Universal, Hitachi extend high-speed placement collaboration.Universal Instruments (Binghamton Binghamton (bĭng`əmtən), industrial city (1990 pop. 53,008), seat of Broome co., S central N.Y., at the confluence of the Chenango and the Susquehanna rivers; settled 1787, inc. as a city 1867. , NY, www.uic.com) and Hitachi Hitachi (hētä`chē), city (1990 pop. 202,141), Ibaraki prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, on the Kashima Sea. The city is a leading producer of Japan's electrical equipment. High Technologies (HHT HHT Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (Osler-Rendu-Weber disease) HHT Headquarters Troop HHT Hand-Held Terminal HHT House Hunting Trip HHT Heinrich Hertz Telescope HHT Headquarters & Headquarters Troop , Schaumburg, IL, www.hitachi-hta.com) have renewed their original equipment manufacturer (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 ) agreement for a further five years. HHT acquired Sanyo High Technologies, Universal's original OEM partner, in 2003. The partnership has enhanced Universal's turret-style high-speed placement (HSP (Hosting Service Provider) An organization that specializes in hosting Web sites. There are various levels of offerings from sharing a Web server with several other companies to having a dedicated Web server or to providing co-location services. See co-location. ) technology while affording HHT an extensive sales and support network. Since it was first announced in 1989, the agreement has resulted in more than 1,200 HSP platforms sold. Continued success of the partnership and sustained market demand for HSP equipment have allowed the agreement to be renewed several times in the past. In addition to customers' access to the entire line of 4797-series HSP machines, extending the agreement until 2009 will allow further joint efforts to continue. Such efforts include recent line software development work and may extend in the future to additional joint technical projects, technology transfers and further product sharing. |
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