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Comdisco Electronics Group Doubles Refurbishment Facility Size; One of the Industry's Largest Electronics Equipment Reconditioning and Demonstration Facilities Features Dedicated PCB Assembly Area.


SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States
San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850.
, Calif.,--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 1997--Comdisco Electronics Group, a provider of equipment management services, today announced the expansion of its San Jose facility.

The enlarged 70,000-square-foot facility gives CEG (Continuous Edge Graphics) A VGA RAMDAC chip from Edsun Labs that adds anti-aliasing on the fly. It can also calculate intermediate shades, thus providing thousands of colors on an 8-bit board that normally generates only 256 colors.  the distinction of having one of the largest electronics equipment reconditioning and demonstration facilities in the world. The expansion of the facility now includes a dedicated area for PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl.
PCB
 in full polychlorinated biphenyl

Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound.
 assembly to accommodate the increased demand and the specialized reconditioning requirements of this market segment. CEG will be at Surface Mount International, Sept. 8 through 11, in booth No. 1437.

CEG is a division of Comdisco Inc. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the ) and a leading provider of equipment management services for semiconductor production equipment, automated test equipment and PCB assembly equipment.

"The expansion of our facility was driven by the market demand for reconditioned re·con·di·tion  
tr.v. re·con·di·tioned, re·con·di·tion·ing, re·con·di·tions
To restore to good condition, especially by repairing, renovating, or rebuilding.
 equipment over the past several years," explained Mike Herman, president of CEG. "The new facility will provide us with additional capacity and flexibility to refurbish, demonstrate and store equipment. This recently expanded area will be used to store CEG's equipment as well as our customer's surplus equipment."

About Comdisco Electronics Group

CEG, a division of Comdisco Inc., assists companies with reducing the cost and risk of acquiring and managing their electronics manufacturing This article presents a typical manufacturing process of an electronic assembly. Component manufacturing
Components such as resistors, capacitors and integrated circuits are generally made by specialized contractors.
, test and assembly equipment. Headquartered in San Diego, its worldwide equipment management services include equipment leasing, reconditioning and remarketing; technology assessment; and equipment purchases. These equipment management services are provided in cooperation with our OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  alliances and third-party partners. The company operates one of the industry's largest electronics equipment reconditioning facilities, located in San Jose, Calif.

About Comdisco

Comdisco Inc. (NYSE:CDO), a technology services company, is one of the world's leading providers of solutions that help organizations reduce technology cost and risk. These services include asset management; business continuity; network services; and equipment leasing. Comdisco's revenue totaled $2.4 billion for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 1996. For more information, visit Comdisco's web site at http://www.comdisco.com .

CONTACT: Comdisco Electronics Group, San Diego

Steven Grundon, 619/550-7407

srgrundon@comdisco.com

or

Pacifico Inc.

Anne Smith, 408/293-8600 ext. 316

asmith@pacifico.com
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