TE Connectivity Ltd. is a leading manufacturer and seller of connectivity and sensor solutions across the world. With operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and the Americas, the company has a strong presence in varied markets. TE Connectivity operates through three segments: Transportation Solutions, Industrial Solutions, and Communications Solutions. Its Transportation Solutions segment caters to the automotive, commercial transportation, and sensor markets through terminals, connector systems, sensors, relays, antennas, and application tooling products. The Industrial Solutions segment offers products to industrial equipment, aerospace, defense, marine, medical, and energy markets, including terminals, connector systems, interventional medical components, relays, heat shrink tubing, and wires and cables. The Communications Solutions segment supplies electronic components such as terminals, connector systems and components, relays, heat shrink tubing, and antennas for the data and devices, and appliances markets. TE Connectivity Ltd. sells its products to approximately 140 countries primarily through direct sales to manufacturers or via third-party distributors. Founded in 2000, the company was formerly known as Tyco Electronics Ltd. and changed its name to TE Connectivity Ltd. in March 2011. The company is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.