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ST. LOUIS, MO - Laird Technologies has acquired AeroComm for $38 million. AeroComm designs and manufactures wireless communications systems for low- to mid-volume OEM applications. Key applications include gaming machines, industrial automation, lighting controls, heavy equipment telemetry, athletic event scoreboards, wheel alignment sensor systems, and automatic utility meter readers. Lenexa, KS-based AeroComm reported 2006 profits of $2.9 million.
Laird designs and manufactures antenna solutions, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding products, telematics, signal integrity products and thermal management solutions.
Laird designs and manufactures antenna solutions, electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding products, telematics, signal integrity products and thermal management solutions.
DELEON SPRINGS, FL -- Sparton Electronics won a $13.8 million, two-year contract from the U.S. Navy to develop sonobuoys for detecting submarines.
The contract runs through February 2009 and could be worth as much as $19.6 million, if all options are exercised
The contract runs through February 2009 and could be worth as much as $19.6 million, if all options are exercised
DAYTON, OH -- NCR Corp. will outsource its ATM, payment solutions and self-checkout systems to Solectron Corp.
The companies did not disclose the estimated value of the five-year contract.
The deal covers NCR's ATMs and payment solutions in the Americas and its self-checkout systems globally. NCR will transfer its Americas manufacturing to Solectron's sites in Columbia, SC; Guadalajara, Mexico; and Jaguariuna, Brazil by the end of 2007.
The companies did not disclose the estimated value of the five-year contract.
The deal covers NCR's ATMs and payment solutions in the Americas and its self-checkout systems globally. NCR will transfer its Americas manufacturing to Solectron's sites in Columbia, SC; Guadalajara, Mexico; and Jaguariuna, Brazil by the end of 2007.
TAOYUAN CITY, TAIWAN – Lloyd Doyle has opened demo room here to house the company’s IBIS solder bump inspection system.
The demo room is located at Sigmatek, a supplier of electronics assembly equipment and consumables in Asia.
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SAN JOSE – Preliminary December bookings at North American-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers rose 33% year-over-year and reversed a four months of decline.
Makers of semi gear posted
$1.52 billion in orders in December on a three-month average basis, up 7% sequentially, the trade group SEMI said.
BANGKOK – Fabrinet, a manufacturer of optical components, has begun work on a 300,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility near Bangkok, its fourth plant worldwide.
The factory is scheduled for completion in late 2007, and will raise Fabrinet’s global manufacturing capacity to over one million square feet.
The factory is scheduled for completion in late 2007, and will raise Fabrinet’s global manufacturing capacity to over one million square feet.
