Founded in 1946, Methode Electronics, Inc., an Illinois company and re-registered in Delaware in 1966, is a global component and subsystem equipment manufacturer with manufacturing, design and testing facilities in China, Egypt, Germany, India, Lebanon, Malta, Mexico, the Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The company designs, manufactures and sells equipment using electrical, radio remote control, electronic, wireless and sensor technologies. The company's components are mainly used in end markets in aerospace, home appliances, automobiles, construction, consumer and industrial equipment, communications, railways and other transportation industries.