announcements

Tessie is hiding somewhere in this newsletter! Once you find Tessie, email us at samtecsignal@samtec.com, or stop by HR, and let us know her location. Everyone who finds her will be entered to win a $25 gift card!

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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS! We proudly present the winners of the worldwide photo contest. Thank you to all who participated.

Desmond Pow

Julian Ferry

Mystery Winner

David Beraun

New Albany Horseshoe Bend May 2015

If this is your photo, email paige.davis@samtec.com

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SIG – Harrisburg, PA Fall Road October 2014

New Albany Double Arch, Moab, UT August 2015

Josh Martin

New Albany Lights in Louisville April 14, 2016

Glenn Dixon

Silicon Valley Key Largo, Florida June 2012

Chester He

Shenzhen, China

Kenzie Byrd Tom A. Evans

SME - Colorado Springs Black Forest, Colorado April 2015

New Albany Sellersburg, IN October 2014

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Ingrid Solera

Costa Rica Poas Volcano, Alajueala, Costa Rica June 2015

Angie Eve

New Albany Louisville at Dusk November 2009

Dennis Putian

SOG - Santa Clara, CA

Darryl Middleton New Albany Henryville, Indiana July 2010

John Hynes New Albany

Churchill Downs

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Minor Campos Alfaro

Costa Rica Catarata de la paz Costa Rica November 2013

Henry Sipes

New Albany First Snow November 17, 2014

John Kruer

New Albany Alpaca Snow Day November 17, 2014

Donna Willis

New Albany Buffalo Trace Park, Palmyra, Indiana March 2016

Thank you to all who participated in the Samtec Photo Contest!

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Paige Davis, Michael Dean, Kat Coombes, Kent Vick, Kelsey Heckaman, Paige Dickey, Allen Platt, IUS Chancellor Ray Wallace, Jasmin Broughton, IU President Michael McRobbie, Whitney Beckley, Catie Eichhorn, Lori Wilson, Keith Baumann, Carmen Monihon, Whitney Robertson, Beth Sexton, Travis Wild, Josh Martin, Jeremy Zahn, Bryson Mills, Nick Knable

A VISIT FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY IU President Michael McRobbie stopped at Samtec on Wednesday, March 23 while he was in town to visit IU Southeast as part of his recent journey through the Hoosier state.

McRobbie, who has been visiting regional IU campuses for his “McRobbie on the Move” tour said the tour’s goal is to demonstrate IU’s commitment to and importance of the regional campuses. As part of his visit, McRobbie and IUS Chancellor Ray Wallace talked with local media about IU Southeast and its connection to the Southern Indiana region.

“The scale of enterprise going on in this region is pretty impressive,” McRobbie said.

His tour of Samtec was part of an effort by McRobbie and IU to also reach out to the local employers of each regional campus. Chancellor Wallace said since the majority of IUS interns are hired by the companies at which they intern, this outreach fosters greater opportunities for students to land high-paying positions.

McRobbie said 85 percent of IUS graduates ultimately stay and become employed in the region after graduating.

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IUS Executive Vice Chancellor Uric Dufrene and IUS Vice Chancellor Dana Wavle

Laura Hrouda-Burch, Jordan Reidinger, Tony Niemann, Laura Bartlett, Tom Beck, Laura Kachnavage, Brian Jent, Lauren Reherman, Brianne Collier, David Burch, Brigid Morrissey, Mike Reinhardt

A DIFFERENT AVENUE The cubicles and conference rooms aren’t the only new features at headquarters in New Albany. Amid the shuffling of office supplies and stacks of card board boxes, Laura Bartlett sits in her new cubicle. It’s a stark contrast to the office she previously occupied on Frankfort Avenue. It was at the top of the stairs on the second floor with a window overlooking the restaurants and shops on the street below. But her new space is far from a downgrade. “This facility is state of the art. It’s a big change working in an industrial park, but I love being surrounded by people. I’m very happy with the move.”

