SciTech Publishing Inc., Raleigh, NC, and Noble Publishing, Thomasville, GA, have reached an agreement whereby SciTech will acquire all assets of Noble. Closing is subject to standard terms and conditions. SciTech will assume operation of Noble on January 2, 2006.

"We are delighted to add Noble's impressive list of electrical engineering books and CD-ROM training courses to our titles," said Dudley R. Kay, the founder and president of SciTech. "These mainstream microwave/RF titles are an excellent complement to our published and distributed titles in defense electronics, and they accelerate our growth into commercial areas of modern communications technology."

Randall W. Rhea, founder of both Noble Publishing and Eagleware/Elanix Corp., recently acquired by Agilent Technologies Inc., said "SciTech's publishing skills and knowledge of world-wide marketing channels will be good for both customers and Noble's impressive list of authors. I look forward to the expanded distribution of Noble Products."