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TAIPEI – Laird Technologies and ITEQ Corp. have struck a cross-licensing deal under which Laird will have access to ITEQ’s lamination capabilities and AP distribution, while ITEQ will have access to Laird’s T-lam materials.

ITEQ and Laird will join to supply solutions for the LED-based BLUs for LCD flat panel displays. Laird’s T-lam materials are important for this growing market, says the company, because the brightness and color of an LED degrades as temperature increases. T-lam permits heat to pass out of LED devices more efficiently, Laird reports.

ITEQ is a Taiwan-based laminates provider.

JENA, GERMANY – Goepel Electronic, a test equipment hardware and software manufacturer, recently restructured its U.S. organization to combine automotive test and JTAG/boundary scan divisions.

Goepel will now sell products directly using a combination of direct sales and manufacturers’ representatives. This means Huntron Inc. will no longer be sole distributor for Goepel in the U.S., the company said. According to Heiko Ehrenberg, vice president of the U.S. boundary scan operations, the companies “will continue to do some joint projects in the future.”

The company also hired Raj Puri as vice president of sales and marketing.

GLENVIEW, IL – Illinois Tool Works Inc. today reported operating revenue rose 16.3% for the quarter ended July 31.

Operating revenues consisted of a 10.9% increase from acquisitions net of divestitures, 2.4% growth from base revenues, and a 3% contribution from translation and other items, reports ITW.

ITW, with $14.1 billion in revenue, is a manufacturer of components and industrial systems and consumables. The company consists of approximately 750 business units in 49 countries and employs some 55,000 people.

ITW's operating companies include Speedline Technologies, Kester, Chemtronics and Simco. ITW did not break out sales for those units.