Connexis Group Forms as Interconnect Powerhouse for Critical Industries

STERLING, Mass. – April 01, 2026 – Three specialized manufacturing companies, Innofiber, Acrolite, and PAVE Technology Co., today announced the completion of their merger to form Connexis Group Inc. The new entity emerges as a significant player in the high-performance interconnect solutions market, combining decades of engineering expertise to serve the world’s most demanding industries, including medical, aerospace and defense, semiconductor, and advanced industrial sectors.

The formation of Connexis Group is the culmination of a deliberate, multi-stage consolidation strategy that began with the merger of Innofiber and Acrolite in April 2025, followed by the integration of PAVE Technology in December 2025. The new platform brings together over 100 years of collective engineering experience across three U.S. manufacturing locations, positioning itself as a single-source provider for complex, mission-critical components.

Under the new structure, each company—Innofiber, Acrolite, and PAVE—will continue to operate under its established brand. This strategy is designed to ensure continuity for existing customers who rely on the deep application knowledge and relationships of each subsidiary, while providing them access to the expanded resources of the unified group.

A New Force in a Demanding Market

The creation of Connexis Group comes at a pivotal moment for the industries it serves. The global semiconductor interconnect market, for instance, is on a steep growth trajectory, with some forecasts projecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 10-15% over the next five years. This expansion is fueled by relentless demand for miniaturization and higher performance in everything from consumer electronics to advanced AI and 5G infrastructure. Similarly, the aerospace and medical device sectors require ever-increasing levels of precision and unwavering reliability where component failure is not an option.

Connexis Group is strategically positioned to address these converging trends by uniting three distinct but complementary technological pillars: Innofiber’s expertise in custom fiber optic solutions, Acrolite’s specialization in micro optics and fiber optic bundles, and PAVE Technology’s four-decade leadership in hermetic sealing technology. This combination creates a powerful synergy, enabling the group to tackle complex engineering challenges that no single company could solve alone.

“The formation of Connexis Group is an exciting milestone for our organizations,” said Dustin Gorman, CEO of Connexis Group. “We are thankful to be partnering with Walter Wood and the team at PAVE to further expand upon Connexis Group's engineering expertise and manufacturing capabilities. This is the right partnership, at the right time, and I am proud to welcome PAVE's customers, team members, and partners into what we are building at Connexis Group. Together, we are creating a platform that can solve more complex challenges, move faster, and support customers at a higher level.”

Uniting Complementary Technologies

The true value proposition of Connexis Group lies in its ability to integrate its subsidiaries' core competencies into comprehensive solutions. The market for high-performance interconnects is no longer just about individual components; it’s about creating integrated systems that perform flawlessly in extreme environments.

For example:
* In the medical device field, the group can now design and manufacture a hermetically sealed fiber optic probe for advanced surgical or diagnostic equipment. PAVE's hermetic sealing ensures the device is biocompatible and can withstand sterilization processes, while Innofiber's fiber optics provide the high-fidelity data or light transmission, and Acrolite's micro optics can shape and direct that light with microscopic precision.

• For aerospace and defense applications, Connexis can develop robust sensor assemblies that transmit data via fiber optics through a hermetically sealed feedthrough in an aircraft's fuselage. This ensures the sensitive electronics are protected from extreme pressure, temperature fluctuations, and moisture, guaranteeing mission-critical data integrity.

• In the semiconductor industry, where manufacturing occurs in pristine vacuum or cleanroom environments, the group can supply hermetically sealed electrical and fiber optic connectors for process equipment, preventing contamination while enabling the high-speed data transfer and precise sensing needed for wafer fabrication and inspection.

This integrated capability moves the company beyond being a simple component supplier to becoming a crucial engineering partner for its clients, involved from the initial design phase through to full-scale production.

Engineered for Ultimate Reliability

For customers in high-stakes industries, the promise of performance is only as good as the quality systems that back it up. Connexis Group inherits a powerful portfolio of industry-recognized certifications that underscore its commitment to precision and reliability.

Innofiber and Acrolite both hold the critical ISO 13485:2016 certification, the gold standard for quality management systems in the medical device industry. This, combined with Innofiber's status as an FDA Registered Facility and its Class 7 Clean Room, provides medical clients with the assurance that components are manufactured in a controlled environment that meets stringent regulatory requirements for safety and efficacy. These standards are non-negotiable for components used in surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and implantable devices.

Furthermore, the ISO 9001 certifications held by Innofiber and PAVE demonstrate a robust quality management framework that applies across all sectors served, including aerospace, defense, and industrial automation. These standards ensure process consistency, traceability, and a culture of continuous improvement, which are vital for delivering components that perform reliably over long operational lifetimes in harsh conditions.

A Platform Built for Growth

The strategic assembly of Connexis Group, guided by CEO Dustin Gorman, a leader with both engineering and business development experience, reflects a modern approach to growth in the specialized manufacturing sector. Instead of fully absorbing each company and dissolving its identity, the platform model preserves the brand equity and deep customer relationships that took decades to build. This allows the group to offer the agility and focused expertise of a small specialist with the resources and scale of a larger, unified corporation.

Walt Wood, President of PAVE, commented on the strategic benefits, stating, “Joining forces with Innofiber and Acrolite under the Connexis Group platform creates a truly compelling opportunity for our customers and our team. PAVE has always been focused on delivering precision interconnect solutions to the markets that depend on them most, and this combination gives us access to complementary technologies, deeper manufacturing resources, and a broader network to accelerate that mission.”

This approach provides a blueprint for growth in a fragmented market, enabling the combined entity to pursue larger contracts and invest more heavily in research and development than the individual companies could previously. By uniting their strengths, the subsidiaries are now better positioned to meet the evolving and increasingly complex needs of their customers, ensuring Connexis Group is poised to become a definitive leader in the field of high-performance interconnect solutions.