Hirose first appeared on the international stage in 1968 and has crafted a network of sales offices, agents and production facilities around the world. The company continues to broaden the scope of its business activities, keeping pace with market advances and satisfying the changing connector needs of companies around the globe. Hirose's vigorous international strategy rests on three pillars:
Sensing and Control offers the world's most advanced line of MICRO SWITCH™ heavy-duty limit switches. These switches include boss-and-socket head design for secure head-to-body retention, unique all-metal drive train for consistent operating characteristics even at high temperature (lasts longer without the need for frequent adjustment than drive trains with plastic parts,) self-lifting pressure plate terminals save wiring time, easily identified grounding terminal (inside) for compliance with OSHA and other regulatory agency standards, one piece flat gasket (seals better than gaskets that go around curves and corners, does not contact terminal pins to reduce chances of fluid migration,) front mounting and interchangeability of single- anddouble-pole switches, plug-in and non plug-in with one another and with other switch brands, tracking interchangeability of actuator levers for single- and double-pole switches, plug-in and non plug-in, tw