Trecho extraído do formulário 10-K de 2016:
Competition
We face significant competition throughout the world in each of our reportable segments. Competitors in the
Semiconductor Test segment include, among others, Advantest Corporation and Xcerra Corporation.
Competitors in the System Test segment include, among others, Keysight Technologies, Inc., Astronics,
Test Research, Inc. and SPEA S.p.A.
Competitors in our Wireless Test segment include, among others, Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG,
Anritsu Company, Keysight Technologies, Inc. and National Instruments Corporation.
Competitors in our Industrial Automation segment include manufacturers of traditional industrial robots
such as KUKA Robotics Corporation, ABB, FANUC and Yaskawa Electric Corporation as well as emerging
companies developing collaborative robots.
Some of our competitors have substantially greater financial and other resources to pursue engineering,
manufacturing, marketing and distribution of their products. We also face competition from emerging Asian
equipment companies and from internal suppliers at several of our customers. Some of our competitors have
introduced or announced new products with certain performance characteristics which may be considered equal
or superior to those we currently offer. We expect our competitors to continue to improve the performance of
their current products and to introduce new products or new technologies that provide improved cost of
ownership and performance characteristics. See also “Item 1A: Risk Factors.”
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