Andrew Acquires Conifer

In a move to build on its core strengths, Orland Park, IL-based Andrew Corp. has acquired Conifer Corp., a privately owned company that designs and manufactures multichannel multipoint distribution service (MMDS) subscriber products, Wireless LAN equipment, and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) accessories.

Conifer, ISO 9001 certified, has experience in the design and manufacture of low-cost customer premise equipment including microwave converters, amplifiers, antennas, and filters. Conifer's market experience includes the development and design of high-bandwidth RF networking equipment that supplies the exploding global wireless data networking market.

Conifer's facility in Burlington, IA occupies 70,000 square feet of engineering and manufacturing space and is dedicated to the design and high volume production of active and passive microwave products. The company's employees will become Andrew personnel.

Edited by Ellen Jensen