Agilent Technologies to acquire Acqiris, maker of high-speed digitizers and analyzers

SANTA CLARA, Calif., and GENEVA, Switzerland, 16 Nov. 2006. Agilent Technologies Inc. has signed an agrfeement to acquire Acqiris SA, a privately held company that provides high-speed digitizers and analyzers to the commercial, industrial, and government electronics markets.

Acqiris' products include a broad offering of digitizers, time-to-digital converters, and waveform analyzers with high resolution and high-speed performance. The company also offers software, integration, and development support, as well as long-term maintenance and support to help reduce time-to-market and to lower cost of ownership.

"Acqiris' expertise in high-speed digitizers and analyzers builds on our current product portfolio and technical capabilities," says Ron Nersesian, vice president and general manager of Agilent's Wireless Business Unit. "Their broad high-speed offering significantly contributes to our ability to meet the ongoing demand from our customers for in-product test to accelerate time-to-market and reduce cost. Acqiris' digitizers strengthen our synthetic instrument offerings."

Founded in 1998, Acqiris is based in Geneva, Switzerland, with a worldwide sales channel. All 60 Acqiris employees are expected to join Agilent.