Western Switches & Controls

Cole Instrument Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of precision rotary switches optical encoders and potentiometers for the aerospace and military industries. The company has been operational for more than 35 years. Cole Instrument Corporation has a staff of more than 80 people and maintains a facility of over 24,000 square feet. Headquartered in Santa Ana, Calif., it is a small privately held business that uses the latest manufacturing and testing equipment. Cole Instrument Corporation produces a wide variety of precision rotary switches, and offers both optical and rotary encoders. The company has shipped more than 2.5 million switches into service.

Electro-Mech Components specializes in the design and manufacture of illuminated push button switches, indicator lights and multi-switch interlocking assemblies. The company s switches are found in a wide variety of applications and industries, from video gaming machines to aircraft cockpits. It manufactures a wide variety of standard off-the-shelf push button switch configurations in several shapes, functions and lens colors, as well as high-end industrial-grade switches that offer up to six discrete circuits and are water-tight, shock-proof and vibration-proof. Electro-Mech s switch design capabilities include floor mounted panic switches, combination potentiometer switches, flush-mounted panel switches for tamper proof applications, bi-colored LED switch for communications and a host of others. Founded in 1963, Electro-Mech Components maintains facilities in South El Monte, Calif.

Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA specializes in the research, marketing, sales, engineering and manufacture of equipment for the information processing, consumer electronic, industrial technology, energy, transportation, construction and communications sectors. It offers a range of products, such as factory automation and automotive equipment, projectors, printers, escalators, elevators, telecommunication systems, high-definition televisions and monitors, and heating and air conditioning units. The company also provides semiconductor devices, large-scale video displays for stadiums, and solar panels and electric utility products. Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA has a staff of more than 3,500 employees in over 25 locations throughout North America. It has annual sales of nearly $2.3 billion. Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, which is one of the world s leading manufacturers of spiral elevators.