Renaissance Acquires HXI Millimeter Company

Sept. 25, 2008

Renaissance Electronics Corp. has announced its acquisition of Harmonic (HXI) Millimeter Company, a division of Proxim Wireless. Effective Aug. 29, RF/microwave component and subsystem manufacturer Renaissance had acquired substantially all of the assets of the Harmonix Division of the Terabeam Corp. subsidiary of Proxim Wireless. As part of the transaction, Renaissance and Proxim entered into an agreement for the continued supply and support of the GigaLink radios developed and manufactured by Harmonix, so that Proxim can ensure an uninterrupted supply of the millimeter-wave radios to its customers.

Tom Kurian, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Renaissance, noted: "This acquisition brings Renaissance closer to meeting its vision of being the world's preferred supplier of all frequency products. This will allow Renaissance to cover most of the components, integrated assemblies, and other products in frequencies ranging from radio to microwave to millimeter."

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.