APFEL INC. is a manufacturer of DIN41612 and 2.0 hard metric for more than 30 years. • Enter the market 1976-1990 Before Apfel Inc. was established in 1990. Apfel's president and founder, Mr. Scott Liang has been operating Hitek Inc. to import military and industrial components for the Taiwanese domestic market. Information and experience on markets and technical applications were collected comprehensively within the enterprise. • Establishing manufacturing 1990-1996 After 14 years in the connector business Apfel Inc. was set up as a manufacturing company for the design and production of the Din41612 Eurocard connectors. Different stages of automation were set up and in-house plating was also started to meet customer's demand. • Next level of Technology 1997- Apfel Inc. started to develop the new high speed high density 2.0mm Hard Metric connector in 1997.