Industrial automation market is huge and diversified. Flex can grow (laterally) in manufacturing the state-of-the-art electronic components (sensors or the associated electronics that sends signal to the control system computer). Thermocouple, RTD's, pressure sensors, level sensors, humidity sensors, emissions detectors, flow sensors, mechanical movement sensors, composition sensors (infrared, Ultraviolet), etc. The list continues. A recent trend is to control and optimize the plant using real-time data. New electronic sensors (thin silicon wafers) are here to replace traditional devices like pressure (Bourdon) gauges, thermocouples, flow meters, etc.
Motorola, Texas Instrument, GE, etc. make some of them. FLEX can contract to make these for them. Foxboro, GE, Honeywell, Square D, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Fisher-Porter, etc. Sensor market is in Billion $. Associated electronics should be comparable. ABB is a good company. Ram |
