Intertechnique Migrates to Teradyne`s Spectrum 9100

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2002--Teradyne's (NYSE: TER) Assembly Test Division, a global leader in electronics testing and production solutions, announced today that Intertechnique, a subsidiary of the Zodiac Group, has selected the Spectrum(TM) 9100-Series Functional Test Platform to form the backbone of its next generation functional test systems.

"Teradyne's Spectrum offers the functionality and performance we require, and is well supported by software vendors locally," said Michel Devos, manufacturing manager at Intertechnique. "There has been much direct contact between the technical teams at Teradyne and Intertechnique and they have helped enormously in defining the right configurations to solve our development problems."

"We also plan to migrate up to 55 test programs from the old platform," continued Michel Devos. "There is great synergy between our internal development system and Teradyne's test software, which we anticipate will make this process very straightforward."

A recognized leader in high-technology equipment and systems for essential functions, Intertechnique chose the Spectrum 9100-Series for its analog and digital capabilities, and the ease of migration of their existing test programs and fixtures. The Spectrum 9100-Series testers will be employed by Intertechnique to support a wide range of electronic subassemblies for the aeronautics industries.

"The open, standards-based architecture of the Spectrum 9100-Series allows manufacturers to choose the components they need today and easily reconfigure the system as future requirements change, and new test strategies and tools become available," said Carl Rosenblatt, manager of Teradyne's Mil/Aero business unit. "The use of Teradyne's TestStudio(TM) software makes program and fixture development simple and will enable Intertechnique to reuse much of its existing legacy software."

The first systems will be installed by April 2002 and expect to be fully operational by the summer. Migration of older programs is expected to take around 12 months.

About Intertechnique

Intertechnique is recognized worldwide as a specialist in high-technology equipment and systems, performing essential functions both in-flight and on-ground. Eighty per cent of the company's business is in aerospace and is involved in more than 140 civil and military aeronautical programmes, including the Airbus A 340/A380, Boeing 777, the Falcon 2000 and the Rafale. Intertechnique has also contributed to the success of the European Ariane Rocket Launcher and to the development of satellite links. The company was acquired in 1999 by the Zodiac Group.

About Teradyne

Teradyne (NYSE: TER) is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and is also a leading supplier of high performance interconnection systems. Teradyne's test products are used by manufacturers of semiconductors, circuit assemblies, voice and broadband telephone networks. Teradyne's backplane assemblies and high-density connectors are used by manufacturers of communications and computing systems central to building networking infrastructure. The company had sales of $1.4 billion in 2001 and currently employs about 8000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.teradyne.com.

“The use of Teradyne's TestStudio(TM) software makes program and fixture development simple and will enable Intertechnique to reuse much of its existing legacy software.”