TE News: TE Connectivity Awarded the “2017 Top Brand Award”

Shanghai – July 19, 2017 – TE Connectivity (TE) (NYSE: TEL), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, announced today that the company has been awarded “2017 Top Brand Award” at the 6th China Finance Summit. This award recognizes TE’s brand impact in the China market, and showcases that TE has dedicated to build a more connected world.

“2017 Top Brand Award”

“TE was nominated by Influential media and industry opinion leaders to receive this prestigious award. This showcases the impact TE and its products have in creating a safer, sustainable, productive and more connected world. TE is committed to contributing to the transformation of China’s economy and encourages an innovation-driven engineering spirit in China,” commented Nitin Mathur, Senior Director Marketing of APAC, TE Connectivity “In China, TE has launched the Today's Impossible is Tomorrow's Awesome Campaign in 2017 to showcase how TE utilizes product innovations to drive industry development. Meanwhile, TE advocates for the construction of an innovation eco-system in China; Under this mission, TE has cooperated with the Electronic Technology Information Research Institute (ETIRI) for three years, jointly releasing the 2014 Chinese Engineers’ Innovation Motivation Survey Report, 2015 & 2016 Chinese Engineers Innovation Index (text in Chinese), to create a better environment for innovations.”

The China Finance Summit is one of the most influential business events in China. Every year, the summit utilizes a comprehensive assessment system together with quantitative research to recognize companies that are able to promote a progressive era, leading industrial and societal advancement. As the only general award at the China Finance Summit, the “Top Brand Award” aims to recognize companies with industry influence and a good reputation, thus setting examples for all of society.

The 6th China Finance Summit was theme with “A New Picture of China’s Economy: Transformation and Revolution.” China has entered a “New Normal” period of economic development, with innovation and industrial structure boosting economic growth. As a leader in industry, TE has always been at the forefront of innovation, providing connectivity products and sensors to sectors as transportation, information technology, energy, infrastructure and railways, thereby contributing to the transformation and revolution of China’s economic development.

In the future, TE will continue to leverage its innovation-driven engineering spirit to turn ideas into reality, and cooperate with local partners to enable a safer, sustainable, efficient and connected world.