MERGER PLANNED FOR RIFOCS CORP.Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Wilcox may refer to: Place names in the United States
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CAMARILLO Camarillo (kă'mərē`yō), city (1990 pop. 52,303), Ventura co., S Calif.; inc. 1964. It is the center of a fertile farm area where citrus fruits and flowers are grown. - Rifocs Corp., a maker of fiber-optic See fiber optics. test equipment, is merging with Everett, Wash.-based Datacom-Textron, which makes similar products for copper-wire communication systems, the companies said Wednesday. Both entities are units of Textron Inc., a $11.6 billion global company based in Providence Providence, city (1990 pop. 160,728), state capital and seat of Providence co., NE R.I., a port at the head of Providence Bay; founded by Roger Williams 1636, inc. as a city 1832. , R.I., that operates in the aircraft, automotive, industrial and financial sectors. Between 10 and 15 Datacom employees out of a work force of 60 will be transferring to Camarillo, said Dennis Horwitz, Rifocs' vice president of marketing and business development. More workers will be hired, however, since Rifocs has been growing about 30 percent to 40 percent annually, he said. Horwitz said the merger is driven by the convergence occurring within the communications marketplace. ``Bringing together the mutual Rifocs and Datacom experiences and capabilities only makes sense,'' he said. Rifocs products cover the whole range of the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. sector, while the Datacom unit focused on communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. installed in offices and commercial and industrial campuses. The merger will be completed next month. Rifocs, which occupies a 32,000-square-foot building at 1340 Flynn Road in Camarillo, is also expanding into a 20,000-square-foot building around the corner at 1080 Avenida Acaso. A Datacom executive said the merger is a good fit for both units. |
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