For the leading companies that provide the instruments for electronics test, the past year produced sharply contrasting results. By Lawrence D. Maloney, Contributing Editor -- Test & Measurement World, 7/1/2008 Upbeat and downcast. The mood of the test field’s giant companies swung both ways in the turbulent year of 2007. Companies selling general-purpose test equipment notched respectable sales, and those with test platforms that target fast-growing communications applications like WiMAX reported banner years. Hiromichi Toda of Anritsu sees prime opportunities in 3G, 3.5G, WiMAX, and WLAN. But for companies producing big-ticket automated test equipment (ATE) systems for semiconductor test, it was surely a year to forget. Many saw their sales dive sharply compared to their 2006 figures, as manufacturers found themselves with...
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