RF & Microwave Industry News

RJR Polymers changes name to RJR Technologies

RJR Polymers, a leading developer of high performance liquid crystal polymer (LCP) Air Cavity semiconductor packaging (ACP), announced that it has changed its name to RJR Technologies Inc. The new name reflects the company’s growing role as a leading developer and high volume manufacturer of high performance LCP Air Cavity plastic packaging for RF and microwave applications. The company will begin operating under its new name and form a new website, www.rjrtechnologies.com, immediately.


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Anritsu introduces MS27101A remote spectrum monitor

Anritsu Co. continues to expand its industry-leading field test portfolio with the introduction of the MS27101A Remote Spectrum Monitor. The most recent edition to Anritsu’s interference detecting tools, the MS27101A can be used with Anritsu’s Vision™ software to create a highly accurate remote solution for government regulators and university lab researchers to identify interference patterns, record spectrum history and geo-locate the sources of problem signals to mitigate interference issues and identify illegal or unlicensed signal activity.


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EDI CON China and China Radar Industry Assoc. exhibition to co-locate

Adding aerospace & defense radar topics

EDI CON China is pleased to announce that the China Radar Industry Association exhibition and conference, in partnership with the CCPIT Commercial Sub-council, will be co-located on the 4th floor of the China National Convention Center (CNCC) taking place April 19-21, 2016 in Beijing. This co-location adds two full days of radar seminars taking place on the second and third day of EDI CON China and expands the exhibition.


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ANADIGICS bidding up to $0.66 per share

Follows another round between GaAs Labs and Party A
Two unnamed companies are vying to outbid GaAs Labs and acquire the long-struggling GaAs MMIC supplier. Now at $0.66 per share, the original deal between ANADIGICS and GaAs Labs was struck for $0.35 per share.
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Isola names Jeff Waters president and CEO

Former Altera executive to lead global dielectric material manufacturer

Isola Group, a market leader in copper-clad laminates and dielectric prepreg materials used to fabricate advanced multilayer printed circuit boards (PCBs), announced  that its board of directors has appointed Jeff Waters as president and CEO, effective immediately. Waters succeeds Interim CEO Jeffery McCreary, who was brought in to enable leadership continuity after Ray Sharpe’s retirement in August 2015.


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