Hi In terms of what Vectron actually manufacturers, there isn’t a *lot* of overlap with Microsemi. Compared to a a lot of possible matchups this one does not have to many things to work out. They both do a bit in space and they both do GPSDO’s. Past that, the other stuff is not in markets or technologies that overlap.
Indeed Vectron re-sells various things. My guess is that some of those relationships will change a bit. I’d say it’s unlikely they will continue to resell Accubeat Rb’s once the deal gets done and the reorganization is complete. Looked at from the side of “how many vendors on the vendor list”, yes this takes one off the list. Most companies are working to trim down that list rather than build it up. The ideal seems to be to have three giant outfits that can each sell you 100% of your needs. You then have a run-off between the three each week to decide who gets it all this time based only on price. (Yes, that may be a slight exaggeration, but not by much). Certainly having a parent in the timing business will give them more ability to work with the rest of the company. Their prior parent (Knowles) was more focused on the audio business. There’s not a lot of common customer base between Vectron and the main part of Knowles. Since they are looking to close very quickly, I doubt they expect any real issues as far as the various government regulators. I’d bet at least a couple of beers that they have some *very* good guidance on that part of it by now. Bob > On Oct 28, 2017, at 4:09 AM, tim...@timeok.it wrote: > > > Hi, > It has become a colossus. > And market competition? > Luciano. > www.timeok.it > > > Da "time-nuts" time-nuts-boun...@febo.com > A "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" time-nuts@febo.com > Cc > Data Fri, 27 Oct 2017 20:14:01 -0400 > Oggetto Re: [time-nuts] vectron to be acquired by MicroSemi > Hi > > Not a lot of detail out there other than that the deal is expected to close > before the > end of December. > > Bob > >> On Oct 27, 2017, at 6:42 PM, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> from a recent email blast - "I am pleased to inform you that Microsemi >> Corporation has agreed to acquire the high performance timing business of >> Vectron International, a Knowles company." >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.