OUR MARKETS OUR PRODUCTS OUR CAPABILITIES VOLEX WORLDWIDE INVESTOR RELATIONS About Us Financial Summary Regulatory News Reports and Presentations Share Price Financial Calendar Board of Directors Analyst Coverage Shareholder Information Corporate Governance Contact ABOUT VOLEX Home » Investor Relations » About Us About Us Volex PLC (VLX.L) is a leading global supplier of power and data cabling solutions, servicing the telecommunications, datacoms / data-centre, industrial, consumer and medical sectors for over 100 years across 16 countries. Volex’s products are integral to the increasingly sophisticated digital world in which we live, providing power and connectivity to everyday items as well as complex machinery. Operating in growing markets around the world, with a customer based composed of fast-growing, blue-chip, global companies, Volex’s products focus on technology, innovation, quality and reliability. Its global network of design and manufacturing facilities enable flexibility in meeting customers’ delivery timetable and price targets. With a strong new management team on board, Volex’s 7,000 employees continue to focus on delivering timely, innovative and quality products to their customers. Volex is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Our two clear divisions Power division Volex designs and manufactures power cords that are sold to the manufacturers of a broad range of electrical and electronic devices and appliances. Volex products are used in laptops, PCs and tablets, printers, TVs, games consoles, power tools, kitchen appliances and vacuum cleaners. Volex is the second largest global power cable supplier with an 8% market share in a heavily fragmented market. In FY2014, Volex sold circa 150 million power cords and 28 million duck heads. Data division Volex designs and manufactures a broad range of cables and connectors (ranging from high speed copper cables to complex customised optical cable assemblies) that transfer electronic and optical data. Volex products are used in a broad range of applications including data networking equipment, data centres, mobile computing devices, medical equipment, vehicle telematics and alternative energy generation. Contribution to Group revenue FY 2014 Contribution to Group revenue FY 2014 Key products PVC power cables Halogen-free power cables Duck heads Market drivers Highly cost competitive Customers implement multi-sourcing strategies Demand for smaller products Key products High speed copper cable – Passive and Active Mini-SAS Radio frequency cable assemblies Industry standard connectors (e.g. USB) Market drivers Increasing storage and bandwidth requirements Increasing data transmission rates Reliability Lead-time Global Capacity Volex is well positioned to serve and engage with customers on a global basis with local engineering design, manufacturing, delivery and account management capabilities. We maintain production and distribution facilities on four continents in order to be a local partner to customers, better supporting their global operational requirements. We view our well-invested and unrivalled global manufacturing base as a key competitive advantage. © 2014 Volex plc. All rights reserved