Emerson has officially completed its acquisition of National Instruments (NI), at an equity value of $8.2 billion.
NI will become a new Test and Measurement business segment within Emerson’s Software and Control group. Emerson indicated that it expects the addition of NI to boost its revenue growth and profits, and to expand its addressable markets, particularly in high-growth industrial software.
“Our acquisition of NI is a significant milestone in our efforts to transform Emerson and realize our vision of increasing growth, cohesiveness and end market diversification across Emerson’s portfolio,” said Emerson President and CEO Lal Karsanbhai. “We are pleased to welcome NI employees to Emerson and benefit from our shared visions and cultures, including our mutual commitment to innovation, operational excellence and sustainability. Together, we look forward to providing our customers more innovative and differentiated products, executing on our synergy targets and delivering increased shareholder value.”
Emerson said that its T&M business will continue to be headquartered in Austin, Texas; it has appointed Ritu Favre as the business group president. Favre joined NI in 2019 as SVP and GM of its semiconductor business and was promoted to executive VP of business units in 2022; in her most recent role, she was responsible for driving growth across NI’s business units including semiconductor and electronics as well as aerospace, defense, government and transportation.
In other test news:
-Following on last week’s news that Keysight Technologies has put together a new over-the-air control and calibration solution for phased-array antennas for satellite applications, the company this week touted its selection by satellite and radio frequency payload manufacturer SWISSto12 to validate the RF payloads of the company’s first HummingSat geostationary satellite, named Intelsat 45.
The HummingSat is a small telecommunications satellite which was developed through a public-private partnership including the European Space Agency and customers including Intelsat and Viasat. Intelsat 45 is scheduled for launch in 2026, and Keysight noted that it will deliver both media broadcast services and broadband connectivity for telecom providers via a Ku-band transceiver. Keysight said that its Payload Test System will be used to “extensively and robustly test” the RF payload prior to launch.
-ICYMI: EXFO recently introduced a new cloud-based reporting platform, Exchange, which enables data from its equipment to be directly reported to and analyzed in the cloud. Hear more from the company about the solution and its relevance to 5G deployments in this piece.
-IoT antenna and module company Quectel said that it has collaborated with 4G/5G software provider Amarisoft on testing of Non-Terrestrial Network features, using Quectel’s new module for NTN over NB-IoT and Amarisoft’s Amari Callbox series for 4G LTE, NB-IoT, LTE-M and 5G NR device testing and its UE Simbox for 4G and 5G network testing (which both supports NB-IoT NTN and 5G NR NTN, Quectel noted). “Thanks to the new Quectel BG770 module commercialized earlier this year, we’ve been able to run NTN NB-IoT interopareabilies test against a commercial UE and to demonstrate that both companies are ready to support customers in the deployment of NTN technology,” said Karim Boutihane, Amarisoft sales director.
–Tektronix is expanding its lab services for product certification testing with new, real-time “aging” chambers at its Wayne, NJ and Billerica, MA labs. The labs’ testing capabilities include environmental, package, vibration, temperature and humidity testing, among other serices, and Tek said that due to increased demand from business sectors such as medical device manufacturers, the “service expansion comes at a pivotal moment.”
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