Laura was not always a Samtec Associate, but she has worked with Samtec for over 27 years. Laura began her relationship with Samtec when she was hired at Burch in 1989, several years after they became a key marketing partner with Samtec. Burch Associates’ was an independent Louisville advertising agency formed in 1969 by Dan Burch. Samtec and Burch first formed their partnership in 1981 when Burch developed the #181 Full Line Catalog. In 1988, the company was passed down to two of Dan’s sons, Mike and Joe. As Samtec grew, the workload for the agency steadily increased, specifically with advertising for international sales. In January 2014, the team at Burch became full time Samtec Associates.

Laura Bartlett working in her new cubicle at New Albany

Although Laura was an eye witness to the transformation of the Marketing Department, she admits that merging into the New Albany office has exposed her to a lot of new things. “I’ve been learning a lot. On Frankfort Avenue, we weren’t able to see how everything functions together. Now, I can sit in on meetings and walk right up to someone’s desk to communicate. Being together relieves so much stress.”

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SAMTEC CARES - RAUCH, INC. & THE IMAGINE AWARDS Rauch was founded in 1953 by a dedicated group of parents. Starting in a church basement with a volunteer teacher, Rauch was the first school for children with developmental disabilities in the state of Indiana and the first entity in Southern Indiana to be funded by the WHAS Crusade for Children. Today, Rauch directly serves over 1,000 children, adults, and families in Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington, Jefferson, and Jackson Counties in Indiana as well as Jefferson and Oldham County in Kentucky.

The Rauch Foundation was created in 1997 to establish both a culture and a vehicle for long-term funding at Rauch, Inc. One of their fundraising events is the Imagine Awards which debuted in 2001. The goal of these awards is to make a better community and world for people with disabilities ... “A Community Where Everyone Belongs.”

Samtec is a proud sponsor of the Imagine Awards which were recently held at Horseshoe Southern Indiana in March, and a few Associates had the privilege to attend the 2016 event. This year, Rauch treated attendees to the amazing voice of season three The X-Factor finalist Rion Paige. Rion has a rare condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenital which causes a curving of the joints. She has permanent damage to her arms resulting in her hands being in a fixed, bent position. Besides her phenomenal singing performance, Rion had crafted a message to complement the night telling her story of triumph over her life-long disability.

All proceeds from the Imagine Awards event benefit the Rauch Foundation, and this year’s festivities raised an incredible $89,000 in net proceeds to support programs and services for people with disabilities in Southern Indiana and metro Louisville.

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The Imagine Awards went to these three for their volunteer work within the Rauch Foundation.

X-Factor finalist Rion Paige sings for Rauch guests and inspires many follow their dreams no matter what obsticles they face.

Wes Williams, La Vella Hall, Kat Coombes, Kelsey Heckaman, Josh Martin, & Paige Davis attended Rauch’s Imagine Awards.

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THE HIDDEN TALENTS OF GREG BOWMAN Greg Bowman has worked at Samtec Scottsburg for 6 years.

He works 3rd shift in the multi-cut area. Greg loves 3rd shift, and that might just be because his wife, Krystal, also works 3rd shift at Samtec Scottsburg. Krystal has been with Samtec for over 10 years in QA. Growing up in the automotive industry as his Dad was a mechanic, it was already in Greg’s blood to customize and paint. A week before Christmas in 2015, Greg had an idea.

Since both he and his wife hunt, Greg wanted to personalize their guns with a pattern. As with most people these days, Greg decided to turn to Google to search for ways to adhere patterns. Water-transfer printing, or hydro dipping, was one of the first results to pop up.

A few YouTube videos later, Greg thought it looked like a neat and easy process, so he began to gather supplies. After he built his own 150 gallon water filter tank, Greg was ready to give water transfer printing a go. He then found that like a lot of things on the internet, it was “a lot more difficult than it looks online.” Pure dedication was what made Greg press through the early learning stages. His patience paid off, and Greg started successfully dipping gun parts, helmets, YETI and Tervis Cups, Xbox controllers, and much more.

Most items need to be disassembled before they are dipped.

