January 22, 2008 -- Ardent Concepts, Inc. (Hampton Beach, NH), a specialist in high speed connector applications, announced the acquisition of Liberty Research Company (Cupertino, CA) in a private equity agreement. Financial terms were not disclosed.
"When our customers come to us for high-performance interconnect solutions, they often have a need for signal integrity expertise," comments Gordon Vinther, president of Ardent Concepts. "With the addition of Liberty Research to our portfolio of services, we are better positioned to help our customers achieve their electrical performance objectives in test and functional interconnect with signal integrity validation and simulation solutions not offered by other connector firms."
As part of the agreement, Nick Langston, president of Liberty Research, will join Ardent Concepts as applications manager and manage the Cupertino office, supporting customers in Silicon Valley and on the West Coast.
"Joining forces with Ardent Concepts was a logical step in the evolution of our firm," remarks Langston. "With cutting edge products like RC Springprobe and RC Scrub-R contact technologies, we can leverage our signal integrity knowledge to help customers break through electrical barriers in interconnect as never before."
