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Symmetricom designs, manufactures and markets atomic clocks and network synchronization and timing devices. The company s solutions are used in wireline and wireless telecommunications networks, space, defense and avionics systems and enterprise information technology infrastructures. Its customers include network service providers, telecommunications equipment manufacturers, military and aerospace contractors and enterprises, as well as government and research facilities in more than 90 countries throughout the world. Symmetricom develops products that control the flow of voice, video and data applications. The company also provides consulting, engineering, network planning, installation and support services. It features global positioning systems and time code instrumentation, frequency distribution systems, precise references, rubidium clocks and hydrogen masers. Symmetricom is headquartered in San Jose, Calif.

Ross Engineering Corporation of Campbell, Calif., designs, tests and manufactures high-voltage relays, probes and voltmeters. Typical applications are in high-voltage power supplies, cyclotrons, lasers, radar, TV and high-power communication transmitters -- almost any equipment, industrial plant or utility where high voltage or high current is utilized. The company's main research, development, engineering and manufacturing facility is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Its 22,000-square-foot design and manufacturing facility and calibration/test lab are capable of designing and testing high-voltage relays, switches, contactors and calibrating high-voltage measurement devices. Ross products are used for control, measurement and safety applications in almost every industry, where 0.01 millivolts to 1 million volts are used. The company was founded in 1964.

Exatron manufactures a complete line of automated handling, testing, programming and marketing equipment for integrated circuit industries. The company designs, develops, manufactures, markets and services a wide range of IC components. Its products are used in the testing and programming of PLDs and other integrated circuits. Exatron provides pick and place, gravity feed and tape and reel handlers, laser markers and custom integration. Its line of testing and programming equipment includes Peregrine crystal oscillator, flash and resistor programmers, expert tester and programmer and open/short testers. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in San Jose, Calif.