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Technology Stocks : Spectrum Signal Processing (SSPI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: EdR who wrote (335)	12/4/1997 12:40:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Respond to of 4400

[CRL] Today's announcement is not a distribution agreement, but a partnership wherein Spectrum and CRL will exchange product solutions (boards and software) for technical and applications expertise. I had no idea who Central Research Laboratories Ltd was, so I checked them out on the web. Guess what? There's a great big world out there beyond telecommunications. :) crl.co.uk <<< Creating the Future Through Technology CRL's core business is the generation of new sustainable commercial opportunities for our customers by the creation, development and protection of advanced technologies and products. World Firsts - Since its foundation in 1928, CRL has developed a number of world firsts including stereo sound, public broadcast television and the Nobel Prize-winning CAT scanner. Scipher Ltd - CRL's Parent Company QED Patents Ltd - Realising New Profits from YOUR Intellectual Property - Independent IPR Management Service. Investing for Future Gain CRL offers a new and fresh approach to commercial R&D. We provide customers with technological know-how protected by IPR which provides our customers with competitive edge along with long term profit opportunities. The initial development cost is often reduced for the customer as in many cases CRL will share the risk through a royalty stake in the innovation. We can offer our clients: - Technology Transfer and Licensing - Contract Research and Development - Strategic Partnerships and Ventures - Participation in CRL Research - Consultancy Services in Technology and IPR Management - Products and Services This approach is made possible by seventy years experience of managing profitable innovation at CRL. Our extensive market knowledge and technical expertise is embodied in a team of 121 professional staff of which 27 hold doctorates and one is a Nobel Prize winner. CRL is a global business with major blue chip customers in Europe, Asia and North America. However, these capabilities are accessible to companies of all sizes. Small and medium sized enterprises in particular are increasingl attracted to our business style. We expect to continue to deliver a sustained high growth rate over the next few years as we continue to provide high value added services to our clients. >>> Products and Services: <<< RF products: CCTV Wavelength, video and radio modules SLMs: VGA1, SVGA1 Audio Video Products: ICETM, VECTM, AqaidTM, SensauraTM 3D sound technology Signal Processing: board level products, VPBTM Toolset - performance monitoring for DSP EMC Testing Specialist Coatings Photolithography Services Clean Room Facilities Display Hotline - Solving Your Display Problems silicon HARVESTTM - identify new markets and customers for your semiconductor products productHARVESTTM - gain access to Intellectual Property that you may be able to use to speed up your design cycle technologyHARVESTTM - identify new markets and customers for board and system level electronic products Design Markets: Anti-counterfeit Chemical & Chemical Analysis Defence & Aerospace Design Information Display Medical & Pharmaceutical Music & A/V Retail / Marketing Safety Security Transport Check out their index: crl.co.uk And press releases: crl.co.uk The EMI Group is listed among Britain's top 102 corporations by capitalization. Scipher is a member of the group and CRL a subsidiary of that. The CEO of Scipher, Kenneth Gray, age 58, is a Non-executive Director of British Steel. A Visiting Professor at Nottingham University, he was formerly Group Technical Director of THORN EMI plc. A good description of the group from a Fulcrum Technologies press release: >>>Ottawa, Canada, June 5, 1997 - Fulcrum Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: FULCF; TSE: FUL)today announced that it has agreed to purchase the advanced clustering technology developed by Central Research Laboratories Ltd. (CRL) a commercial research and development organization which was formerly the corporate research arm of THORN EMI (now EMI Group PLC). CRL is the company behind other wide-reaching innovations, such as neural networks in data mining, and advances in three-dimensional image and sound projection for use in virtual reality applications. It invented and developed a number of now-familiar technologies, including stereophonic sound and the Nobel Prize-winning CAT Scanner. CRL's clustering technology has been used in conjunction with Fulcrumr software in extensive projects for the military intelligence communities and the European Space Agency. Under the agreement, expected to be formally signed next week, Fulcrum will pay C$1.5 million (US$1.1 million) to acquire this technology.>>>