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Company History In 1991, William (Bill) J. Pratt, Powell T. Seymour and Jerry D. Neal founded RF Micro Devices® in Greensboro, North Carolina. Their mission was to bring gallium arsenide (GaAs) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology to the burgeoning wireless communications semiconductor marketplace, also in its early stages of...

50 Years of History In 1958, when the first issue of Microwave Journal came out, Rogers Corporation was already producing products for the nascent electronics market. At the time Rogers’ DUROID™ line of fiber-reinforced polymer materials were being used in gaskets and electrical insulation. DUROID brand products like RT/duroid®...

Company History 1958: The company was initially founded by Hans Rosenberger Senior in a locksmith shop that today forms the custom machining center. 1967: When Mr. Rosenberger bought some turning machines from a bankrupt company he was asked to handle an outstanding order for this company, giving Rosenberger access...

Company History For more than 30 years, the heritage companies which comprise Spectrum Microwave have supplied its defense and commercial customers with innovative and sophisticated RF & Microwave components and assemblies for demanding applications. Spectrum Microwave originally evolved under the direction of Spectrum Control’s CEO Richard Southworth out of...

Company History 1940: Tensolite Corporation was founded. 1950: Tensolite Insulated Wire Co., Inc. was founded. 1952: Tensolite entered the field of PTFE insulation. 1960: Tensolite became part of Carlisle Companies, Inc. 1962: Tensolite developed a process to wrap polyimide tapes on wire to produce a tougher, lighter airframe wire....

Company History: TNO Defence, Security and Safety provides innovative contributions towards the advance of comprehensive security and is a strategic partner of the Dutch Ministry of Defence, with the objective of expanding the defence knowledge-base. We employ this acquired knowledge for and together with contractors. The company focuses on...

Endwave Corp., a provider of high-frequency RF modules for telecommunications networks, defense electronics and homeland security systems, announced the award of an 18-month production contract from The Boeing Co. to supply broadband frequency converters used in the modernization of the United States Air Force's Airborne Warning and Control System...

AVX Corp. , a manufacturer of advanced passive components and connectors, has pledged a $140,000 donation to various charities and funds to help disaster recovery, risk reduction and reconstruction activities in the earthquake-affected areas of the Sichuan Province in China. The contributions from AVX and its employees have benefited...

In an effort to reinforce NEC Corp. ’s PASOLINK ultra-compact microwave communication services and wireless business in Eastern Europe, one of its subsidiaries, NEC Europe , has acquired Linecom Kft. , a Hungarian engineering company that has assisted NEC for more than 15 years. This acquisition represents the company’s...

Labtech Microwave , one of the UK’s leading designers and manufacturers of standard and bespoke microwave component technology, has invested in new machinery at its Presteigne microwave printed circuit board production facility, with the aim of improving processes, efficiency and manufacturing capability. This latest investment consists of a March...