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Dallas, TX and Ivyland, PA, Jan. 15, 2001 –
ACT/Technico announced that it has selected MEN Micro, Inc. as a technology partner. ACT/Technico has plans to use MEN single board computers (SBCs) and input-output (I/O) modules in its embedded and real-time integration projects. ACT/Technico specializes in bus-based industrial and ruggedized applications using VMEbus,CompactPCI bus and PC bus products.
"There is a lot of synergy between our two companies," said Ken Grob, vice president of ACT/Technico. "We have used MEN technology in the past, most notably M-Modules for
modular I/O. As we looked at the rest of MEN's product lines, we saw that their 3U CompactPCI SBCs offer us the capability to provide some very unique solutions to the marketplace. In addition, the
industrially hardened nature of many of MEN's computer boards as well as its PC-MIP I/O modules complemented some of the extreme environments where we were already working.
MEN's 3U and 6U CompactPCI and Motorola PowerPC SBCs will be particularly helpful in the telecommunications arena".
ACT/Technico has designed and integrated system solutions for a wide variety of
organizations including NASA, AT&T, General Electric, Raytheon and Oracle. Typical projects use some combination of custom designed and commercially available hardware, as well as real-time software from Wind
River and LynuxWorks.
ACT/Technico plans to use MEN's products in many different types of systems, including industrial real-time process control, telecommunications and communication applications, ruggedized military systems, and others.
"Because many of our SBCs and modular I/O cards have already been qualified for temperature, shock and vibration extremes in harsh conditions, ACT/Technico will be able to reduce the technology risk of
its projects by eliminating much of the qualification process", said Ernest Godsey, president of MEN Micro. "And our approach to modular I/O with PC-MIP and M-Module mezzanine cards is a natural fit
for a company like ACT/Technico. The flexibility of our mezzanine card approach assures that ACT/Technico will have the I/O cards it needs for the diverse range of systems it develops".
About ACT/Technico
ACT/Technico is a leading supplier of integrated real-time and embedded systems using
CompactPCI, VMEbus, and other platforms. They support several real-time operating systems, Linux and Windows. The company works with multiple market leaders such as MEN Micro to support system architecture,
hardware, PCB and software design in order to deliver complete system solutions and expedite time to market.
ACT/Technico is also a manufacturer and reseller of real-time and embedded hardware and software
such as PMC modules, CompactPCI Adapters and Mass Storage modules.
The company was started in 1978 as a custom software and integration facility (ACT), and sales rep firm (Technico) in Warminster, PA.
As integration sales grew, a host of products were developed and manufactured, and the two company names were combined under the marketing name of ACT/Technico. There are additional offices in California and Maryland. For more information, please visit www.acttechnico.com, call 800-445-6194 or 215-956-1200 or
e-mail pr@acttechnico.com.
About MEN Micro
MEN designs, manufactures and sells board-level industrial real-time
and embedded computer products. The flexibility inherent in MEN's standard products allows its system platforms to be custom configured for a wide range of applications. In addition, the company develops
custom boards and systems for OEMs, end users and system integrators. MEN's products include VMEbus and CompactPCI computer platforms with Intel Pentium, Motorola 68000 or PowerPC processors, and a wide selection of
M-Module or PC-MIP mezzanine I/O modules. The MEN product lines support the most widely used operating systems, including Windows NT, VxWorks and OS-9.
MEN was founded in 1982 in Nürnberg,
Germany, as MEN Mikro Elektronik GmbH. The company has subsidiaries in France, MEN Mikro Elektronik SA, and the United States, MEN Micro, Inc. A network of technical distributors services and supports the rest of
the world.
In the United States, MEN Micro products are sold through a national network of technical manufacturer's representatives. For sales information, call 972 939-2675, send faxes to 972 466-5986 or
email to sales@menmicro.com.
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* Note to editors: PC-MIP is a new, PCI-based mezzanine standard developed jointly by MEN Mikro Elektronik and SBS Modular
I/O with support from Motorola Computer Group and Schroff. PC-MIP combines the best of three worlds: First, the concept of an industrial front connection from M-Modules; second, the flexible small form factor
of Industry Packs; and third, the electrical specification of the PCI bus. The PC-MIP specification is administered by the VMEbus Industry Trade Association (VITA) Standards Organization (VSO) and is currently in
the last stage of ANSI standardization. PC-MIP modules and a range of intelligent or passive carrier boards are already available from a number of companies in Europe and the USA.
Trademarks
Windows and Windows NT are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. OS-9 is a trademark of Microware
Corporation. VxWorks is a trademark of WindRiver Corporation. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
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