ScanWorks integrated into TRI’s ICT systems
 Test Research, Inc. (TRI), a major provider of circuit board test and inspection equipment, and ASSET have signed an agreement so that ScanWorks can be integrated into TRI’s ICT systems. TRI is a major supplier of test systems to electronics manufacturers and contract manufacturers worldwide, but especially in Asia and the Pacific Rim.
Integrating ScanWorks into TRI’s test platforms reduces test costs for equipment manufacturers because boundary-scan tests can be re-used throughout every phase of a product’s life cycle. For example, ScanWorks tests developed during design for design validation and prototype debug are portable and can be easily migrated to high-volume manufacturing test platforms such as TRI’s ICT systems. No additional investment in test development is needed.
 "TRI has earned its reputation by providing manufacturers with maximum test coverage. Today, we are finding that physical access for test probes is disappearing and our customers are turning to non-intrusive test technologies like boundary scan,” said Paul Lin, vice president at TRI--ShenZhen. “It is strategically critical for TRI to ally ourselves with the best-in-class JTAG solution and that’s what led us to ASSET.”
Under the terms of the extended agreement, ASSET will be the preferred supplier of boundary scan systems and related intellectual property to TRI and its customers.
"ASSET’s and TRI’s technologies and business models are very complementary," said Alan Sguigna, ASSET's vice president of sales and marketing. "TRI has established a leadership position with its technologically-advanced, cost-effective test systems. As a result of this agreement, manufacturers will be able to globally deploy solutions from both ASSET and TRI, and the cost savings from test re-use alone will be quite substantial.”
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TRI designs, manufactures and markets precision test equipment for the world’s leading electronics manufacturing service (EMS) companies. The company’s products include automated optical inspection (AOI), automated x-ray inspection (AXI), in-circuit testers (ICT), circuit board testers, solder-paste inspection, manufacturing defects analyzers (MDA), and integrated circuit testers. Established in 1989, TRI is an ISO9000 certified company publicly listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The company can be contacted at sales@tri.com.tw, or visitwww.tri.com.tw.
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