By focusing on key product areas and market sectors, connector and component manufacturer GTK has been able to grow its business significantly. More, the company has prospered despite the downturn in manufacturing facilities in the UK by supporting design activities in Britain and Ireland, and having offices in the Far East and agents in Eastern Europe to ensure that production orders are fulfilled where products are made.

A press-fit version of a BNC female/female adaptor has been developed by connector manufacturer GTK, allowing up to 80% reduction in assembly time. These can easily be removed or replaced by using a simple extraction tool.

Connector and cable specialist GTK are expanding their sales group with the inauguration of a new office in Glasgow to support Scottish OEMs with design support and local consignment stock. Scottish Sales Executive Derek Parker, in association Customer Service and Development Executive Leanne McComb will be managing the office, which has been fully operational since January 2nd.

Interconnect specialist GTK is offering new external SATA II (eSATA) cable assemblies to add to its serial ATA products for the data storage/ peripheral market place. Up to six times faster than USB and IEEE 1394, eSATA allows for faster, more reliable data transfer with improved performance compared to existing external solutions.

GTK, the manufacturer of low cost, high reliability interconnect devices and displays is now launching a custom fabrication service with the aim of adding value and reducing time to market for its customers. The company now has the capability to produce sub-assemblies or full product assembly including product development and engineering. PCB encapsulation using insert moulding can be performed; and custom displays – LCD or LED – can be creat...

HDMI cables are now available from connector and cable assembly specialist GTK. HDMI technology integrates all video and sound signals onto a single, thin cable, making it easy to connect components together. In addition, everything on an HDMI cable assembly remains in its original, uncompressed digital format: signals are no longer converted from digital to analog (in order to run through the cables) and then back to digital.

Connector and LED specialist GTK has just released its new line of magnetic filtered RJ45 modular jacks for high-speed Ethernet data applications. Devices offer improved electrical performance with a maximum contact resistance of 30mΩ at 100mA DC and a minimum insulation resistance at 1000MΩ at 500V DC. Current rating is 3A, with parts operating between -55 and 105degC.

Expanding on its 2go range, connector manufacturer GTK has released a low cost IC socketing system in the form of the Turned Pin IC socket. The parts, which are RoHS-compliant, are more reliable than conventional stamped and formed pin sockets due to a more robust contact construction. This is said to enable a safe and cost-effective system for socketing expensive ICs or holding the firmware during the debugging phase of a new design.

A low-cost cable assembly from GTK is now available to support the IEEE 1394 interface standard otherwise known as FireWire, or i.link. The standard, a high-speed serial bus which delivers data transfer rates up to 400 Mbits/s, is ubiquitous on new PCs for connection to high speed peripherals and is critical for video and audio streaming over peer-to-peer networks.

To minimise stacking height in mobile devices, GTK has launched Microstak - a miniature plug-and-socket SMT connector for interfacing stacked PCBs in mobile phone handsets, notebook PCs, PDAs, pagers and other small mobile devices.

Introducing a new range of high performance, RoHS-compliant connectors, GTK’s press-fit D-subminiature terminations provide robust mounting to PCBs without the need for soldering.

Displays and interconnect specialist GTK is expanding its 2go range with 2.54mm PCB pin headers, guaranteeing next-day product delivery, complete with technical drawings. The 2go range of low-cost connectors is destined to help OEMs who suffer from overly long lead-times by supplying cost-effective products with proven interconnect performance in record time.

IDC sockets have been introduced into GTK’s 2go range of low price standard connectors that are available on a next-day delivery service. The 2go range comprises 200 of the company’s most popular line items and all are fully RoHS compliant.

According to GTK, 1000s of low price standard connectors can now be delivered the next day thanks to a newly introduced service called 2go.

Once the prerogative of very high volume applications, custom colour LCDs are now an affordable option in low to medium volumes, enabling designers to differentiate their products with an attractive, unique interface and achieve a real competitive edge.

A range of new D sub miniature connectors from GTK are all designed to be RoHS compliant. The range includes high density, dual port, right angle and Combo D styles.

GTK's latest range of low-profile Light Jack RJ45 network sockets integrate status LEDs, to save space and cost. They are RoHS compliant.

GTK's latest range of rugged, low-profile, surface-mount telephone sockets are for use in compact modems and other telecoms and datacoms equipment. The sockets are RoHS-compliant and are said to be around 20% cheaper than existing SMT telephone sockets.