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APPLIANCES / TREND PAPER Smart Homes A Look into Today's Trends and Opportunities 10 As a global industrial technology leader, TE is equally committed to listening to customer requirements and finding new and innovative ways to develop solutions that realize the most complex design challenges. With more than 7,000 engineers across 150 countries, we innovate alongside our customers and clients, sharing our expertise gained from extensive cross-industry, hands-on experience. As a result, we hold many active and pending technology patents that address fast evolving consumer demands. Our size and scale also allow us to expedite product development timelines in bringing products quickly to market. More importantly, our approach is built on developing solutions to deliver reliable, steady optimized performance for smart home applications, including for those that operate in the harshest environments. From the trends in miniaturization and simplification to continually testing the safety of products in our labs, we are committed to delivering value across the connectivity spectrum. Finding ways to solve customer design challenges while maintaining or increasing reliability and performance is just one of the ways TE lives up to its purpose of creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. After all, it's important to connect the world like it depends on it. Because it does. SEALING Ingress protection (IP) rating for water, dust, and debris in harsh environments RELIABILITY High power and operating temperatures, locking mechanisms, and vibration resistance MINIATURIZATION Compact centerline and smaller construction size SIMPLIFICATION Insulation displacement (IDC) technology, ease of installation, and simplified assembly processes SAFETY Flame retardant material, ergonomic design, and insulation protection