Since everything reacts differently to the water-transfer print process, each product needs to be washed to remove any oils or dirt which could interfere with the paint / pattern adhering.

The item must also be sanded and primed with either a dark or white base coat. Once this is done, the film, or pattern, is put in the water, the product is dipped in the water, and a final coat is applied. It is a very precise and tedious process taking about 2 to 3 days to complete one item.

Currently, Greg prints items mostly for his family, but he also gets a lot of work from his fellow Samtec Associates. There are hundreds of different patterns to choose from, and Greg currently keeps about 32 patterns in stock right now. Greg really enjoys wrapping as a hobby. He likes it so much that he did the inside of his car in camo. For his next big project, Greg is planning on wrapping his motorcycle.

If you interested in having something wrapped via water-transfer printing, Greg said to contact him on Facebook page. Just search:v GK custom coatings.

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Greg Bowman finishing up his last tasks before clocking out at 6am.

Here are a few items that Greg has Hydro-dipped himself.

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MARY MAKES THE PRODUCTS THAT SAVE HER LIFE Mary Gibson works in Automation and is a Supervisor (OSS) in Secondary Operations / Handfill. She has worked at Samtec for over 20 years.

Six years ago, after experiencing fainting spells, Mary found out that she suffered from a heart condition. Her doctor said that due to this condition, she needed a pacemaker to continuously monitor her heart. If it detected a rhythm problem, her pacemaker would send out small, undetectable electrical signals to correct it and restore her heart to a more normal, steady rate.

There are three parts of a pacemaker. The pulse generator is like the brain. It controls everything and is the part of the pacemaker that was implanted in Mary’s chest. The pacing lead electrodes stimulate the heart to beat. One lead was attached to the top of her heart, and the other to the bottom of her heart. The programmer unit receives the data from the pulse generator which enables the physician to evaluate the pacemaker’s performance and change settings.

Before her surgery, the doctor brought in a pacemaker generator and programmer unit that goes with it. He took both apart to explain to Mary how the pacemaker worked.

When he did, she noticed that some of the parts looked like Samtec connectors. When she looked more closely, Mary noticed the Samtec “S” on the bodies. Then she looked at the manufacturer of both units. It was Hospira, a Samtec customer located in IL. At that moment, Mary knew that Samtec parts were in both her pacemaker generator and the programmer unit as she had been one of many Associates who had been building custom CLMs and FTEs for years (and they were a “bear” to make).

Very quickly, Mary realized that the quality of our parts can truly be the difference between life and death.

Mary’s original Hospira programmer had to be plugged into her land line phone jack to retrieve the data from the pulse generator implanted in her chest. Her new programmer is a wireless, hand held device that uses an app on her smart phone to retrieve the information from her pacemaker generator. This battery operated unit is made for Hospira

by Medtronic, a Samtec customer in MN. Once every three months, Mary uses the programmer to

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This is the app that Mary has on her phone.

It communicates with the pulse generator implanted in her chest.

This is Mary’s old programmer. It is much larger than her current programmer that she is holding to the left.

You can see the connectors that Mary took out of her old programmer under the paperwork.

monitor how her pacemaker is doing, if it is working at the correct pace, and to check the battery life of the generator unit. The programmer runs three tests (current data, data based on speeding her heart up and data based on slowing her heart down), determines what level to set her pacemaker on based on the results of these tests, and then sends the data directly to her doctor.

The life expectancy of a pacemaker battery is between 5 and 15 years depending on how active the pacemaker is. Right now, Mary’s pacemaker is expected to last approximately 11 years, and then she will need to have surgery to replace it.

Although Mary has no restrictions that prevent her activities by having a pacemaker, she carries a wallet Pacemaker ID card with her at all times with the serial number of her pacemaker. Equipment used by doctors, dentists, as well as the metal detector screening units in the airport, can affect her pacemaker.

Mary and her new Medtronic programmer. It slows down and speeds up her heart rate, then sends the data to her Medtronic app and her Doctor.

