formula one industrial automotive offshore founded 1938 headquarters new york city america key people jean marie painvin chairman and ceo revenue 495 million 2005 1 number of employees 3 500 worldwide parent wendel investments website http www.deutsch.net deutsch is a manufacturer of electrical and fibre optic connectors . they specialise in extreme environments such as high temperature pressure altitude and depth high vibration and many other different applications like space formula 1 cars defense civil & military aerospace and battle field applications . the company is now part of te connectivity . 2 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit 1938 deutsch was founded in california by alex deutsch a pioneer in the industrial connector industry . 1954 the connector business took off when deutsch acquired the general electric connector division known as monowatt . 1957 deutsch invented the miniature electrical connector with a push pull configuration coupling system for the douglas dc 8 . 1959 a major invention of the first mountable connector with removable contacts was made which were inserted from the rear of the connector . this fundamental design remains the basis for connectors used all around the world in applications from domestic automobiles aviation televisions computer equipment to trains space shuttles and formula 1 cars . 1962 deutsch opened locations in the uk and hellermann deutsch a bowthorpe holdings member was formed by joining the hellermann company founded by paul hellermann in germany 3 and the deutsch company of america . other sites in france during the next few years were also formed . 1970 s 80 s and 90 s new sites opening up globally in germany israel usa uk japan france and more . 1984 deutsch invented the first metallic composite connector the dg123 . this gave weight benefits for aircraft use and led to the development of the dmc m connector . 1986 hellerman deutsch welcomes a new director to the company air marshall sir eric dunn . 4 5 1989 demerger from bowthorpe holdings . hellerman deutsch becomes deutsch ltd. 1990 deutsch acquired carrier kheops bac sa in le mans france . 2006 wendel investments acquired deutsch 6 and is listed on the euronext paris 2008 deutsch continues to grow and acquires 60 % of ladd industries and 100 % of servo interconnect ltd 7 operations edit deutsch has grown in the last 70 years and now serves many of the high profile companies like airbus goodrich corporation rolls royce plc raytheon thales group bell general dynamics ferrari who rely on these types of connectors to solve many of the engineering problems they encounter when designing future technology . such problems are encountered with turbine engine environments vibration in formula 1 cars emi & rfi interference on aircraft computers lightning strikes damaging equipment extremes of pressures & temperature and high current temperature applications . references edit wendel investments investment day 2006 deutsch is now te connectivity . retrieved 25 august 2012 . hellermanntyton history the telegraph newspaper the times newspaper wendle investments acquire deutsch wendel annual report 2007 external links edit deutsch wendel investments acquire deutsch bruce maclaren trophy 2008 the innes ireland trophy 2010 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title deutsch group & oldid 740707682 categories electronics companies of the united statessignal connectors navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 19 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view