Tektronix Inc., Wilsonville, OR, will purchase Siemens Communications Test Equipment GmbH, (scte),

    Oct. 1, 1997

    Tektronix Inc., Wilsonville, OR, will purchase Siemens Communications Test Equipment GmbH, (scte), a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens based in Berlin. The agreement will be completed by the time this issue appears in print. scte, known for its work with the protocol analyzer, Integrated Services Digital Network measuring, and service test equipment markets, had revenues of approximately $60 million in its last fiscal year. The 230 scte employees who are based in Berlin, along with 15 in Stockholm and a majority of the 45 salespeople worldwide, are expected to join Tektronix. Tektronix will take a one-time charge of $15 million to $20 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 1998 to write off research and development projects currently under way at scte.

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