Tie Enterprises

Federal Electronics, founded in 1948, is one of the leading full-service, electronics manufacturing service providers. The company specializes in the manufacturing of copper cables and wire harness assemblies for the mainframe computer industry. It serves the medical, military, telecommunications and industrial equipment industries. The company s manufacturing capabilities include mixed-technology printed circuit boards, flex circuits, copper interconnects, fiber-optic interconnect assemblies and test services. Federal Electronics provides a wide range of services, such as engineering support and materials management. The company is located in Cranston, R.I., and offers a wide variety of fiber-optic interconnect technologies, including standard connector formats and custom assemblies with nonstandard connectors for medical applications.

Bio-Detek designs and manufactures sensors for the medical device community. The company provides defibrillation, pacing and multifunction electrodes. Its products are marketed under the TraceRite and Trace-It brand names to medical distributors domestically and internationally. Bio-Detek creates products for long- and short-term monitoring, adult multipurpose, pediatric and radio-translucent applications. The company also manufactures to a variety of original equipment manufacturer accounts on a private-label basis. Its engineering staff works with customers to understand unique requirements in order to develop products that reach special needs. Bio-Detek operates and United States Food and Drug Administration-registered factory in Pawtucket, R.I.