Electronic Merchant Systems

Since its inception in 1978, the same management team has led Programmable Devices. PDI started as a PROM and LOGIC programming center serving major component distributors, original equipment manufacturers, and military contractors in the northeastern part of the United States. The company is a full-service, value-added production facility that is relied upon by many major names it the semiconductor industry. Programmable Devices maintains its offices and facilities in Danvers, Mass.

Founded in 1982, Advanced Interconnections was the innovator of the world's first removable terminal carrier. The company is a manufacturer of IC sockets and adapters for ball grid array package devices. Its patented eutectic solder ball terminals have earned recognition as a preferred solution for proven long-term performance in vigorous temperature cycling applications. In addition to the BGA socketing systems, Advanced Interconnections designs and manufactures a wide variety of sockets and adapters for semiconductors in power grid array, dual inline packet and station information packet packages, as well as a line of board-to-board connectors and adapters for test, production, emulation and package conversion applications. Advanced Interconnections maintains headquarters in West Warwick, R.I.

Sensitech is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, a worldwide technology company with a long history of pioneering advancements in aerospace, aviation, helicopter design, climate control, elevator design and hydrogen fuel cells. Sensitech is a leading provider of cold chain visibility solutions that enable its customers, worldwide leaders in food and pharmaceuticals, to track and monitor assets throughout the supply chain, protecting the integrity of their temperature-sensitive products. Its product portfolio includes analytic services, enterprise software systems and validated data acquisition devices. Specific products it manufactures for its customers include temperature monitors, strip chart recorders, temperature indicators and food safety management systems. Sensitech is headquartered in Beverly, Mass.