Having gone through this experience, Mary is very conscientious about the quality of every part that we make and understands the importance and consequences of even one bad part.

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Samtec’ s new billboard on I-65 N on the way to our Scottsburg facility.

BEST PLACES TO WORK Every year, Fortune Magazine puts together their “Best Places to Work” edition. Alan Murray, Fortune’s editor, believes the chief quality their “Best Places to Work” lists illustrates is culture. Companies that have good ones make their list. Companies that don’t have good cultures don’t make the list.

Fortune surveyed thousands of employees around the United States working in the manufacturing and production business sectors spanning food, textiles, and electronics, as well as the oil and gas industries. Rankings for this list were based solely on employee feedback, and Samtec is proud to be ranked 13th on Fortune Magazine’s Best Places to Work in Manufacturing and Production.

The city of Scottsburg was so excited that Samtec made the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing and Product list that they recognized us with a billboard on I-65 at the Scottsburg exit … very close to our new building.

Thanks to all Associates who took time to complete the survey!

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If you want to see the full results, go to: http://fortune.com/2016/02/16/bestworkplaces-manufacturing-production/

“A company that treats the Associates with respect, trust, and understanding to the point of feeling like an owner in the company, as well as providing excellent pay, benefits, and a family environment is ingenious in my opinion.

The result is a happy and harmonious working environment where the Associates actually WANT to come to work, and actually WANT to do a good job. If other companies had this same type of mindset and provided the same things… the result could be a better world and less unemployment. Samtec sticks to their guns on issues of morality and common core values… and only hires people who fit into that window. If you employ honest people who want to work and make an honest living, then the problems that most employers face daily become almost a non-issue.”

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This is the VEX World main stage. This is where the final robots compete to win it all. This is also the where the grand opening and closing ceremonies take place.

VEX Worlds brings together top robotics teams under one roof to celebrate their accomplishments and participate with the best teams from around the world.

The Maker Mobile, sponsored by Samtec, was recently on display at the VEX Robotic World finals April 20th – 23rd at the Kentucky Exposition Center. The world finals competition took over the entire fairground with competitions in Broadbent Arena to Freedom Hall.

VEX EDR is an innovative robotics design platform geared towards education initiatives that span science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Beyond science and engineering principles, a VEX Robotics project encourages teamwork, leadership and problem solving among groups. It also allows educators to easily customize projects to meet the level of students’ abilities. The affordable VEX platform is expanding rapidly and is now the same found in middle schools, high schools, university labs and even hobbyist benches around the globe.

VEX IQ is a robotics platform designed to transform STEM learning for young students and their teachers.

Students as young as 8 can jump right in and snap robots together using the intuitive, tool-less platform while educators can utilize the free VEX IQ Curriculum to help teach students valuable lessons and skills that are needed in today’s changing world.

Two kids look closely at the laser as it cuts through metal sheets to form dog tags

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Associate John Riley shows VEX attendies how the laser cutter operates

VEX attendies operating the laser cutter

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1st Row: Keith Baumann, Dave Decker, Jane Freeman, Betty South, Mark Bobo, Teresa Medley, Rick Rogers 2nd Row: Troy Cook, Nick Knable, Matt Puffer, Alex Ernstberger, Dick Bowyer, Jeff Murphy 3rd Row: Tony Cahalan, Mike Robbins, Bryan Ray

SAMTEC FIRST RESPONDERS Bryan Ray, David Decker, Dick Bowyer, Jeff Murphy, Mark Bobo, Mike Robins, Teresa Medley and Troy Cook are the Associates currently listed for Samtec, the State of Indiana and the Department of Homeland Security as Emergency Medical Responders (EMR).

These Associates volunteered their time to attend an eight week course consisting of 7 hours each Saturday. At the end of the course, all of our Associates had to pass the state’s written test and a hands-on, skills proficiency test to be certified EMRs. Samtec’s EMRs are required to have over 20 hours of continuing education credit every two years to maintain their certification according to the State of Indiana.

Education comes in various forms, such as CPR/ AED, Stroke / Heart Attacks, Seizures, Mental Awareness, Diabetic Emergencies and Open Wound Emergencies.

