The Group

Foss is a part of discoverIE an international group of businesses that designs, manufactures and supplies highly differentiated, innovative components for electronics applications.

By focusing on key markets which are driven by structural growth and increasing electronic content, namely renewable energy, transportation, medical and industrial & connectivity, the Group aims to achieve organic growth that is well ahead of GDP and to supplement that with targeted complementary acquisitions.

The Group employs c.4,600 people and its principal operating units are located in Continental Europe, the UK, China, Sri Lanka, India and North America.

The Group is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 250 Index, classified within the Electrical Components and Equipment subsector.

Here you can read more about the companies that are a part of the discoverIE Group:

Noratel is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of high-quality customised transformers and wound components. Headquartered in Hokksund, Norway, Noratel has been supplying transformer-related products to many of the world’s leading industrial companies in different industries for the past 100 years. Noratel’s transformers can be found in many applications around the globe: from ships and trains to wind turbines, lifts, escalators, cranes, solar panels, refrigerators and medical devices.

Hectronic is the leading designer and manufacturer of embedded computers in the Nordic region. Hectronic supplies medium and large industrial companies in various sectors worldwide. Hectronic’s products lead the market in terms of performance, size and low power consumption and are used in Defence, Transportation, Maritime, Medical, Military and Telecoms markets. Our clients include ABB, Ericsson, SAAB, Atlas Copco.

MTC Micro Tech Components GmbH is a leading manufacturer of standard and tailored solutions for and thermal management (TCP). MTC supplies customers around the world of various industries such as automotive, avionics, medical, telecommunications and renewable energy.

Myrra design and manufacture high-quality transformers and inductors for industrial use. Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Paris, we employ 335 people and have manufacturing facilities in Poland and China.

RSG develops and manufactures custom-designed switch-mode power supplies and standard DC/DC converters and have customers all around the world. The company was founded in Germany 1988.

Flux provides solutions to customers whose needs are not met by traditional standard magnetic components and power supplies. They strength is in designing and manufacturing products of high quality, high mixture and complexity, yet in low to high volumes. Flux pedigree and heritage in the electronics industry spans over four decades dating back to the founding of Flux Teknik in 1980. Flux is located in Europe and Asia and has approx. 300 employees.

Contour is specialized in the manufacturing of cable assemblies and electronics box build solutions. Their headquarters is located in the UK, with additional offices in Hong Kong, Germany and Austria.

Variohm was established in 1974 and has helped to develop a comprehensive range of different sensors, which are now often used in a number of industries. Variohm is a single source supplier of sensors and transducers.

Santon is specialized in switchgear technology and supplies many customer-specific solutions in the field of electro-mechanical switchgear. The development, manufacturing, and purchasing of materials takes place in the head office of Santon in Rotterdam, The Netherlands or in Satons other operation sites in the USA and Great Britain. The German site is related to sales and service. Globally Santon has a range of distribution partners to serve their customers worldwide.

Cursor Controls are acknowledged as a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of trackballs and HMI solutions, with over 95% of products being exported worldwide from their dedicated 20,000ft² headquarters in the UK.

Hobart Electronics was founded in 1969 in Chicago and later moved to northwest Indiana where they now manufacture transformers in our 30,000 sq. ft. facility. As a custom transformer manufacturer, Hobart serves a wide array of industries as Medical Equipment, Industrial Controls, Security, Automotive, Power and Computer industries.

Positek Ltd manufacture a large range of non-contacting sensors and also supply a huge range of different technology position sensors as well as temperature and pressure sensors, magnets, switches and motor drives.

Sens-Tech Ltd is an established UK company which, over five decades, has pioneered the development and manufacture of high sensitivity solutions for the detection of light and X-rays.

Phoenix America LLC. is leading the introduction of magnetic encoder and magnetic sensor solutions through developing not only robust encoder packaging but custom magnetic materials, thus ensuring a complete magnetic solution from a single engineering-driven organization. Phoenix America LLC. brings over one hundred years of magnetic sensor and encoder experience to your team. Founded in 2000, Phoenix America LLC. started from buying selected assets of Xolox, once a leader in the magnet and disk drive industry.

Limitor is a supplier of wide variety of sensors, switches and electronic components. They were founded in 1979, with headquarters in Urbach, Germany.

CPI acts as a catalyst bringing together academia, businesses, government and investors to translate bright ideas and research into the marketplace. CPI acts are a leading independent technology innovation centre and a founding member of the UK Government’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult. Established in 2004.

Beacon EmbeddedWorks is a full-service provider of embedded solutions. Beacon EmbeddedWorks innovative System on Modules (SOMs) are backed by an extensive suite of customization, security, and support services. As dependable, pre-certified, and feature dense solutions, Beacon EmbeddedWorks SOMs serve the most strenuous applications.