Curtiss-Wright moves to establish itself as systems powerhouse with acquisition of Hybricon

摘要

Curtiss-Wright Corp. in Parsippany, N.J. announced plans to acquire rugged chassis specialist Hybricon Corp. in Ayer, Mass., for $19 million in cash in a move to cement its embedded computing segment as a leader in finished rugged embedded computer systems.rnCurtiss-Wright Corp. is the parent company of embedded computing giant Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing based in Leesburg, Va. Hybricon, meanwhile, supplies high-performance rugged electronic packaging for aerospace, defense,rnand commercial applications, as well as rugged backplane designs in OpenVPX, VPX, VXS, VME, VME64X, CompactPCI, rugged MicroTCA, and custom bus structures.