1 4/18/13 4:30 PM June, 2013 Business Briefs SPEA and ISE Labs Partner for
MEMS Testing Volpiano, Italy — ISE Labs, Silicon Valley’s largest IC test facility, has select- ed the SPEA MEMS Test Cell as its turnkey solution for MEMS Testing. ISE Labs has already implemented and is offering its first SPEA Engineering MEMS Test Cell. This enables ISE to provide MEMS testing services utilizing SPEA’s cutting-edge technology to customers developing devices including 3- axis accelerometers, gyros, pressure sensors, magnetometers and 9 DoF. Ac- cording to ISE Labs, the SPEA MEMS Test Cell is being adopted because it has demonstrated clear ability to reduce test time as well as the overall cost
of test for a wide variety of MEMS devices. Contact: SPEA America, 2609 SSW Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701
% 903-595-4433 fax: 903-595-5003 E-mail:
sales@speaamerica.com Web:
www.spea.com
Measurement Specialties Buys
Spectrum Sensors & Controls Hampton, VA — Measurement Specialties, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEAS) has completed the acquisition of the capital stock of Spectrum Sensors and Controls, Inc., a de- signer and manufacturer of custom temperature probes, high reliability encoders and inertial sensors, purchasing the company from API Technologies Corp. (Nas- daq: ATNY). According to Frank Guidone, company CEO, “Spectrum Sensors is the combination of three prior acquisitions: Advanced Thermal Products (St. Mary’s, PA), primarily producing HVAC and refrigeration temperature probes and assemblies, JDK Controls (Grass Valley, CA), producing high-reliability en- coders for aerospace and military applications, and Summit Instruments (Akron, OH), producing inertial test systems for aerospace and military markets. The
pieces fit nicely into our temperature, position and vibration product lines.” Contact: Measurement Specialties, 1000 Lucas Way, Hampton, VA 23666 % 800-745-8008 or 757-766-1500 Web:
www.meas-spec.com
Power-One Licenses
Microchip Technology Camarillo, CA — Power-One, Inc. (Nasdaq: PWER), a manufacturer of renew- able energy and energy-efficient power conversion and management solutions, has entered into a non-exclusive, worldwide, Field-of-Use agreement with Mi- crochip Technology Inc. for Digital Power Technology (DPT) patents from Power-One. Digital Power Technology drives increased system efficiency, im- proved design flexibility, faster time to market, decreased board space re- quirements and lower system costs. DPT also enables telemetry capability, providing access to critical information including current, temperature and voltage. Telemetry allows the system to accurately monitor its power con- sumption and thermal performance, enabling designers to easily engineer key features such as system power optimization, fault detection and predictive maintenance. “These DPT patents support Microchip’s goal of offering its cus- tomers a new level of performance and flexibility in analog-based, point-of- load power conversion solutions,” said Bryan J. Liddiard, Marketing Vice
President of Microchip’s Analog and Interface Products Division. Contact: Power-One, Inc., 740 Calle Plano, Camarillo, CA 93012 % 805-987-8741 Web:
www.power-one.com
Avago TechnologiestoAcquire CyOptics
San Jose, CA — Avago Technologies Limited (Nasdaq:AVGO), a supplier of analog interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, has executed a definitive agreement to acquire CyOptics, Inc., an Indium Phosphide (InP) optical chip and component technologies company. The technology is primarily for the data communications and telecommunica- tions markets. Avago believes the acquisition of CyOptics will strengthen Av- ago’s fiber optics product portfolio for emerging 40G and 100G enterprise and data center applications. CyOptics designs, fabricates and packages a broad portfolio of optical component products across enterprise, data center, access, metro and long-haul market segments. CyOptics’ optical components are inte- grated into optical transceivers, transponders and line cards. Leveraging its Bell Labs and Lucent heritage, CyOptics has built a broad product portfolio
and a customer base that includes the leading module and system OEMs. Contact: Avago Technologies, 350 West Trimble Road, Building 90, San Jose, CA 95131 % 877-673-9442 or 408-435-7400 Web:
www.avagotech.com
EMS Provider Carson Adds Capital
Equipment and Personnel Indianapolis, IN — Carson Manufacturing Co., Inc. has expanded its capacity and technical capability with the addition of a new Rhythm, selective wave soldering system. The Rhythm system enhances the company’s ability to offer reliable, lead-free solutions for the electronic contract manufacturing indus- try. The equipment is designed to support high-mix, low-to-medium volume production. Employment has doubled at Carson Manufacturing over the past 17 months. To support its increased business, the company is expected to add
more operators and technical staff before the end of this year. Contact: Carson Manufacturing, Inc., 5451 North Rural St., Indianapolis,
IN 46220-0464 % 888-577-6877 or 317-257-3191 fax: 317-254-2667 Web:
www.carson-mfg.com
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