Name

AEL Crystals

Legal name

AEL Crystals

Website

https://aelcrystals.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AEL Crystals is a UK-based frequency control components brand under Abracon, supplying quartz crystals, oscillators, and resonators to Transportation, Medical, Consumer, Communications, Industrial, and Military/Aerospace customers via Abracon's global distributor network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Frequency Control & Timing Components

NAICS

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing (33441), Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals (334515), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)

SIC

Instruments For Meas & Testing Of Electricity & Elec Signals (3825)

akta.pro primary industry

Frequency Control Components (Quartz Crystals/Oscillators/Resonators) (HDAHANAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Timing, Frequency & Oscillator Components (Crystals, oscillators, resonators, clock generators) (IMAGAJAH), Oscillators & Frequency Standards (OCXO/Rubidium/Cesium/Chip-Scale Atomic) (HDAFAKAG), RF MEMS & Resonators (SAW/BAW/Filters/Timing) (HDAHALAI)

Keywords

• Frequency control products
• Quartz crystal components
• Timing oscillators
• Crystal resonators
• Electronic timing devices

Headquarters

HQ city

Salfords

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Electronic Components Sales: AEL Crystals generates revenue through the sale of frequency control and timing components including quartz crystals, oscillators, and resonators. Products are sold through authorized distributors to industrial, medical, consumer, transportation, communications, and aerospace/defense customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

AEL Crystals manufactures and supplies frequency control and timing components, including quartz crystals (kHz and MHz), a full range of oscillators (SPXO, MEMS, Spread Spectrum, VCXO, TCXO, OCXO, GPSDO), and resonators. The brand complements its component portfolio with the Pierce Analyzer Service (PAS), an in-circuit crystal performance testing service that produces accuracy and reliability reports with recommendations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quartz Crystals
• Oscillators
• Resonators
• Pierce Analyzer Service (PAS)

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Broad incumbents

• Murata Manufacturing: Japanese electronic components giant with a significant timing devices portfolio (crystals, oscillators, resonators). Overlaps with AEL's product space as part of a much broader passives and modules business.
• Microchip Technology (Microsemi Timing): Diversified semiconductor company whose Microsemi acquisition provides a strong portfolio of OCXOs, rubidium atomic clocks, and synchronization solutions that compete in AEL's higher-end timing product range.
• Seiko Epson (Epson Toyocom): Japanese manufacturer of quartz crystals and oscillators with deep heritage in high-precision timing devices. Comparable in product category, with greater scale and broader consumer reach.
• Abracon: Parent company and direct platform peer. Abracon's broader catalog spans frequency control, timing, RF/antennas, power, and magnetics — fully overlapping with AEL Crystals' product space while extending into adjacent component categories.

Direct peers

• IQD Frequency Products: UK-based frequency control specialist producing quartz crystals, oscillators, and VCXO/TCXO/OCXO products. Closest geographic and product-line competitor to AEL Crystals.
• CTS Corporation: US-based manufacturer of quartz crystals, oscillators, filters, and frequency control products serving industrial, medical, and aerospace markets. Direct competitor in the same component categories with similar customer verticals.
• TXC Corporation: Taiwanese global leader in frequency control components, producing quartz crystals and oscillators at scale. Direct competitor across the full crystal and oscillator product spectrum.
• Vectron International (a Knowles company): US-based specialist in high-reliability oscillators (OCXO, TCXO, VCXO) and timing modules for military, aerospace, and industrial markets. Directly comparable in the high-reliability tier of AEL's product lineup.
• KDS (Daishinku Corporation): Japanese manufacturer of quartz crystals, oscillators, and timing modules with global distribution. Directly comparable in product mix and target markets, including industrial and automotive applications.

Emerging players

• SiTime Corporation: US-based leader in MEMS-based silicon timing solutions (oscillators and clocks) that compete head-to-head with quartz SPXO/TCXO offerings in AEL's catalog. Emerging disruptor in the timing category.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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