History
The company began by making flowerpots out of an industrial byproduct plastic called Molex. Later they made connectors for General Electric and other appliance manufacturers out of the same plastic. Molex acquired Woodhead Industries in the largest acquisition in the former's history.
Hermann Simon mentioned this company as an example of a "Hidden Champion"
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