The Birth of Ortronics, Inc.

Maurice "Mo" Orlando co-founds the company in Norwich, Connecticut, to produce electrical coils and wire harness assemblies. IBM^® is the first major customer.

Ortronics commences pre-connectorization of cable and assemblies for ITT^®. Through the 1970's, Ortronics strictly assembles connectorized cable, coils and blocks for the Bell operating company.

Maurice Orlando's son and future President and CEO, Stephen Orlando, joins Ortronics.

Ortronics Corporate Headquarters moves to Pawcatuck, Connecticut. This facility includes a connecting and assembly plant and an engineering office.

Ortronics develops a bridging adapter for Customer Premise Equipment, and then modular apparatus and connectors for the telephone industry.

With the deregulation of telephone companies, Ortronics begins to supply even more modular products to operating and telecommunications companies, such as AT&T^®.

Ortronics enters the data communications market with modular patch panels and data adapters that work in the twisted pair environment.

Stephen Orlando purchases the company from his father, Mo, who retires, but stays on as a consultant to the company.

Ortronics adds a design engineering service using AUTOCAD software.

Ortronics manufacturing and operations becomes fully computerized.

Ortronics introduces the Universal Information Management Workstation Outlet (IMO).

Ortronics high performance Category 5 interface cords are introduced.

The new Multimedia Outlet (MMO) provides a solution for complex high performance cabling systems requirements.

Ortronics sets a precedent in the industry with the introduction of the Category 5 modular to 110 Patch Panel.

Mighty Mo Wire Management System is introduced. Mighty Mo was the first of a line of "Mo" products, named after our founder. These products include FortissiMo, Mighty Mo Lite, Mighty Mo II and 3, FiberMo™, GigaMo™ and GigaMo+™, and LabelMo™.

Ortronics Series II product line is launched.

The Ortronics Multimedia Access Cabinet (ORMMAC) line of copper/fiber cross connect cabinets enters the market.

Information Management Raceway System (IMRS) is introduced.

Snaggles snagless color port identifier covers are launched, and soon become the standard for all high performance patch cords.

Our first international operation, Ortronics International, UK, opens in Reading , England.

Ortronics 110 Cross Connect system is launched.

Ortronics is a platinum sponsor in ConneCT '96, a program that brings networking/internet access to schools and libraries in Connecticut.

Seeking new markets, Ortronics expands it's International operations:

• Ortronics Asia Pacific Headquarters opens in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
• Our second European operation is formed in Turin, Italy.
• Ortronics Costa Rica opens Sales headquarters for the Caribbean and Latin American markets.
• Our first website, www.ortronics.com/connect, goes online.
• Ortronics receives ISO9001 Registration.

TracJack^® faceplates and Category 5 multimedia modules are introduced.

FortissiMo joins our line of cable management racks to effectively route and distribute copper and fiber media.

Ortronics is purchased by Legrand, the world's leading producer of wiring devices. Based in Limoges, France, Legrand has operations in 51 countries, 28,000 employees world-wide, and sales exceeding $2.4 billion in 1998. This acquisition enables new technology expansion and global market opportunities for Ortronics.

Ortronics introduces FiberMo™, a central fiber management rack system, and, in December, is awarded the Fiber Optic Product News Technology award.

Ortronics introduces GigaMo+™, an end-to-end proposed Category 6 channel solution and enhanced frequency high performance structured cabling system that works in unison with our cable partners' 1000-type cable.

Cabling Business Magazine gives their Editor's Choice Award to Ortronics for the new Category 5e GigaMo™ and Category 6 GigaMo+™ enhanced frequency Channel Solutions.

Ortronics Momentum^® modular fiber system receives the CEE News' Editor's Choice Award.

Ortronics' TracJack^® product line is given the Cabling Business Editor's Choice Award.

Ortronics is chosen as one of five companies out of 15,000 companies in Connecticut to receive the State of Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission's 1997 Safety Award.

The In House™ Residential/SOHO (small office/home office) System is launched at the CEDIA Expo.

Later this year, the In House Category 5 structured Cabling System receives the Editors' Choice Award from CEE News.

Ortronics International expansion continues:

• Ortronics International Ltd., the European arm of the company, opens offices in Sweden, France, Spain and Turkey.
• Ortronics Asia/Pacific division opens a second office in Shanghai.
• A sales office opens in Boca Raton, Florida, to serve the Latin American market.

Ortronics 10/100Base-T Fast Ethernet Interconnect System receives the Editor's Choice Award from CEE News, and first prize in the Copper-Wire Structured Cabling Systems category of the second annual Cabling Product News Readers' Choice IQ Awards.

Our second generation Category 6 GigaMo+™ system is expanded to include modular patch panels and TracJack^® workstation outlets with snap-in Category 6 modules.

Ortronics moves its global headquarters to a larger space in the Mariner Square Building in New London, Connecticut, in order to accommodate our continued growth and expansion.

Ortronics introduces the Mighty Mo 3 Cable Management Rack for high-performance copper networks.

January 2000
NetClear™, a Global Technology and Marketing Alliance between Berk-Tek, an Alcatel Company, and Ortronics, is launched to further advance their enhanced copper and fiber cabling solutions through NetClear, an innovative, high-capacity, clear data transmission system.

July 2000
Ortronics launched its newly redesigned web site, www.ortronics.com, in order to create a more useful and informative tool with easy navigation and search capability.

