Meritec

Meritec is the electronic connector and cable assembly business of Ohio Associated Enterprises, LLC, based at 1382 W Jackson St in Painesville, Ohio. The company began in 1967 as A P Products, selling integrated circuit test clips that its founder designed, and grew into connectors and cable assemblies during the 1970s. Today it designs and makes ruggedized, high-density products for embedded computing in military and aerospace, telecom and datacom, plus high-speed interconnects for medical and automated test equipment.

Products

• High-speed copper connectors and assemblies with ANSI VITA 76 approved Hercules contacts, in MIL-DTL-38999, D-Subminiature and Micro-D shells
• HERCULES interconnect system in MIL-38999 Series III sizes 9, 13, 17 and 23, supporting data rates above 10 Gb/s with 100 ohm differential pairs and EMI and RFI shielding, plus the HS-D and smaller HS-MD high-speed D-Sub versions
• VPX backplane cabling solutions
• High-density CP50 connectors
• Right angle PCI and PCI Express connectors
• Flat flex cabling
• 4X and 12X InfiniBand assemblies
• Test equipment interconnects, and Joy Signal Technology products

Company history

• 1967: A P Products started with IC test clips
• 1977: Associated Enterprises established, with locations in Ohio, California, Germany, England, France and Australia
• 1989: Meritec established in Painesville
• 1999: Joy Signal Technologies acquired in Chico, California
• 2012: Xpontent, Mold-Tech and Connectors Unlimited acquired

Company facts

• Parts numbered 98 are distributor products, while parts numbered 94 are customer specific
• Distributors and representatives in the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, Israel, the Netherlands and India
• Core values stated on the site are Dream Big, Have Fun and Get Stuff Done
• Office hours Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm; telephone 1-888-MERITEC