Technology: Microelectronics

Nsite, an industry leader in on-

demand, self-learning business

process automation solutions

has signed Remec, Semtech and

Spectra-Physics among 12 new

customers added since

December. Nsite claims to be

the fastest, most cost-effective

way to automate and improve a

business process. It is delivered

as an on-demand, subscription-

based service via the web, and

claims to enable continuous

improvement through its

patented self-learning technolo-

gy. New Nsite customers repre-

sent high-tech manufacture, one

of the company's target indus-

try segments.

“We activated Nsite in two

days, started using it to auto-

mate capital acquisition

requests and purchase

requisitions and expanded from

50 to 300 users within days,”

said Rick Taylor,VP IT of

Remec, which designs and

manufactures microwave and

millimeter wave subsystems

used in the transmission of

voice, video and data traffic

over wireless communications

networks.“We plan to use

Nsite to improve all kinds of

processes,” said Taylor.“This

application is only limited by

your imagination.”

Remec Inc's 1Q fiscal 2005 had

net sales for the three months

ending April 2004 increase by

42.9% to $116.2m, as compared

to $81.3m in the previous year’s

quarter. There was a net loss of

$7.1m or 11c/diluted share

compared with a net loss of

$7.1m or 12c/diluted share for

the same period last year.

Increase in the sales was prima-

rily attributable to increased

unit sales of wireless systems

products plus revenues from

calendar year 2003 acquisitions

in the wireless systems seg-

ment. Sales in the Company's

defense and space segment

were also up. Increased sales

were the driver in gross profit

increasing by 12%, to $19.5m in

1Q 2005, as compared to

$17.4m previously.

Gross margins however

decreased to 16.8% during the

first quarter as compared to

21.4% during the year earlier

quarter. Decline in margin was

attributable to a continuation of

industry-wide pricing pressures

in the wireless systems segment

and transitional costs related to

the company's relocation of its

manufacturing operations prima-

rily from Finland to China.

Remec was recently awarded a

contract for development of low

cost transmit/receive MMIC for

application to X and Ku band

modules for the US government.

The Air Force Research

Laboratory Aerospace

Components and Subsystems

Concepts Division, Sensors

Directorate awarded a $675,000

contract to the MMIC division of

the REMEC Defense & Space

Group, to develop engineering

prototype X-band and Ku-band

T/R MMICs/modules and power

amplifiers as low cost building

blocks for future phased array

radar systems that require large

quantities of modules.

The positive results of the

recent Remec/AFRL L-band

development effort were pre-

sented to the Government/

Industry 'GOMAC' conference

last month in Monterey,

California.The new work will

be performed this fiscal year by

the Remec Defense & Space

Group with headquarters in

San Diego, California.

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Remec opts for Nsite and China

Park Electrochemical

Corporation's Nelco SAS sub-

sidiary located in Mirebeau,

France is being integrated into

the company's Neltec group of

businesses.

The Neltec group currently

consists of Neltec Inc located

in Tempe,Arizona and Neltec

SA, located in Lannemezan,

France.The company's Neltec

group of businesses focuses

exclusively on high-perform-

ance digital and

RF/Microwave materials for

very high-end electronic

applications. Nelco, SAS is

being renamed Neltec

Europe SAS.

Although the new Neltec

Europe SAS will continue to

service its existing customers

with its existing product line,

the new emphasis for Neltec

Europe SAS will be to drive

technology in the European

market.Accordingly, the new

Neltec Europe SAS, which will

continue to be based in

Mirebeau, France, will offer

and fully service the Neltec

group's entire high-perform-

ance product line.

Brian Shore, Park's President

and CEO, said,“We look at

this major change in emphasis

of our European business

as a very positive develop-

ment.As far as I am con-

cerned, there does not exist

any very important long-term

future for the RF-4 business in

Europe. However, we do

believe there is an important

future for high technology

digital and RF/microwave

materials in Europe, and this

is where our focus will be in

the future.”

Nelco turns NeltecSungil Telecom, Seoul, South

Korea, has selected Fairchild's

RMPA0959 as the RF power

amplifier of choice for the

Scorpio V0.3 phone board -- a

top OEM phone board in the

aggressive Korean handset

design marketplace.

Fairchild's high-power amplifi-

er is designed for the Wireless

Local Loop (WLL) and CDMA

applications and offers out-

standing linearity and efficien-

cy to reduce interference

between cell phones, while

reducing board space by 44%.

"Fairchild continues to be at

the forefront of high-perform-

ance integrated RF power

amplifier module develop-

ment," commented Sungil

Telecom's CEO, Joo-hwan

Cho. "This leading-edge design

plays an instrumental role in

allowing Sungil to produce

one of the most efficient

phone boards in the

marketplace.We look forward

to continuing our relationship

on other projects with

Fairchild."

The RMPA0959 is a two-stage

power amplifier module for

cellular AMPS, CDMA and

CDMA2000-1X wireless appli-

cations in the 824-849MHz fre-

quency band. Outstanding

adjacent channel (less than -

50dBc) and alternate channel

(less than -60dBc) linearity

provide high signal quality for

CDMA2000-1XRTT voice and

data communications.

Packaged in a compact LCC

outline (4.0 x 4.0 x 1.5mm)

package, the RF power amplifi-

er reduces board space up to

44% while conforming to the

industry standard pin-out

configuration.

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