June 2026 Smiths Interconnect received an additional £340,000 in funding from the UK Space Agency to further develop advanced high-reliability connectivity technologies for space applications, strengthening its R&D capabilities in mission-critical interconnect solutions.
April 2026 Molex completed its acquisition of Smiths Interconnect from Smiths Group. The acquisition expands Molex's portfolio of high-reliability interconnect, RF, microwave, optical, and connector solutions serving aerospace, defense, space, semiconductor testing, and industrial markets.
October 2025 Smiths Group entered into an agreement to sell Smiths Interconnect to Molex for an enterprise value of approximately £1.3 billion, representing a major strategic transaction in the mission-critical interconnect solutions industry.
August 2025 Smiths Interconnect secured a major supply contract to provide its DaVinci Gen V semiconductor test sockets as the exclusive test socket solution for a leading global AI semiconductor manufacturer, supporting next-generation high-performance computing and mission-critical semiconductor applications.