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Exhibit 21.1
LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES
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JURISDICTION OF DIRECT ("D")
COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS (1) D/B/A ORGANIZATION /INDIRECT ("I")
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Anderson Interconnect, Inc. Anderson Power Massachusetts D
13 Pratts Junction Road Products
Sterling, MA 01564-0579
Anderson Power Products B.V. The Netherlands I
Amersterdamsewg 63
3812 RR Amersfoort
P.O. Box 99, 3800AB
The Neatherlands
Robicon Corporation Robicon Pennsylvania D
500 Hunt Valley Drive
New Kensington, PA 15068
Robicon Canada Ltd. Canada I
4500, 855 - 2nd Street S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 4K7
Maxima Technologies, Inc. Pennsylvania D
1811 Rohrerstown Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
Physical Electronics, Inc. Delaware D
6509 Flying Cloud Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
Physical Electronics Gmbh Germany I
Fraunhoferstrasse 4
85737 Ismaning, Germany
Charles Evans and Associates, Inc. California I
810 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5203
HVE Acquisition Corp. Illinois I
401 Edgewater Drive
Suite 680
Wakefield, MA 01880-6210
HIVEC Holdings, Inc. Delaware D
401 Edgewater Drive
Suite 680
Wakefield, MA 01880-6210
HVEC, Inc. California D
401 Edgewater Drive
Suite 680
Wakefield, MA 01880-6210
HIVEC B.V. The Netherlands I
Amersterdamseweg 63
3812 RR Amersfoort
P.O. Box 99, 3800 AB
Amersfoort
The Netherlands
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(1) High Voltage Engineering Corporation is located at 401 Edgewater Place,
Suite 680, Wakefield, MA 01880-6210. It does business under the names High
Voltage Engineering Corporation. High Voltage Engineering Corporation is
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organized under the laws of Massachusetts.
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COMPANY NAME AND JURISDICTION OF DIRECT ("D")
ADDRESS D/B/A ORGANIZATION /INDIRECT ("I")
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High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. The Netherlands I
Amersterdamseweg 63
3812 RR Amersfoort
P.O. Box 99, 3800AB
Amersfoort
The Netherlands
Stewart Warner Instrument Corporation Maxima Technologies Illinois I
1811 Rohrerstown Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
TTS Mexican Holding Company, Inc. Illinois I
1811 Rohrerstown Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
Stewart Warner Instruments (Barbados), Inc. Barbados I
1811 Rohrerstown Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
Instrumentos Stewart Warner de Mexico Mexico I
S.A. de C.V.
1917 Neptuno Col.. Satelite.
Ciudad, Juarez
Chihuahua, Mexico C.P. 3254
Maxima Technologies S.L. Spain I
c/ Progreso 32
Rubi, Barcelona
Spain
Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali S.p.A. Italy I
Via Pieraggostini 50
16151 Genoa, Italy
Nicole Corporation Massachusetts D
401 Edgewater Place
Wakefield, MA. 01880
HVEASI Holding B.V. The Netherlands I
Amersterdamseweg 63
3812 RR Amersfoort
P.O. Box 99, 3800AB
Amersfoort
The Netherlands
Ansaldo Ross Hill, Inc Texas I
10810 West Little York
Suite 130
Houston, Texas 77041
Ansaldo loire Automation SA. France I
Z.I. du Buisson, Rue de la Poudriere
F-422300Roche-la-Moliere, France
Hill Graham Controls Ltd. UK I
Dunston House, Dunston Road
Sheepbridge,
Chesterfield, Derbys, S41 90D
Ansaldo (Deutschland) GmbH Germany I
Wahlerstrasse, 12
D-40472 Dusseldorf, Germany
A/O Ansaldo VEI Russia I
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Krasnokazaarmennaya ulitsa, 12
111250 Moscow, Russia
Carmetal Srl France I
Via Ca Sordis, 4/6
I-36054 Montebello Vicentino (VI)
Italy
Carolyn Corporation Massachusetts I
401 Edgewater Drive
Suite 680
Wakefield, MA 01880-6210
Connectrics Acquisition Corp Massachusetts I
401 Edgewater Drive
Suite 680
Wakefield, MA 01880-6210
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