Founded in 1972, Aries Electronics was created when the late William "Bill" Sinclair acquired the backplane program of the Thomas & Betts Corporation. The product line included IC sockets, headers and printed circuit boards. Under Bill's vision, Aries expanded the line to include a variety of packaging products, including sockets, headers and covers, programmable devices, and a variety of jumper and cable assemblies.
Aries has established itself in the industry as a major source for unique connector products that solve a variety of packaging problems.
Aries is the recognized industry leader in zero insertion force (ZIF) test sockets for DIP, PGA, PLCC and SOIC components and continues to be a leading source for a variety of specialty electronic connectors.
In recent years, the company has made great strides in the market for high-temperature sockets and flexible cable products. With the introduction of the Correct-A-Chip® product line, the company established itself as a major supplier of "smart connectors" (with other components, both passive and active) and adapters (connectors that allow one type of connection to be used on a board designed for another type of connection).
More recently, the company has developed and patented several concepts for BGA (Ball Grid Array) and LGA (Land Grid Array) sockets and acquired a high frequency test and burn-in socket line that is driving growth in the test socket market.
