Valpey Fisher Corp (VPF)

CTS Valpey Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, production, import, and sale of frequency control products, radio-frequency (RF) microwave components, and ultrasonic transducers primarily in Mexico, Canada, the Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East. The company’s frequency control devices include quartz crystals and oscillators that are used as integral components in electronic circuitry to assure precise timing and frequency reference. Its frequency control products are used by the telecommunications, computer and computer peripheral equipment, scientific, instrumentation, industrial, and aerospace markets. The company also offers RF microwave components and integrated modules comprising fixed and voltage variable attenuators, 90 degree hybrid couplers, directional couplers, and 2-way and 4-way power dividers for the wireless infrastructure, microwave radio, point-to-point radio, radio-frequency identification, GPS, and military communications markets. In addition, it provides ultrasonic transducer devices used in weld testing, flaw detection, thickness gauging, acoustic microscopy, and particle sizing applications in the nondestructive testing, industrial, research, and bio-medical markets. The company sells its frequency control products primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and electronics manufacturing services companies; and ultrasonic transducer devices to OEMs, colleges and universities, and research facilities through direct sales personnel, independent manufacturer’s representatives, distributors, and the company’s Web site. The company was formerly known as Valpey-Fisher Corporation and changed its name to CTS Valpey Corporation in January 2012. CTS Valpey Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. As of January 24, 2012, CTS Valpey Corporation operates as a subsidiary of CTS Corporation.