Motorola to buy Force Computers

Motorola has announced that it is to acquire Force Computers, an embedded computing business owned by Solectron Corporation. The agreement is subject to various closing conditions, but Motorola said it expects the deal to close during the third calendar quarter of 2004. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Force Computers is a worldwide designer and supplier of open, standards-based and custom embedded computing solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in a wide range of applications. Once the deal is closed, Force will be integrated with the Motorola Computer Group, also a global provider in the embedded computing industry.

The Motorola Computer Group has about 1,000 employees worldwide.
It has its headquarters in Tempe, Ariz., with major operations in Southborough, Mass.; Loughborough, UK; Hyderabad, India; and Shanghai, China. Force has some 500 employees worldwide. It is headquartered in Fremont, California, with major operations in Munich, Germany, Bangalore, India and Irvine in Scotland.

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