BROCKTON, MA, January 25, 2005 – Aurora Technologies, Inc. officially announces that its name has changed to the Fabric and Connectivity Division of Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions, a US business unit of Carlo Gavazzi Holdings of Switzerland.
Founded in 1988 as a developer of serial connectivity and console management solutions for the Sun Solaris marketplace, Aurora Technologies, Inc. was acquired in 1998 by Carlo Gavazzi. Changing the company’s name to the Fabric and Connectivity Division completes the acquisition process and clearly defines the division’s mission within the Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions Business Unit.
The Fabric & Connectivity Division continues to expand its connectivity products focusing on Switch Fabric/StarFabric technologies, emerging PICMG standards, and Linux, while enhancing its CompactPCI, PCI, and SBus legacy serial products for the Sun marketplace, including:
• System Expansion Solutions
• StarFabric-to-PCI Products
• Console Management Software and Systems
• Sync & Async Multiport Serial Controllers and Servers
• Synchronous Communications Protocol Software
“Under the Fabric and Connectivity Division of Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions, Aurora brand products and customer support will continue meet our market’s demand for best-in-class Fabric and I/O connectivity solutions, while allowing us to partner with Carlo Gavazzi to provide true computing solutions,” says Jessica Isquith, Vice President of the Fabric and Connectivity Division.
About Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions
Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions designs and manufactures standard and custom AdvancedTCA, CompactPCI, PCI/ISA, and VME backplanes, chassis, cabinets, and voice, data, and fabric boards. In addition, Carlo Gavazzi’s experienced teams of design and engineering professionals work closely with customers to provide integrated system designs that meet specific application needs.
Carlo Gavazzi’s vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities are supported by in-house sheet metal fabrication, PCB fabrication, and design verification test facilities. With design and manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts and Nevada, Carlo Gavazzi is well positioned to offer innovative engineering, best-in-class support, and high quality and dependable integrated electronic systems products and solutions for Industrial, Medical, Military, and Telecom markets.
For more information, please visit the Carlo Gavazzi Computing Solutions website at:
About Carlo Gavazzi
Carlo Gavazzi is a diversified, internationally active electronics group designing, manufacturing, and marketing electronic equipment targeted at the global markets of industrial automation and information processing. Carlo Gavazzi is a world leader with manufacturing facilities in Denmark, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, and the US, and conducts business activities in Asia & Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and North America.
Under the umbrella of a publicly quoted holding company, headquartered in Switzerland, Carlo Gavazzi is organized in two business units: Automation Components and Computing Solutions.
For more information about Carlo Gavazzi Holding, please visit www.carlogavazzi.com.
