HF Snapshot
HF Company may not necessarily be sending you signals, but it sure hopes you receive them. For businesses, the firm designs and markets signal processing equipment for high-speed network access. For individual customers, it makes equipment for terrestrial and satellite TV reception (cables, plugs, connectors, amplifiers, antennas); digital peripherals to connect TV, HiFi, and IT equipment (cables, connectors, interface boxes, wireless boxes); and security products (alarms, intercoms, automatic door devices). Nearly two-thirds of its annual sales come from France. Chairman and managing director Yves Bouget formed the company in 1988 and controls a nearly 20% stake.