Start with the news release Military connector production capacity expanded from PEI-Genesis, which we summarised at the time by saying "To produce Amphenol's MIL-DTL-38999 Series I, II and III connectors in greater quantities, PEI-Genesis has expanded production capability at its 65,000ft2 European assembly facility in Southampton.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Bulgin to showcase connectors at Electronica 2010 from Bulgin Components: "Bulgin Components has announced that it will be exhibiting its interconnection solutions at Electronica 2010 on 9-12 November 2010 in Munich, Germany.".
 
In October 2010, we covered the news from Schurter - take a look at Schurter piezo switches are Atex approved which says: "The piezo switch from Schurter has achieved approval according to Atex class II 2 G Ex ib IIB T4, enabling it to be employed in explosive facilities above ground. ".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Puls, Power supply units operate in extreme conditions, as well as Cookson unveils soldering flux manufacturing plant from Cookson Electronics, and Amphe-EX connectors for hazardous areas from PEI-Genesis.