August 2000
Frank Diener, Ortronics director of engineering & technical support, Residential/Small Commercial, was recognized at the BISCI/Nashville conference as the 500th person to achieve the LAN Specialist RCDD certification since the program began.

November 2000
Ortronics donated all of the networking connectivity products to the Stonington Police Department's new facility, in an effort to give back to the community that supported them in their early stages.

January 2001
OptiMo™, a high capacity, high performance fiber optic structured cabling system featuring the broadest selection of interconnect options available, is introduced.

April 2001
The Mighty Mo Server Cabinet is introduced as the newest addition to the Mighty Mo Cable Management product line to provide a safe, secure location for servers and active devices in the Customer Access Area of service provider environments.

August 2001
Ortronics announced the introduction of Clarity, an evolutionary advancement in Category 6 connectivity that is the first completely component and channel standards compliant line in the market today. Clarity includes new modular 110 jacks, patch panels and patch cords as well as 110 blocks and 110 cords.

January 2002
Ortronics, in alliance with Berk-Tek, introduced NetClear^GT3 - the next generation of NetClear. NetClear^GT3 is a fully compliant Category 6 cabling solution that integrates LANmark™-2000 cable and cordage from Berk-Tek, with Ortronics Clarity⁶ optimized Category 6 components, to deliver maximum network performance and channel capacity with guaranteed installed channel performance 3dB above the Category 6 standard.

April 2002
Ortronics Clarity⁶ product line is the first in the industry to be ETL verified to the Category 6 component specifications of the ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2.1 Draft 10 standard.

May 2002
The Berk-Tek/Ortronics Alliance introduced NetClear to the Canadian market. With forecasted economic recovery for 2002, Ortronics and Berk-Tek took this opportunity in Canada to reinvest in technology and program development, personnel and services in order to offer the NetClear enhanced structured cabling solution program.

January 2003
Ortronics introduces a comprehensive new line of OptiMo™ fiber optic assemblies that are compliant to TIA/EIA-568-B.3-1 in support of IEEE 802.3ae, 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

March 2003
Ortronics enters the world of intelligent structured cabling solutions with the launch of the iTRACS-Ready Clarity product line, including Category 6 and 5e patch panels, patch cords, and the iTRACS analyzer family. Ortronics iTRACS-Ready solutions can be deployed with iTRACS Real-time Network Monitoring Software to speed problem resolution, simplify change control, and reduce IT management costs, thus allowing corporations to improve network service levels by automatically documenting network topology and moves, adds and changes (MACs) and by identifying port connectivity problems in real time.

May 2003
Ortronics introduces new OptiMo™ Field-Installable Connectors for increased productivity and network performance with a fast, precise termination procedure.

NetClear^® announces the launch of three new fiber optic channel solutions developed to facilitate advanced network requirements. The new fiber optic solutions - NetClearMM1, NetClearMM10, and NetClearSM, offer horizontal, backbone and campus solutions that guarantee high-speed performance and network longevity.

January 2004
Ortronics launches the new Mighty Mo^® 6 Cable Management System, a complete advanced racking system specifically designed for higher density cabling system applications, such as premises networks, data centers and SANs.

Ortronics introduces new Clarity^® angled patch panels for a new slant on patch cord management. These high-density patch panels utilize a unique recessed angle design to help direct cords more easily to vertical rack or cabinet cable management within a lower profile.

NetClear announces XG LAN™ 10 Gigabit Solutions for Advanced Network Requirements. The XG LAN family of fiber and copper cabling solutions is designed to support the advanced requirements of 10 Gigabit networks.

September 2004
Ortronics introduced Wi-Jack, the world's first wall mounted access point. Ortronics is the first in the industry to introduce a centrally managed wireless solution that is fully integrated with the structured cabling infrastructure.

January 2005
Ortronics and Berk-Tek introduce the NetClear GTS Category 6 FTP cabling system for guaranteed support of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

Ortronics introduces the Mighty Mo 6 seismic rack, which combines the advanced features of the Mighty Mo 6 cable management system with the added strength and protection of a Zone 4 seismic rating.

April 2005
Ortronics introduces Clarity^® PoE Patch Panels for integrating PoE power injection within a cross connect panel. Designed with the elevated performance of Clarity 5E, the Clarity PoE Patch Panel is ideal for applications such as VoIP phones, wireless access points, and security cameras.

May 2005
Ortronics expands our OptiMo family of fiber optic solutions to include Raised Floor Fiber Patch Panels, which allow data center managers and designers to take advantage of underutilized installation space beneath the raised floor structure of the data center.

Ortronics and Berk-Tek introduce the NetClear GTX Category 6 UTP cabling system for guaranteed support of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

Now it's easy to integrate fiber into the Mighty Mo^® 6, the industry's favorite cable management system. Ortronics introduces a new line of OptiMo^® fiber cabinets, adapter panels and cable management accessories ideally suited to integrate our advanced fiber optic solutions into the Mighty Mo 6 rack system.

Ortronics/Legrand announces that it will assume operational control of Homaco (Chicago, IL) and integrate the Homaco product line into Ortronics line of physical support products. Homaco, a leading manufacturer of telecommunications products, including equipment racks, cross connect systems, terminal blocks, floor frames, wall modules, and cable runway, was formerly a business unit of Wiremold/Legrand (West Hartford, CT), a sister company of Ortronics/Legrand within Legrand North America.