agreed... machinery takes up real estate and I'm sure they need to sell a lot
of product (enclosures) to warrant the cost of square foot space. Also,
machinery may limit where they would have to locate verses where they could
locate (think nice biz park) if they're not classified as not dealing with
oils, fluids, etc. Stamping machines, injection mold presses is considered
heavy machinery.
It's all about business gang, and we're blessed that folks want to even build
equipment for us. Sometimes ya just can't get your pie, ice cream and eat it
too.
73 - Eric
W9WLW
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> On May 21, 2014, at 2:37 PM, "Wes Attaway \(N5WA\)"
> <wesattaway@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> There is probably a very good reason why the custom enclosures operation was
> closed. It almost certainly has to do with a combination of "specialized
> volume" versus "regular volume" of the ongoing (soon to be merged) business,
> and the planned available resources.
>
> The specialized enclosure operation probably made sense for TenTec but would
> be a needless complication for a combined operation with RF Concepts. It
> just depends on where the priorities of their money and people are in terms
> of the existing and projected production volume considerations.
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ron
> Notarius W3WN
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 12:17 PM
> To: tentec@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re "merger": color me puzzled
>
> One could hope that the enclosures division would be sold to someone
> (possibly one or more of the current managers of the division) to run as a
> stand-alone company.
>
>
> On 05/21/14, John & Diana Beckner wrote:
>
> BIG mistake!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike Bryce
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2014 8:40 AM
> To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Re "merger": color me puzzled
>
> Gang,
>
> With all that's been said, there is a casuality already.
>
> I market several small projects to the ham radio community, and it looks
> like I'll have to source the cabinets from a different company.
>
> here's a snippet from Tom Salvetti, from Ten Tec
>
> Dear OEM Customers:
>
> Announced this week, Alpha Amplifiers and TEN-TEC merged under the RF
> Concepts banner. The merger creates a multi-million-dollar communications
> company offering a span of high power RF Amplifiers, Transceivers,
> Surveillance Receivers and more.
>
> Our strategic vision for the combined companies is to focus 100% of our
> efforts and capital investment in engineering an ever expanding line of
> innovative and customer-driven communications products. We've made the
> difficult decision to curtail operation of our much smaller division
> offering custom enclosures.
>
>
> Mike Bryce WB8VGE
>
>
> prosolar@sssnet.com
>
>
>
>> On May 20, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> John,
>>
>> Forget the press release. It's half a puff piece anyway.
>>
>> RF Concepts purchased Ten-Tec. They then merged the two business units
> (Ten-Tec and Alpha) into one, from a corporate standpoint, and are in the
> process of integrating them.
>>
>> The important thing is that the company & brand will survive, and with any
> luck, thrive.
>>
>> In any event, I spoke to several people at both the Ten-Tec and Alpha
> exhibits at Dayton, as well as several former Ten-Tec staff members. The
> WORST I can say is that they are all cautiously optimistic, and quite a few
> are excited at the possibilities.
>>
>> This is not the same thing as a bank merger, where the federal government,
> or an agency thereof, forced an insolvent or failing bank into an unwanted
> purchase by another, more successful bank, with the usual integration
> headaches.
>>
>> The reality is that of the two presumed main shareholders of this private
> corporation, ie the two founders, one has been a Silent Key for some time
> now, and the other had retired. So, the company is now in the hands of
> someone with the interest, energy, and money to keep the company going.
> What's the alternative, after all? That Ten-Tec continued with indifferent
> ownership, and eventually ended up in the hands of people who didn't care?
> Or worse, in the hands of a third party that accumulates fine companies and
> turns them into more outlets for fine junk?
>>
>> Oh, and I was told that because the combination of the two firms happened
> so quickly and so soon before Hamvention, it was not possible to combine the
> two exhibit spaces on short notice. So, not to worry on that score, either.
>>
>> I'm more impressed that of all the manufacturers present, someone chose
> Ten-Tec & Alpha equipment at the heart of the W100AW/8 Special Event
> Station. And from what I saw, quite a few of the people operating the
> station, or watching them operate, were equally impressed -- or more. Now
> that's publicity & good will you can't buy!
>>
>> 73, ron w3wn
>
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