Connecting the Dots . . . TE TE’s “major customers” in are the Connectivity Ray-Q reveals that countries top war industries and the military. “its major customers” for TE promotes itself with these images and text: TE’s Raychem products Canada Pension Plan include Israel’s four larg- Ground Defense Investments est war industries, namely three state-owned firms: 2012 shares=$14 million Israel Aerospace Indus- (Direct & indirect investments) tries, Israel Military In- dustries and Rafael (see 2011 shares=$7 million previous issue, pp.48-49) (Direct investments only) and the country’s top weapons maker, Elbit C4ISR ronically, TE Connectivity was cre- Systems. (See previous is- ated as the result of a massive sue, p.28). Ray-Q says its Icorporate breakup. After its top ex- clients include “all other ecutives, Dennis Kozlowski and Mark major aerospace and Swartz, were convicted in 2005 of defense companies” and grand larceny, fraud, conspiracy and Israel’s Defense Ministry. falsifying business records in order to Ray-Q says its Military Marine scam about US$600 million from Tyco, “most valued customers” they began serving eight- to 25-year jail include the Israeli mili- sentences. Although Tyco Inc. went tary’s “Ground Techno- bankrupt, new companies emerged logical Brigade” and Isra- from the scandal in 2007, including TE el’s Air Force, which and Tyco International. (See p.43-44.) “awarded” Ray-Q with Initially called Tyco Electron- “the title of ‘Top Quality’ ics, this US company – with headquar- supplier.” Ray-Q notes it Military ters in Switzerland – has annual rev- received the “title of ‘Ex- Aerospace enues of US$14 billion. TE touts itself cellent Supplier’ by as “the world’s largest supplier of pas- Rafael and the Israel sive electronic components” such as Aerospace Industries.” “connectors.” It is a leading global sup- Ray-Q’s tight links plier of “ruggedized electronic inter- to Raychem are exempli- connects” for warships, subs, missiles, fied in its top executives. battle vehicles, warplanes, drones, mili- Ray-Q’s Chief Technol- tary helicopters and satellite systems. ogy Officer, Avner Gilath, Missile Defense To summarise its support for who was the “manufactur- war industries, TE says its products ing engineer at Raychem’s serve “military aviation, marine and Wire & Cable main plant ground vehicles including C4ISR, elec- in Redwood City Cal. tronic warfare and space systems.” USA,” was previously (C4ISR = Command, Control, Commu- “responsible for the es- www.te.com nications, Computers, Intelligence, tablishment of the technical capa- electronic fences and night vision sys- Surveillance and Reconnaissance.) bilities in Israel, and had Served as tems” using “biometry and video analy- TE-subsidiary Raychem distrib- Raychem’s spear head in Israel for sis systems.” Orad also says it has utes TE products in Israel through Ray- new technologies search.” “vast experience carrying out... Q Interconnect. Its slogan is “Connect- Ray-Q’s president and owner, Yigal large-scale and sophisticated border, ing your dots…” Established in 1969, Funt, was Raychem Israel’s “Country military base, security agency,… it was “incorporated in 2000, as a rep- Manager” from 1972 until 2000. prison, and public-sector compound resentative, consultant and distributor TE products and services are systems.” of Tyco Electronics, Raychem Divi- also distributed in Israel by the Orad Orad’s client list includes three sion” for Israel, Turkey, Central and Group, which has a “long term exclu- prisons, Israel’s military headquarters Eastern Europe and India. Ray-Q’s sive representation and preferred pur- and bases, the Prime Minister’s office, website says it chasing” relationship with both Tyco “Israel’s security fence” and the follow- “is proud of its partnership with the and Siemens. (See pp.35-36.) Orad de- ing companies: Amdocs, Bank Ha- leading manufactures in the Aero- scribes itself as “a leading provider of poalim, , Cellcom, and space, Military Marine, Military perimeter security and defense solu- Elbit. (See previous issue, pp. 5, 10, 11, Ground vehicle & medical and in- tions” that integrates “diverse access 17, 23 and 28-29). Orad’s clients also dustrial fields.” control systems, sensors, radar arrays, include , Leumi 42 Press for Conversion! (Issue # 67) Fall 2012 Tyco Le’Israel, Mekorot (see Siemens), Miz- Identification and Real Time Location rahi Tefahot Bank, Motorola, Partner International Systems products, solutions and serv- and Paz Oil. (See pp.8-9, 13-14, 35- ices” cater to institutions such as “Pris- 36, 19, 20-21, 29 and 30.) Canada Pension Plan ons/correctional facilities” and “Mili- Between 2001 