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There are an additional 30+ other Associates throughout New Albany who are trained and/or certified for specialized emergencies such as CPR and AED. In the event of an emergency situation, there are necessary actions from all present in order to get the person the help they need in the best possible way. Once Samtec EMRs arrive on the scene, they are in charge.

Please assist as needed per their request.

Associates near the scene who are not involved in the process directly should leave the area in order to prevent possible risk exposure and/or disruption and delay of EMT personnel. Our first priority is getting the injured help as quickly as we can.

If you are interested in becoming a Samtec First Responder or have additional questions, please contact Keith Baumann or Jeff Murphy.

Everyone took their seats and got ready to watch the next horse race at Churchill Downs

Sarah Teegarden and Tim Teegarden

Kat Coombes and Jenise Wehmiller

Lauren and Gavin Reherman

FASTEST TWO MINUTES IN SPORTS Meriwether Lewis Clark, with the help of his uncles John and Henry Churchill, commenced the first Kentucky Derby in 1875.

Sipping mint juleps, singing “My Old Kentucky Home,” and draping the winning horse with the garland of roses are a few of the unique traditions that has solidified this horse race forever in history. Several Samtec employees donned their spunky hats and placed their bets in this year’s race as Nyquist became the 142nd thoroughbred to take home the win.

Lauren Reherman

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SAMTEC HEADQUARTERS REMODEL

Brigid Morrissey looks at the Nook close up

On May 9th after a long nine months of construction, Samtec New Albany celebrated completion of the first phase in our building remodel.

The first phase of the main building remodel includes the majority of the new break room and first floor office space for Marketing, Sales, MIS Help Desk, Customer Service, Pricing, Human Resources, Payroll, and Learning and Development. Our new break room is equipped with a brand new café area, a 15 foot by 10 foot video wall for company meetings, two new restrooms and two “Mother’s Rooms” so that nursing mothers have a private space. The first phase completion also marks the opening of our interactive “nook”. The nook is an area outside the break room that houses a 21 foot by 6 foot tall touch screen which allows both Associates and visitors to virtually explore our products, services, capabilities and history. This is an absolute “best in class” experience and a great way to kick off a tour.

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Before nearly 150 people could make the move into their new space on the first floor, we had to clear out the old office area to ensure an on-time transition into Phase 2 of construction. To do this, four departments, MIS, Accounting, Operations and Purchasing, needed to vacate their old areas before their new areas upstairs were done. The solution was to move these departments into the building lovingly called “Kids World” (named after the daycare that previously occupied the building).

The Samtec Facilities team was able to tool up the Kids World building in record time complete with paint, carpet and new bathrooms, while at the same time working weekends to complete the first phase of the first floor of the main building. A huge “thanks” goes out to all departments willing to take one for the team by calling Kids World home for the duration of phase two as well as to our global facilities and maintenance teams for all the long hours making things right in our new home.

The Nook - a user interactive experience

Large screen in the Break Room

New Office Space

Casual collaboration spaces

Glass meeting rooms with bar stool height chairs

Casual collaboration meeting rooms

Kitchenette

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For a few years, many Associates from Samtec New Albany have entered a fishing competition. This year, the competition was at Patoka Lake in Patoka, Indiana. Many departments were represented such as Plating, Stamping, Board Processing, Molding, Optics, and Automation. Fourteen boats entered the water with two people per boat. The competition started at 7:30AM and had to be inside the buoys of Painter Creek by 3:00PM. Tim Weinberg said, “It was a tough day fishing for most with very windy conditions and whitecaps throughout the lake.�

Congratulations to the Winners: 1st Place Tyler Hoke/Bob Crane 2nd Place Will Jones/Bo Parr 3rd Place Andy Ness/Tim Weinberg

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Tim Weinberg

Tyler Hoke and Bob Crane

Juan Christie

SME SPARTANS Samtec Microelectronics recently sponsored a team for the Colorado Sprint Spartan Race in Ft. Carson, CO. The Spartan Race is an innovative obstacle course race created by Joe DeSena, a world-class adventure racer, and there are more than 130 of these races around the world annually.

