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For the quarter ended Sept. 30, the company reported a gain of $274 million in proceeds from the sale of discontinued businesses. Those units include electronics OEM notables Universal Instruments, Vitronics-Soltec and Hover-Davis, among others. In the second quarter, Dover took a $106.5 million writedown against the carrying values of the discontinued businesses.
The advancement addresses the need for more test accessibility on PCBs at in-circuit test, especially for dense or high-speed PCB designs, Agilent said.
As PCBs get increasingly smaller, the ability to provide test points for in-circuit test becomes more difficult. In addition, designs with high-speed buses also limit where test targets can be placed on board layouts. Workarounds for these test challenges can be time-consuming and costly.
Manufacturers that own Agilent ICT systems can obtain right-to-use licenses at no charge directly from Agilent. A copy of "Bead Probe Handbook: Successfully Implementing Agilent Medalist Bead Probes in Practice" is included with each license. The how-to guide details procedures for implementing bead probes and is written for designers, process engineers and test engineers.
Agilent will license the bead probe technology to other test equipment vendors. Manufacturers that use other ICT equipment may obtain right-to-use licenses from Agilent.
The show takes place at the Plano (TX) Centre, and features suppliers and representatives of production and test equipment, plus a modest technical conference including a dozen free presentations.
Register online at www.swepex.org.
"Despite a challenging quarter from an operational perspective, relating to problems with a new automotive product launch, year-over-year sales trends remain positive, reflecting continued success with our growth initiatives. During the third quarter, we won two additional platforms for our accelerator pedal module and continued the strong pace of design wins for electronic components in infrastructure applications," said Donald Schwanz, chairman and chief executive.
CTS reiterated its prior full-year guidance of 6 to 8% sales growth, but lowered its profits guidance by 3 cents.
SAN JOSE – Flextronics reported a 23% rise in second-quarter net sales from continuing operations of $4.7 billion, a record. GAAP net income was a record $185 million for the second quarter ended Sept. 30, compared to a loss of $2 million a year ago.
Sales were up 16% sequentially. Operating margins at its EMS business improved by 10 basis points year-over-year and gross margin improved sequentially by 10 basis points.
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