Bustronic and TreNew Combine Resources.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2001 Two of the most esteemed backplane An interconnecting device that has sockets for printed circuit boards to plug into. Passive and Active Although resistors may be used, a "passive" backplane adds no processing in the circuit. companies in their respective countries, Bustronic and TreNew, will combine resources. Both companies are now a part of the Elma Electronic group, a leading electronics design and manufacturer with headquarters in Wetzikon, Switzerland and member of the Swiss Stock Exchange (SSE (1) An earlier full-screen editor in OS/2. (2) (Streaming SIMD Extensions) A series of additional instructions built into Pentium CPU chips for improved multimedia performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the ). Elma acquired TreNew, with headquarters in Germany, earlier this year. Bustronic, located in Fremont, has been a member of the Elma Group since 1997. The two backplane companies will combine several facets of their operations; including production capabilities, engineering resources, volume purchasing, and shared product lines. "We are very excited about Elma's acquisition of TreNew," commented Fred Hirsch, general manager of Bustronic. "Bustronic and TreNew have always been highly respected for technical expertise. In sharing the two companies' innovations and resources, we will become an even larger player in the marketplace." The acquisition was officially completed on Jan. 1 of 2001. Over the next few months, the companies will work together implementing the resource sharing plans. "By combining our resources; our customers will benefit from the increase in cost savings, capacity, engineering resources, and product selection," said Hirsch. With headquarters in Pforzheim, Germany, TreNew has manufacturing and engineering facilities in Germany, and a design center in Romania. The company offers backplanes in CompactPCI, VME (Virtual Machine Environment) An operating system from Fujitsu Services (formerly ICL) that runs on its Series 39 mainframes. Introduced in 1975, VME is a comprehensive product that provides a variety of utilities for datacenter operations. , VME64x, VXI (VME EXtensions for Instrumentation) A peripheral bus specialized for data acquisition and real time control systems. Introduced in 1987, VXI uses all Eurocard form factors and adds trigger lines, a local bus and other functions suited for measurement applications. , and other bus structures, specializing in custom and telecom applications. Other products and services include power supplies, system accessories, and system integration. For more information on these companies, visit their Web sites at www.bustronic.com, www.trenew.com, and www.elma.com About Bustronic: Founded in 1989, Bustronic specializes in the design and manufacture of high-performance backplanes. Bustronic has a complete line of industry-standard backplanes, including CompactPCI, VME, VME64x, V320, H.110 CTEL, and VXI. Bustronic's custom design service combines creative engineering, highly sophisticated computer simulation and modern design techniques to offer customized backplanes that meet the most specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. system requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. . A member of the ELMA Electronic group, Bustronic is located in Fremont. Bustronic is a member of PICMG An industry consortium that develops specifications for backplanes and interconnects for electronic equipment in the industrial and telecom fields. It was founded in 1994 as the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group, hence the acronym. (TM) and VITA (VMEbus International Trade Association, Fountain Hills, AZ, www.vita.com) A trade association that supports the VMEbus and other open standards. Founded in 1984, VITA was accredited as an ANSI standards development organization in 1993. See VMEbus. and can be found on the World Wide Web at www.bustronic.com. |
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