On the same fields that some of our nation’s finest have prepared for battle, over 6,000 participants competed at the Colorado Military Sprint the first of May at the Fort Carson Army Base. It is the only Spartan Race in the US that is hosted on a military base, and the obstacles were designed by the 4th Infantry and Special Forces units. A Spartan course is normally 10 miles riddled with signature obstacles like mud, barbed wire, walls, rope and fire. Given the venue, this race had a military twist including Special Ops variations where overcoming obstacles is part of their job to fight for our freedom.

Even though only one SME Associate had ever ran a race before, not only did our entire team finish the race, they finished 20th out of 166 teams.

Members of the SME Team included Nicole Wilder, Nicole McGraw, Kennedy Knutson, Desiree Hansen, Caleb Strickland, Sean McClellan, Michael Sanders, Austen Knapp, Chris Cleveland, Aleksey Johnson, and Mario Chacòn.

Mario Chacòn, Austen Knapp, Nicole Wilder, Nicole McGraw, Sean McClellan, Aleksey Johnson, Chris Cleveland, Kennedy Knutson, Caleb Strickland, Michael Sanders

Mario Chacòn

Nicole McGraw

Way to go, Samtec SME Spartans!

Michael Sanders & Austen Knapp

Caleb Strickland

Chris Cleveland & Caleb Strickland

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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

The FireFlyTM Micro Flyover System is the first interconnect system that gives the designer a choice of using either micro footprint optical or copper interconnects to meet today’s data rate requirements and the next generation.

The FireFlyTM system enables chip-to-chip, board-to-board, on-board and systemto-system connectivity at data rates up to 28 Gbps. FireFlyTM is based on a high performance interconnect system which allows the use of low-cost copper cables or high performance active optical engines.

KEY FEATURES

• Data “flies” over board, simplifying board layout and enhancing signal integrity • Low cost, high performance (to 28 Gbps) micro coax cable system ideal for short distances and test applications • x12 unidirectional or bidirectional optical transceiver assembly achieves 14 Gbps per channel (168 Gbps aggregate); 28 Gbps (336 Gbps aggregate), and x4 bidirectional systems in development • Easily upgrade from electrical to optical FireFlyTM using the same connector system

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• FireFlyTM systems support all data center and HPC protocols, including Ethernet, InfiniBandTM, Fibre Channel, SAS & PCIe® • Large choice of end connectors for both optical and electrical systems • Integral heat sinks in several default designs, including finned, flat, fiber groove for multi-row configurations, and custom designs • Rugged board-level connector system with positive latching, weld tabs and loading guides for secure connection

CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT

Our customer Brookhaven National Labs, in conjunction with FermiLab (a US government physics laboratory), is developing ultra-sensitive equipment to detect and measure neutrinos. Neutrinos are tiny nearly massless produced by the decay of radioactive elements (like exploding stars and gamma ray bursts), and are elementary particles that lack an electric charge particles that travel at near lightspeeds.

Homestake Mine, Solar Neutrino Experiment About a mile under solid rock in South Dakota’s Homestake Gold Mine, BNL researcher and Nobel Laureate, Raymond Davis, Jr. set up a chlorine-filled detector in 1967 to measure neutrinos from the sun as a way to examine the sun’s energy generation.

Why Do Neutrinos Matter?

Because they help further the understanding of physics, which could lead to breakthroughs in the fields of space travel, energy production, and medical research, among others. Brookhaven National Labratory is building a device that slows the movement of molecules in an effort to detect them. Our SEARAY™ and HSEC8 products are being used because of their high bandwidth capabilities.

Our customer Nordson designs and manufactures equipment used for dispensing industrial-strength adhesives, coatings, and sealants. Their products are used in the aerospace, agriculture, appliance, automotive, construction, electronics, food, and textile industries. In fact, you have probably come across a variety of Nordson customers. Ever opened a bag of chips or a box of cereal?

