Tyco Electronics Ltd. ·  Schaffhausen Switzerland ·(NYSE: TEL)

Tyco Electronics is more passionate than passive when it comes to electronics. Once part of conglomerate Tyco International, Tyco Electronics is one of the world's largest suppliers of passive electronics. The company makes more than 500,000 passive and active components, with 750-plus product lines that include such brands as AMP, Buchanon, Critchley, Elo-Touch, Raychem, Schrack, and Tyco Electronics. Its components go into products for the aerospace, appliance, automotive, computer, consumer electronics, energy, industrial, public safety, military, and telecommunications markets. Tyco Electronics gets two-thirds of its sales from outside the US. To read the full description, subscribe now.