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November 2, 2010
Test Advantage Hardware Announces New Director of Sales for the Asia Pacific Region
Tempe, Ariz. - November 2, 2010 - Test Advantage Hardware, LLC, a newly acquired subsidiary of Boston Semi Equipment, LLC (BSE Group), today announced that Richard Huang has joined the company as Director of Sales for the Asia Pacific region. Huang will focus on expanding the company's leasing portfolio and supporting the growth of its hardware sales business throughout Asia.
"The Asia Pacific region continues to experience strong growth across a broad spectrum of equipment requirements," said Colin Scholefield, Executive Vice President of the BSE Group. "Test Advantage Hardware is uniquely positioned to serve the region with its strong ATE portfolio and the ability to deliver equipment under a variety of financing solutions. Richard's significant ATE experience will be a tremendous asset to Test Advantage Hardware as we expand our leasing portfolio and build our hardware sales business in the region."
August 24, 2010
Renowned Semiconductor Industry Veterans Launch Boston Semi Equipment Group
BSE Group Announces Entry in the ATE Capital Equipment Secondary Market with the Acquisition of Test Advantage Hardware
Boston, Mass. - August 24, 2010 - Designed to deliver a unique combination of equipment expertise and innovative financial solutions to the semiconductor industry, senior semiconductor industry veterans Douglas Elder, Bryan Banish, Colin Scholefield and Sandy Garrett today announced the launch of Boston Semi Equipment Group, LLC (BSE Group). The privately funded BSE Group aims to set a new benchmark in the semiconductor equipment industry, combining innovative financial solutions with the experience, expertise and infrastructure to enable the lease, sale, repositioning and service of new and pre-owned semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
Traditional capital equipment financing solutions have historically not been able to support customers' technology and capacity needs, while the traditional original equipment manufacturer (OEM) model often does not offer financial flexibility. BSE Group provides the financing and equipment expertise that enables its customers to lease, buy, exchange, upgrade, downgrade, service and refurbish semiconductor capital equipment. This gives customers the operational flexibility to manage their capacity and technology needs as well as the financial flexibility to continue operating profitably.
April 3, 2008
Teradyne Partners with Test Advantage for Refurbished Test Equipment Certification Program
TEMPE, AZ - April 3, 2008 - Teradyne, Inc. (NYSE: TER), a world leader in high efficiency, low-cost test, has launched a new certification program for Teradyne refurbished test equipment and chose Test Advantage of Tempe, Arizona as a partner for the endeavor. Test Advantage brings an unparalleled palette of resources, including a large and continuously refreshed inventory of Teradyne equipment, and an in-house team with 100+ years of Teradyne ATE experience.
"Test Advantage has been the premier source of refurbished, Configured-to-Match™, Teradyne test equipment for over 11 years, and has enhanced its customers' competitive advantage with reliable, quick-turn, capacity solutions," commented Test Advantage CEO Fabrice Dechoux. "Test Advantage has received a number of awards for its innovation, execution and growth in this market space, and strives to bring even more value to Teradyne users through this partnership with Teradyne."
February 18, 2008
Test Advantage is Recognized as a Key Provider in Enabling Adaptive Test Strategies within the Semiconductor Test Environment
TEMPE, AZ-FEBRUARY 18, 2008: The 2007 International Test Conference brought significant emphasis to the growing demand for employing "Adaptive Test" strategies to optimize semiconductor test, both in terms of cost and quality. A common thread exposed during multiple sessions at the ITC conference, and among key members attending a Die Products Consortium session held during that same week, was the compelling benefits for leveraging Advanced Variance Detection data for improving the semiconductor test processes.
Historically, outlier detection methods may have only been considered economically viable in operations that demanded extreme quality standards dictated by "Zero Defect" initiatives associated with specific markets such as Automotive and Medical. These conference sessions rationalized broad market appeal for employing Adaptive Test strategies leveraging Advanced Variance Detection classification methods for both commercial and high reliability markets.
Test Advantage was honored to participate as an invitee to the DPC session and was pleased to witness continued significant reinforcement from the DPC organization for Advanced Variance Detection techniques which could be leveraged in feed forward test strategies. Test Advantage is a world proven leader in providing a user definable Advanced Variance Detection platform that integrates easily within existing semiconductor manufacturing operations.
November 26, 2007
Test Advantage Appoints Teradyne Veteran Doug Elder as Senior Vice President
TEMPE, AZ - NOVEMBER 26, 2007: Test Advantage Inc. announced today that Teradyne veteran Doug Elder has joined the company as Senior Vice President of its Hardware Division, responsible for the Teradyne value-added reselling activity.
Mr. Elder comes to Test Advantage from Teradyne, where he spent 22 year in various roles at the company. Starting in 1985 as a Sales Engineer, Mr. Elder worked upwards within the organization, serving most recently as Vice President and General Manager of the Semiconductor Test Business from 2003 to 2007.
Commenting on the appointment, Fabrice Dechoux said: "Doug Elder brings many years of senior executive level experience with Teradyne to Test Advantage in the form of market knowledge, customer relationships and platform expertise. His addition to our senior management team is of significant value to Test Advantage, as the largest Teradyne value-added equipment re-seller, and positions us perfectly to grow our Teradyne business still further."
November 7, 2007
Test Advantage and Comprehensive Development Services (CDS) Join Forces
TEMPE, AZ - November 7, 2007: Test Advantage Inc., the most recognized and leading Teradyne value-added equipment reseller, today announced that it has reached an agreement with Comprehensive Development Services (CDS) under which the two companies will join forces. The new entity, which will operate under the Test Advantage name, is firmly positioned as the largest Teradyne value-added equipment re-seller, with well over 150 years of combined Teradyne expertise across all current and legacy platforms and historic Teradyne equipment sales of over $140 million.
No details of the terms of the agreement between Test Advantage and CDS are being made available at this time. Test Advantage CEO, Fabrice Dechoux, will be the CEO of the combined entity. All employees and officers of the two companies in North America, Europe and Asia will remain in place.
May 2005
Test Advantage Earns Texas Instruments 2004 Supplier Excellence Award
TEMPE, ARIZONA: Test Advantage Incorporated announced that it has been awarded the prestigious Texas Instruments (TI) 2004 Supplier Excellence Award. This award recognizes Test Advantage's ability to repeatedly deliver superior rebuilt and custom-configured semiconductor testers to Texas Instruments sites globally.
May 1-4, 2005
Test Advantage presents at the 2005 Teradyne User Group Conference
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA: Test Advantage presents "An Automated Engineering Approach to Finding the Hidden Treasures Within Test Data" at the 2005 Teradyne User Group Conference, Vendor Forum in Scottsdale, Arizona, May 1st-4th.
May 2003
Test Advantage Presents at the Teradyne User Group
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE: Test Advantage presents "Testing Field Programmable Analog Array on a Digital Platform" at the 2003 Teradyne User Group meeting. This paper will detail the challenges presented in testing a Field Programmable Analog Array on a low-cost digital platform, and some innovative methods for success.