On October 1, 2001, the Global Business Unit HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG was spun off from HARTING KGaA and set up as an independent company.  This move paved the way to greater flexibility and stronger customer focus.  HARTING Electric develops, manufactures and sells industrial connectors, connector technology and system components to clients active in the fields of mechanical engineering, automation technology, transportation and power engineering.  High manufacturing automation levels ensure outstanding product quality.  At HARTING Electric, production operations are based on high precision injection molding equipment, fully automated high precision contact manufacturing, high precision die-casting, fully automated powder plating as well as state of the art cable production facilities in connection with advanced testing equipment.  HARTING develops, manufactures and sells electrical and electronic connectors, device terminations, network components as well as cable harnesses for networks or machinery, or for power and data application in factories.  Their products are used in mechanical and plant engineering, factory automation, power generation and distribution as well as industrial electronics and telecommunication.