# Who does TE Connectivity pay? Who are its key suppliers?
Canonical: https://valuechain.wiki/te-connectivity · Facet: suppliers · Updated: 2026-09-24T04:08:57.109812+00:00 · Source: ValueChain.wiki (cited money-flow graph)

**Citable summary**: TE Connectivity's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include Ingersoll Rand Inc. plus 2 undisclosed/aggregate relationships. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 3 cost edges, backed by 3 dated sources, 1 of them primary filings (as of 2026-09-24).

### 잉거솔 랜드 (mid)  → /ingersoll-rand.md
- note: TE Connectivity engaged Ingersoll Rand to assess and improve the compressed-air system at its Lickdale, Pennsylvania plant, making it a named industrial customer for equipment and energy-optimization services, while customer-specific revenue was not disclosed.
- [confirms] Compressed Air Best Practices (EN, news, published 2020-04-01) https://www.airbestpractices.com/sites/default/files/magazines/2020-04/CABP_2020_04April_LR.pdf: "The plant brought in Ingersoll Rand to perform a compressed air assessment."

### 제조·증설 (비공개) (low)
- note: Capex in connector/cable production and AEC/DAC expansion — capacity build-out to absorb 800G high-speed-cable demand, governing cost and lead times (undisclosed).
- [confirms] TE Connectivity (EN, ir, published 2026-01-01) https://www.te.com/en/about-te.html: "Connector/cable manufacturing and capacity."

### 구리·소재·제조 (비공개) (low)
- note: Purchases of copper and precision materials are the cost core — copper prices and precision-machining yields decide margins, and metal exposure grows as copper cables like AEC take a larger share (suppliers undisclosed).
- [confirms] TE Connectivity (EN, filing, published 2025-10-29) https://investors.te.com/: "Makes connectors and cables."

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