Transtector Systems is a subsidiary of Smiths Group, a United Kingdom-based engineering firm that specializes in detection systems, medical devices, aerospace systems, mechanical seals and interconnect products. The company engineers and manufactures silicon surge suppression products. Transtector s custom silicon is designed to limit surges to levels that are safe for electronics without degrading the individual components. The company s designs cover a full range of electrical, data and voice products to meet the needs of different technologies throughout the world. Transtector s full line of surge suppression items include alternate current (AC) products, from service entrances to individual equipment protectors; direct current (DC) products, for a variety of applications; data products, to protect electronic components from surges traveling through data channels; integrated products, such as indoor and outdoor surge-protected load centers and switch gear; and power quality solutions, such as uninterruptible power supplies, regulators, conditioners and transformers.