Industry News

Agilent Announces Verification of WiMAX Production Solutions

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its WiMAX-specific design validation and production solutions have been successfully delivered and accepted by several customers. With a level of performance and functionality not available from competitors, these solutions give engineers R&D and conformance-type measurement capabilities for testing fixed 802.16-2004 and mobile 802.16e-2005 WiMAX...
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RF Component Profits Steady in Q2 2006

Strategy Analytics’ RF & Wireless Component service has released “RF Component Industry Review: April - June 2006,” which notes that more than half of the leading suppliers of RF components reported significant profits in Q2, about the same industry financial performance as reported in Q1. In the second quarter...
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RF Industry Outlook Brightens

Strategy Analytics, the global research and consulting company, released, "RF Component Industry Review: January - March 2006," noting that financial performance reported by RF component suppliers in Q1 improved. Demand for RF components in Q1 remained strong, supported by strength in the cellphone market. Fifty-three percent of the top...
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Vishay and International Rectifier Announce Agreement

Vishay Intertechnology Inc. and International Rectifier Corp. (IR) announced they have reached an agreement for the sale of IR's Power Control Systems (PCS) business to Vishay. The PCS business includes IR's Non-Focus Products business and certain product revenue from its Focus Products business, including certain discrete planar MOSFETs, discrete...
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Elektrobit Sells Network Test Business to Anite

As part of its new strategy, Elektrobit Group plc. and Anite Group plc. have signed a Share Purchase Agreement whereby Elektrobit agrees to sell its Network Test Business to Anite. The transaction comprises the entire issued share capital of Elektrobit's subsidiaries Nemo Technologies Ltd. and Elektrobit Group Pte. Ltd....
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Evans Capacitor Awarded Lockheed Martin Contract

The Evans Capacitor Co. has won a $3.03 M contract from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Controls, Orlando, FL, to supply capacitor banks for Lot III production of the Apache helicopter Arrowhead Program. Arrowhead is the MTADS/PNVS (Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision System) for AH-64 Apache...
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