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Shanghai, China —March 15, 2007—Aeroflex today announced the opening of its Test Applications Group in Shanghai, China. This is a test programming and fixturing facility that supports the Aeroflex 4200 Series, 5200 Series and the 5800 Series Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) systems. This facility fully supports users in the Asia Pacific region and has the ability to offer full In–Circuit (ICT), Manufacturing Defects Analyzer (MDA) and Functional Test Solutions.
Aeroflex, with its unique OEM business model, is the only ATE supplier to provide the full turnkey solution at a local level with competitive pricing. By being physically located in the APAC region, Aeroflex has the flexibility to provide local service and lifetime support contacts to its customers. Aeroflex is not just supplying products to the region, it is fully embedded with this new support facility.
The new applications group allows Aeroflex ATE customers who have expanded into the low cost manufacturing in the Asia Pacific region the ability to reduce the cost of ongoing capital investment support. They can now rely on Aeroflex to provide low cost high quality test fixtures and programs locally. The new group can quickly develop and modify test fixtures and test programs to ensure customers a minimum downtime in the fast moving, high volume manufacturing test environment. In addition, the group will house spare parts for all Aeroflex ATE products to make sure service contract commitments can be quickly fulfilled.
“This new Aeroflex Test Applications Group represents a significant commitment by Aeroflex to its expanding ATE user base throughout the Asia Pacific region and to the Shanghai area in particular. Companies considering the Asia Pacific region for a low cost manufacturing destination can now be supported in local service applications and fixturing bringing about real ongoing cost savings in manufacturing test” said Brian Jeffrey, Worldwide ATE Sales Manager for Aeroflex.
Aeroflex is also partnering with Petracarbon PTE (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. to offer the Aeroflex 4200 ICT, Aeroflex 5200 MDA, and the Aeroflex 5800 Multi-Strategy Functional Test Series in test fixturing and test programming. Petracarbon is an industry leader in the supply of Test fixturing and is a significant suppler of high quality, low cost test fixtures from various locations in the Asia Pacific region. With this partnership Aeroflex can locally fabricate standard or customized fixtures with the highest attention to quality and reliability.
Other Capabilities Offered at the Facility Include:
Test programming
ICT , MDA and Functional test consultancy
Replacement and repeat fixturing
Extremely competitive pricing
Fixture manufacturing
Rapid test program update
Test service capability
Automatic wiring test
CAD Conversion
The 4200 Series Advanced Manufacturing Test System is the flagship of Aeroflex’s ATE range. The 4250 is the latest version offering a compact small-footprint design that can be equipped with a maximum of 2,048 pure (non-multiplexed) test points. It offers fast and efficient testing of a wide range of printed circuit boards using analog[
] and digital in-circuit, boundary scan and functional techniques.
About the 5200 Series
The 5200 Series is a range of power manufacturing defect analyzers offering the highest throughput capability to the electronics manufacturing industry.
Key features of the 5200 Series:
1,200 Components/Sec test speed
Maximum of 2,112 pins
Windows XP Pro ™ operating system
Power-Up testing with programmable supply option
Automatic program generation software
The 5800 Series is a range of functional test systems with AIC, Analog In-Circuit, test capability. This Series provides an open architecture that allows integration of hardware and instrumentation from third party suppliers.
Key features of the 5800 Series:
PXI Capable
1152 Digital Test Points
Highly configurable
Facility Contact Information
No 2, 1280 Lian Xi Road Pudong, New Area,
Shanghai P.R.China 201204
Tel: (86) 021-58438800
Fax: (86) 021-58432773
www.aeroflex.com
E-mail brian.Jeffrey@aeroflex.com
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Aeroflex Incorporated is a global provider of high technology solutions to the aerospace, defense, cellular and broadband communications markets. The company’s diverse technologies allow it to design, develop, manufacture and market a broad range of test, measurement and microelectronic products. The company’s common stock trades on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol ARXX and is included in the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Additional information concerning Aeroflex Incorporated can be found on the Company’s Web site: www.aeroflex.com.
