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TE Connectivity
surpasses global face
shield donation goal
TE Connectivity has produced more than 120,000
face shields to donate to
medical workers around the
world working the frontlines in the battle against
COVID-19. From Fremont,
California, to Dinkelsbuhl,
Germany, more than 360 TE
employees at 12 sites logged
in a combined 1,500 volunteer
hours to manufacture, assemble and distribute the face
shields, important personal
protective equipment that
has been difficult for many
medical facilities to acquire
during the pandemic. TE's
initial goal was 100,000, but
the volunteers kept working
to fulfill continued requests
from the medical community. Leveraging open source
designs, TE engineering and
technology teams selected
and modified a shield design
by verifying the design with
medical professionals to ensure that it was effective and
comfortable.

World Nagoyo show
is on for September
The government and local
governments of Japan lifted
the state of emergency on
May 26 in all area of Japan, and
trade shows will be officially
permitted again from August
onwards. As a result, the
Manufacturing World Nagoya
show will be held as scheduled from September 9-11 at
Aichi Sky Expo Nagoya. The
exhibition will be held while
following the guidelines for
Covid-19 control measures of
the government, municipalities and the exhibition industry to ensure the safety of the
exhibitors and visitors at the
exhibition.

Sensirion Selects
Production Site
Sensirion is expanding its
production capabilities by
establishing a production site
in Debrecen, Hungary. The site
is being built and financed by
a local "build to suit" partner. Sensirion has signed a
long-term lease agreement.
The company termed the facility as an expansion which
means that no existing jobs
in Switzerland are affected.
The site in Debrecen was selected after a comprehensive
evaluation of potential locations throughout Central and
Eastern Europe.

Keysight acquires
Eggplant
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Analog Devices to Buy Maxim Integrated
Analog Devices said on July 13 that it has agreed to buy rival
Maxim Integrated for more than $20 billion in stock to expand its
scale and broaden its product portfolio in the market for analog
semiconductors.
The all-stock deal would value the combined company at more
than $68 billion, creating an analog semiconductor giant that
will better compete with market leader Texas Instruments.
Under the terms of the agreement, Maxim shareholders would
receive 0.63 of Analog Devices stock for each share they own.
Once the deal closes, shareholders in Analog Devices would own
about 69% of the combined company, with Maxim stockholders
holding the other 31%.
Analog Devices said the deal would combine Maxim's
strength in automotive and data center segments with its
footprint in the industrial and communications markets.
Once the transaction closes, the combined company will sell
more than 50,000 products, giving it the ability to offer more
complete solutions. The new company will serve over 125,000
customers and be better positioned to capture a larger share
of a $60 billion market.
Analog Devices could acauire thousands of Maxim's hardware engineers in the deal. Between them, the companies employed more than 10,000 engineers and invested $1.5 billion
in research and development in 2019. Competition for analog
engineering talent has been escalating in recent years, the
company said. Once the deal closes, Analog Devices believes
that it will be in a better position to lure the industry's top
analog engineers.

EVALUATION ENGINEERING AUGUST 2020

Keysight Technologies and
Eggplant, a digital automation intelligence specialist,
announced that Keysight has
completed the acquisition of
Eggplant from The Carlyle
Group. Eggplant is a software
test automation platform provider that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics to automate test creation and test
execution. Eggplant's Digital
Automation Intelligence
platform can test any technology on any device, operating system or browser at any
layer, from the user interface
(UI) to application programming interfaces (APIs) to the

database. By using artificial
intelligence and analytics to
automate testing, Eggplant
enables improved software
application development
velocity and enhanced quality. The acquisition enables
bi-directional leverage of
measurement technologies
between both companies, resulting in increased solution

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