Changed a diaper? Kellogg’s, Lays, and major diaper suppliers in the US, like Huggies and Pampers, use the glue dispensing equipment offered by Nordson. These machines use several core Era 1 products, including TSW, SSW, MMSD, IPL1, and IDC assemblies.

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SAMTEC AROUND THE WORLD

Microelectronics Colorado Springs, Colorado David Beraun, Aaron Ram, and Neil Potter skied before attending FAE Conference at Samtec Microelectronics.

New Albany

Many New Albany Associates gather in the old break room before the move into the new break room to watch Indiana play Michigan in the NCAA March Maddness basketball tournament.

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Costa Rica

Samtec Costa Rica placed second in the OEI Social Responsibility Contest. The aim is to promote joint efforts between different sectors—specifically private and state—to develop sustainable initiatives.

Scotland

Scott Priest, Niklas Maansson, Daniel Wall, and Jens Dahlblom manned the Samtec booth at a tradeshow in Stockholm, Sweden. Their attendance at the Scandinavian Electronics Event generated great enquiries, including a lot of interest in our FireFly™ Products.

Shanghai

Matt Baumann (New Albany),Marcus Hu (Shanghai), Kevin Zu (Shenzhen), Sisci Deng (Shenzhen), William Wen (Shenzhen), Ravindra Kumar (India) enjoy a nice meal after the Samtec Corporate Managers presented presentations at the Road Show in Shanghai, China.

Johor Bahru, Malaysia India

Samtec India Received the Business Excellence 2016 award for outstanding achievements in business & social service at 40th National seminar on social entrepreneurship.

Samtec JB held their annual Sports Day on May 28, 2016.

About 130 Associates came to four hours bowling and teambuilding. It was such a large group of Associates that they rented out the entire bowling alley.

Penang, Malaysia

The traditional lion dance can be seen during Chinese New Year time. Every year during Chinese New Year samtec Penang will arrange the lion dance, the performance of the lion dance which is thought to bring good luck.

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WELCOME SAMTEC CHICAGO Samtec is proud to announce the opening of an interconnect design and development center in the Chicago, IL suburb of Lisle. This office is a critical element of Samtec’s future product development and technology roadmap, and recruitment for staff at this new facility is rapidly underway.

Selected for its central location and impressive electromechanical local talent pool, the Chicagoland office will join that ranks of Samtec’s Silicon Valley Optics Design Center, Pacific Northwest High Speed Cable Plant, Microelectronics Group in Colorado Springs, Advanced Interconnect Design Groups spanning three continents, and Signal Integrity Group and Teraspeed Consulting in the Northeastern United States. Skill sets across all of these areas of expertise are being sought for the Chicagoland office in order to build a truly crossfunctional and integrated team.

Together, these technology centers develop products and services that address full-system interconnect challenges and offer strategic support at every level.

They support Samtec’s mission to help designers optimize the high-speed signal path from the bare die, to IC package and assembly, to the PCB, to connectors and cable assemblies, and back again.

Capabilities include optimizing power and signal integrity of the bare die during the IC design process; developing customized IC packaging and assembly solutions enabling maximum IC density and efficiency; enabling PCB designers to create denser and faster PCBs by providing support to ensure signal chain optimization; providing the products and design expertise to link high-speed signal chains between PCBs and through backplanes; and to engineer industry standard and customized copper and optical cable assemblies at data rates up to 56Gbps and beyond.

The Chicagoland office, which is looking to immediately staff Product Design Engineers, Manufacturing Engineers, Signal Integrity Engineers, and an Engineering Manager, will be central to this effort in more than the geographic sense.

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Here is what to expect in the 2016 Summer Edition!

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Remodel Update New Associate Spotlights!

New Facility Spotlight Much Much More!

Have an idea for the Samtec Signal? Email us at samtecsignal@samtec.com Also, if you have found Tessie, email us at the above address or stop by HR, and let us know her location. Everyone who finds her will be entered to win a $25 gift card!

Good Luck!