Philip Andreoli, a college student entering his junior year at University of Pittsburgh, was accepted for an internship at TE Connectivity’s Middletown campus in December.

Employees at TE Connectivity’s Lebanon County manufacturing plant helped lay the foundation for the company’s global initiative to decrease its energy consumption over the last decade.

It’s up to a company like Dauphin County-based Ames Industries Inc. to ensure that the small pieces, such as the plastic connector used in a car or a component in a medical device, are perfect.