A M P H E N O L C O R P O R A T I O N 2 0 0 4 A N N U A L R E P O R T Industrial  Internet Equipment Mobile Phones Wireless Infrastructure Amphenol is a technological leader in the design, manufacture,  and supply of high performance interconnect systems for a broad  range of industrial ap pli ca tions, including factory au to ma tion,  heavy equipment, in stru men ta tion, motion control, medical equipment,  mass transportation, and oil exploration. Amphenol’s core competences  include application spe cifi c industrial interconnect solutions, requiring  a high degree of en gi neering and system integration with innovative  solutions for the increasing demands of power distribution. Amphenol is a global-provider of interconnect solutions to the  designers and manufacturers of world wide web devices and  systems. Amphenol’s range of offerings in cable, cable assembly  and connector products, spans applications in PC’s, storage sys tems,  optical and copper networks, modems, hubs, routers, switches, media  display systems, and internet appliances. With its design creativity and  cost effectiveness, Amphenol leads the way in interconnect development  for internet equipment, infrastructure, enterprise networks and appliances.  Whether industry standard or application-specific designs are required,  Amphenol provides cus tom ers with products capable of performing at  the leading edge of today’s high speed technology.  Amphenol provides interconnect and antenna components for  more than 50% of the world’s annual mobile phone production.  Amphenol manufactures essentially all of the con nec tors found  in mobile phones, PDAs and other mobile devices. The broad product  offering includes antennas, RF switch es/plugs, navigation key/side key,  microphone/speaker/vibra connectors, LCD connectors, board to board  connectors, SIM/MMC/SD readers, battery connectors, I/O, system  con nec tors, charg er (plug and socket) connectors, hinges/plastic parts,  and test cables. Our capability for high volume production of these  technically demanding, miniaturized products, combined with our speed  of new product design, is a critical factor for our success in this market. Amphenol is the leading global solutions provider to the wire- less infrastructure market with applications such as cellular base  stations, radio links, mobile switches, wireless routers, wireless  local loop and cellsite, antenna systems, combiners, transceivers, filters  and tower amplifiers. Amphenol offers a wide product portfolio for every  wireless standard and generation radio technology including 2.5G, 3G and  future all-IP solutions.The products range from different RF, low frequency  and FO cable assemblies to power interconnect systems. 9