Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo, Alto, California) announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Taiwan-based Escort Instruments Corp., an established supplier of low-cost test and measurement instruments and a subsidiary of Unitech Printed Circuit Board Corp.
Agilent Technologies Inc. (Palo, Alto, California) announced it has acquired the assets of Taiwan-based Escort Instruments Corp., an established supplier of low-cost test and measurement instruments and a subsidiary of Unitech Printed Circuit Board Corp. The acquisition includes Escort Instruments' R&D, marketing, intellectual property, and the majority of the subsidiary's low-cost instrument product portfolio.
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