[TenTec] Re "merger": color me puzzled

[Mike Bryce]

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 at sssnet.com



On May 20, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Ron Notarius W3WN <wn3vaw at 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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