LTX

Xcerra Corporation (formerly LTX-Credence Corporation)
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: XCRA
Russell 2000 Component
Industry Electronics
Founded 1976
Headquarters Norwood, MA, USA
Products Automatic Test Equipment
Number of employees
 1,676 (2016)
Website www.ltx.com

Xcerra Corporation (formerly LTX-Credence Corporation) is a semiconductor Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) vendor, founded in 1976 and headquartered in Norwood, MA (Greater Boston area).

The focus of the company is the design and development of ATE for the semiconductor marketplace, but it distinguished itself in the early days as a provider of functional and parametric testers for discrete component RF products. Today, LTX offers test platforms capable of testing mixed signal (analog & digital) devices.

History

LTX was founded by Graham Miller, Roger Blethen, et al. All of the founders left nearby competitor, Teradyne. Although never verified, corporate lore holds that the name LTX was an abbreviation for the clarion call of its founders: "Leave Teradyne by Christmas (Xmas)" or possibly "Left Teradyne at Christmas." Others believe that LTX stands for "Linear Test eXcellence", "Linear Test eXperts", or is simply an abbreviation of the word "Electronics".

On June 22, 2008 LTX signed a merger agreement with one of its principal competitors: Credence Systems Corporation. LTX CEO and President David Tacelli became CEO of merged company.[1]

On August 29, 2008 LTX and Credence Systems Corporation completed a merger to form LTX-Credence Corporation.[2]

Xcerra Corporation was formed in 2014 following the LTX-Credence acquisition of Everett Charles Technologies (ECT) and Multitest from Dover Corporation in December 2013. Xcerra Corporation is the parent company of four powerful brands that have been supplying innovative products and services to the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industry for more than 30 years. Xcerra’s four brands are atg-Luther & Maelzer, Everett Charles Technologies, LTX-Credence, and Multitest.[3]

Unic Capital Management, an affiliate of Chinese private equity fund Sino IC Capital, announced plans to purchase Xcerra in April 2017 for approximately $580 million.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Credence and LTX Sign Merger Agreement Archived 2008-10-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ LTX and Credence Complete Merger to Form LTX-Credence
  3. ↑ http://xcerra.com/corporation
  4. ↑ "Semiconductor test firm sells for $580M to Chinese private equity group". Boston Business Journal. April 10, 2017.


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