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About Stäubli Electrical Connectors, Inc.
We serve the United States, Canada and Mexico from our headquarters in Windsor, California and ten regional sales offices in Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, Texas, Arizona, Oregon as well as Tustin Ranch, San Jose, California.
To ensure that our products are available when you need them, we stock substantial inventory at our headquarters. We also provide technical support for all of our products, and can assist you with custom design solutions.
Stäubli Electrical Connectors, Inc. is part of the Stäubli Group and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss-based Stäubli Electrical Connectors AG, a leading manufacturer of precision electrical and electronic connectors.
Our philosophy: We win together
We dedicate ourselves to our customers' success by providing the most advanced contact technology solutions. We strive to achieve the best - in our employee development, in our products, and in our customers' satisfaction.
Global presence
In addition to our global headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, Stäubli Electrical Connectors has production sites in the U.S., Germany, France and China. Business units operate across Europe as well as in Asia and the Americas.
Stäubli Electrical Connectors is part of the Stäubli Group, an international mechatronics solutions provider with three dedicated divisions: Textile machinery, Connectors and Robotics. With a workforce of 5000, the Group maintains a presence in 29 countries through its sales and customer service subsidiaries. This network is completed by agents in 50 locations around the word.
History
| 1954: | Rudolf Neidecker discovers a unique design of electrical plug using multiple spring wires. |
| 1960: | MULTILAM Technology is developed by Rudolf Neidecker. |
| 1962: | Foundation of Multi-Contact in Basel, Switzerland by Rudolf Neidecker. |
| 1968: | Rapid expansion after first patents are filed for connectors with MULTILAM Technology |
| 1982: | Establishment of Multi-Contact USA in California. |
| 1988: | MULTILAM Technology electrical contact apparatus patents filed in the United States. |
| 1992: | Development of customized connection solutions for photovoltaic installations |
| 1994: | Acquisition of HCK, supplier of test and measuring accessories. |
| 1996: | Market launch of the MC3, the world’s first photovoltaic connector. |
| 2002: | Multi-Contact is acquired by the Stäubli Group, providing a global sales and service network in 25 countries and synergies for connection solutions for all types of fluids and gases. |
| 2002: | Worldwide introduction of the MC4 photovoltaic connector. |
| 2008: | Market launch of SolMac, the first standard junction box developed by MC-USA |
| 2009: | Major photovoltaic competence center is established in Essen, Germany |
| 2010: | Multi-Contact USA becomes a manufacturing unit, opening up an assembly line in Duncan, South Carolina |
| 2011: | Multi-Contact USA relocates to Windsor, California |
| 2012: | Multi-Contact celebrates its 50th anniversary, Multi-Contact USA its 30th anniversary and the Swiss-based Stäubli Group its 120th anniversary |