Canon Communications Acquires Emicatalog.com; Addition of Focused Product-Sourcing Site Will Enhance Electronics Group of Magazines and Web Sites.Business Editors LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 CANON COMMUNICATIONS LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control today announced its acquisition of emicatalog.com, an interactive, on-line supplier database formerly owned and operated by consulting firms Kimmel Gerke Associates and Conway Technology Associates. Emicatalog.com was created in 1999 to help EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. (electromagnetic compatibility) and design engineers find vendor solutions to their electromagnetic interference See EMI. (EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. ) problems. Under its new ownership, emicatalog.com will operate alongside CANON'S Electronics trade publications and Web sites, which currently include Compliance Engineering, MICRO, www.ce-mag.com, and www.micromagazine.com. Commenting on the acquisition, William Cobert, CANON'S President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said, "Emicatalog.com expands and complements our Electronics Group of multimedia products and services. As part of the CANON family, emicatalog.com will now reach a much larger audience, and offer many new features as well." Editorial Director John Bethune, who spearheaded the acquisition, added, "Ever since its debut last year, we've admired the functionality of this Web site. Emicatalog.com enables users to find specialized EMC components, test equipment, testing laboratories, and other products and services using detailed comparative-search capabilities specifically targeted to their needs." Emicatalog.com also provides highly focused advertising and promotional opportunities for EMC suppliers, design engineering, and product development firms. Emicatalog.com adds to CANON'S growing portfolio of Internet properties, including portal sites like Medical Device Link (www.devicelink.com), the leading on-line resource for the medical device industry, which attracts more than 20,000 visitors a month. CANON currently operates more than 20 Web sites in its served industries. CANON COMMUNICATIONS LLC is the leading publisher, tradeshow producer, and digital media company serving medical device, electronics, semiconductor fabrication, injection molding, and other advanced technology markets. The company's expanding array of titles include Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, Medical Product Manufacturing News, European Medical Device Manufacturer, Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, IVD (Interactive VideoDisc) See interactive video. Technology, Medical Electronics Manufacturing, Medical Device Executive Portfolio, Compliance Engineering, MICRO, Injection Molding Magazine, Injection Molding Metals and Ceramics, and The Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. . CANON'S premier information forums and marketplace events include the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) conferences and expositions in Anaheim, California, and New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , a regional MD&M event in Minnesota, and the Medical Equipment Design & Technology Exhibition & Conference (MEDTEC) in the Netherlands. CANON'S Atlantic Design & Manufacturing and PLASTEC PLASTEC Plastics Technical Evaluation Center East shows in New York City, Pacific Design & Manufacturing and PLASTEC West shows in California, and OEMBoston in Massachusetts, are broad-based events for product design and manufacturing professionals and their suppliers across a broad spectrum of industries. CANON COMMUNICATIONS LLC is a portfolio company of VS&A Communications Partners II, LP, the private equity affiliate of media merchant bank Veronis Suhler and Associates. |
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