Despite downsizing Mass. tech firms are on the upswing Oct 27, 2009
The vanished jobs are still gone, but early this month, Teradyne announced that it s rescinding the pay cut, thanks to a 50 percent increase in revenues during the third quarter. What s changed is that people are buying test equipment again, said Teradyne spokesman Andy Blanchard. (Boston Globe)
CEOs Showing Remorse Underestimating Shares Stifling '09 Convertible Sales Oct 19, 2009
Teradyne, a designer of test equipment for electronics based in North Reading, Massachusetts, offered $190 million in 4 ... You want to be in a position to be in control of your destiny instead of someone else, so that was the right thing to do at the time, said , Teradynes vice president of corporate communications. (Bloomberg -- US)
Lydall Names New General Counsel Oct 15, 2009
Before joining Lydall, Mr. Igoe was employed as Associate General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary of Teradyne, Inc., a leading supplier of automatic test equipment, where he handled a wide range of legal issues, including securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, labor and employment and litigation. Previous to his employment at Teradyne, Mr. Igoe was a Junior Partner at Hale and Dorr (now Wilmer Hale) in Boston, Massachusetts. (Primezone Releases)
Analyst Picks and Pans: Cardinal Health, McAfee, Teradyne Sep 16, 2009
Teradyne shares climbed in premarket trading Sept. 15 after Oppenheimer pgraded the chip testing equipment maker's stock, citing a key new contract and cost cutting ... "Combined with unprecedented cost cutting, (Teradyne) is now ripped, with big muscles," he said. (BusinessWeek)
Woburn teacher returns for 46th year in the classroom Sep 5, 2009
Now I m working for Teradyne with 140 people under me. The secret, she says, is to make each student feel equal. (Woburn Advocate, MA)
HINGHAM TRIBUTE: Jim Overbecks scientific life Aug 14, 2009
From 1975 to 1981 Overbeck was engineering manager for Boston-based Teradyne Inc., and designed the Teradyne M118, the first laser trimmer used to repair analog memory integrated circuits. After two years as an independent consultant, Overbeck founded and served as president of XRL Inc. of Canton, one of the three major manufacturers of laser memory repair systems. (Hingham Journal, MA)
Things looking up for technology firms Aug 1, 2009
Teradyne, the number one maker of microchip testing gear, benefited from a welcome resurgence in orders from chipmakers around the world. The core semiconductor chip testing business has recovered, said Teradyne spokesman Andrew Blanchard ... Teradyne s second-quarter revenue of $170 million was up $50 million from the previous quarter, and the company s loss of 21 cents per share was better than analysts had expected. (Boston Globe)
Opinion: LTX-Credence unlikely to reach ATE medal round Jul 2, 2009
In the long run, I don't see how it can compete against its bigger rivals at Advantest, Verigy and Teradyne. LTX-Credence continues to lose money. (EETimes)
10 companies in trouble Jun 3, 2009
Advantest, Credence/LTX, Teradyne, Verigy and others are losing vast sums of money. How long can the pain last. (EETimes)
Teradyne to lay off 65 workers in Mass. Apr 18, 2009
Teradyne to lay off 65 workers in Mass ... Teradyne to lay off 65 Mass ... Teradyne, the world's top producer of microchip testing equipment, warned last month that it expects to lose between 40 and 42 cents a share during the first three months of 2009. (Boston Globe)
SEMI book-to-bill climbs amid slump Apr 18, 2009
And an analyst downgraded ATE supplier Teradyne Inc.. The book-to-bill ratio slightly improved for March. (EETimes)
Design Revolution: How Manufacturers Could Reduce Costs By Simply Designing For Reliability Mar 27, 2009
Tongdan Jin of Texas A&M International University and Yeliz Ozalp of Teradyne Inc, in North Reading, Massachusetts, have developed an optimization procedure to allow manufacturers to minimize the costs of replacing and repairing their products under customer warranty agreements. Their design for reliability (DFR) approach, if implemented in the early development phase of product design will allow manufacturers to proactively eradicate potential hardware, software, process and customer usage... (Science Daily)
ASML moves to No. 2 in IC equipment firm rankings Mar 18, 2009
VLSI said the eleventh through fifteenth positions were occupied, in order, by ASM International, Teradyne, Advantest, Varian Semiconductor and Verigy. Page 2. (EETimes)
Update: Advantest to cut 1,200 jobs amid losses Feb 28, 2009
Other ATE vendors are suffering, including Credence/LTX, Teradyne and Verigy. Separately, Advantest, the world's leading supplier of semiconductor test equipment, said that MoSys Inc., a provider of system-on-chip (SoC) memory intellectual property (IP), has selected its T5781 Engineering Station (T5781ES) for design and debug of its next generation embedded memory technologies. (EETimes)
Fab tool book-to-bill ratios fall like a rock Feb 20, 2009
All fab tool vendors are struggling, including Advantest, Applied, ASML, Nikon, Novellus, Lam, TEL, Teradyne and others. For example, Applied's ''long-term growth strategy remains mostly focused on solar sector, which should enable (it) to outperform semi equipment peers,'' said Edwin Mok, an analyst with Needham LC, in a report. (EETimes)
SamePage Offers New Deployment Model with Multi-Tenancy for On-Premise Customers Feb 10, 2009
SamePage is used by medium and large enterprises around the world, including Alcatel-Lucent, NASA, Citrix, Hestia, Teradyne, Siemens, NY State Unified Court System and ADP, as well as by strategic partners, such as Cisco/WebEx. For more information, visit. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Burlington Police in need of space Feb 8, 2009
NEMLEC was housed at Teradyne in North Reading for a number of years, but they now need the space due to renovations. Given the current real estate situation, I would guess there are some unused spaces available in Burlington. (Burlington Union, MA)