and 2007, TE tary bases” in which “the real-time iden- landed US$223,000 in contracts to sup- Investments tification and location tracking of peo- ply electrical control equipment for US- ple and mobile assets is mission criti- 2012 shares=$66 million made AH-64s. This kind of US attack (Direct & indirect investments) cal to their internal security and safety helicopter has been supplied to Israel operations.” Mark VanDover, president and was used in its wars against Leba- 2011 shares=$60 million of Tyco Security Products, said the ac- non (2006) and Gaza (2008-2009). (Direct investments only) quisition of Visonic would “strengthen The Palestinian Grassroots the technology capabilities in our in- Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign notes hen its key executives were trusion security portfolio.” that Raychem provides electrical wir- jailed for embezzling Tyco’s subsidiary, American ing for the Israeli Separation Wall WUS$600 million, Tyco Inc. Dynamics (AD), sells closed-circuit TV “where it cuts off the [West Bank] vil- suffered a corporate implosion. Two and video-based security products to an lage of Jayyus from its lands.” As stated of the companies arising from the ashes Israeli military contractor called Mango in the American Association of Geog- in 2007 were Tyco International (TI) DSP. Mango lists Tyco’s AD subsidi- raphers’ journal, “many” Palestinian and TE Connectivity. (See pp.42-43.) ary as an “OEM [Original Equipment communities, “like Jayyus, are isolated With assets of US$27 billion, TI Manufacturer] Partner.” This means from their agricultural lands” by this says it is “a leading pro- illegal wall. TE’s complicity in the vider of electronic secu- forced disconnection between people rity products and serv- and their means of survival gives a ices.” Incorporated in sharp ironic edge to TE’s slogan “Every Switzerland, but with op- Connection Counts.” It also reflects the erational headquarters in inhumane disconnect between stark re- the US, TI also makes fire ality and corporate puffery. protection/detection

products, valves and flow www.telegraph.co.uk References control systems. Tyco Electronics, Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyco_Electronics Between 2000 and 2009, Tyco sold US$2.1 Future Electronics www.futureelectronics.com/en/manufacturers/te-connec billion worth of products tivity to the US military, and Aerospace, Defense & Marine US$284 million to US After serving only 7 of his 8- to 25-year sentence www.te.com/industry/aerospace/ law enforcement, prisons, for embezzling millions from Tyco, the firm’s Raychem, Wikipedia “homeland security” and former CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, began a work en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raychem intelligence agencies. release program to give financial advice to ex-cons. Company Profile These contracts repre- www.ray-q.com/Company-profile Ironically, Tyco sells high-tech security devices sented 83% of the compa- to prevent theft and to stop prison escapes. Quality Awards ny’s sales to the US fed- www.ray-q.com/Quality-Awards eral government. Tyco Management Team was on the Pentagon’s top www.ray-q.com/Management-Team 100 contractors’ list be- Yigal Funt il.linkedin.com/pub/yigal-funt/30/4a4/90 tween 2001 and 2003. In 2011, TI paid Security www.orad.cc/index.php?pid=2&menu=130&open US$100 million to buy =6&item_id=0&div=2 Visonic Technologies. Our Clients With its headquarters in www.orad.cc/index.php?pid=37&menu=126&div= Tel Aviv, Visonic is listed 0&item_id=0 in the Israeli govern- These two images are from a video Government Contracts USA Defense Dep't ment’s directory of do- for Tyco subsidiary, Visonic Technologies. www.governmentcontractswon.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1_6OrsnRgM mestic “homeland secu- Companies building the Apartheid Wall, Palestin- rity” firms. This directory promotes Mango buys Tyco’s AD security prod- ian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign www.stopthewall.org/downloads/pdf/companies Visonic saying it supplies “Identifica- ucts, integrates them into digital video- buildingwall.pdf tion/Authentication/Tracking,” “Prop- processing/analysis systems and mar- Samer Alatout, “Walls as Technologies of Gov- erty Monitoring and Protection” and kets them under the Mango brand. ernment,” November 2009. “Access Control” products. It also Mango explains that it sells to www.drs.wisc.edu/documents/articles/alatout/Annals- walls%20as%20technologies%20of%20government.pdf notes that Visonic’s “Radio Frequency army, navy and air force customers in Fall 2012 (Issue # 67) Press for Conversion! 43