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Belden
Opens Networking Interoperability Lab
As an extension of its customer-focused Quality
program, Belden Electronics Division has opened its Networking
Interoperability Lab. The Lab will be an integral part of Belden
R & D and product development programs; facilitate customer-driven
and/or joint research projects with other networking industry
leaders, and it will serve to identify a variety of link and
channel test and performance issues of interest to the industry
at-large. One such issue is the multimode of methodologies used
by cabling manufacturers to quantify their products' performance.
The Networking Interoperability Lab will be unique in its ability
to use statistically valid data on the various manufacturers'
product set offerings.
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NGK
Insulators Forms New U.S. Company
NGK Insulators, Ltd. (Japan) announces the formation of their
new U.S. company, NGK Electronics USA, Inc. Established in April
2002, the new corporate headquarters are in Sunnyvale, CA. As
part of the NGK family of companies, NGK ELECTRONICS USA will
function as the marketing and sales arm of its sister companies
NGK Locke, Electronics Division (raw materials and ceramic substrates),
FM Industries (FMI) (modules manufacturing for semiconductor
equipment), and Optobahn Corporation (optical parallel interconnects
and fiber arrays). NGK ELECTRONICS USA will provide additional
sales resources to expand the North American market for NGK
Insulators, Ltd. in fiber optic arrays and ceramic modules and
components, offering heightened customer service and responsiveness
to customer needs.
With the establishment of the new company, sales and marketing
functions for optical parallel interconnects and optical fiber
arrays will be transferred from Optobahn Corporation (Torrance,
CA) to NGK Electronics USA, Inc. as of July 1, 2002. Optobahn's
sales offices in New Jersey and Los Angeles will remain unchanged
and will operate as the new company's sales branches. Optobahn
Corporation will remain as the NGK Insulators subsidiary
for R & D of Optoelectronic components.
-Cahners, FPN
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