Chroma ATE Inc., a Taiwan

Taiwan

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 company, is an own brand supplier in electronic test and measurement equipment and systems, providing testing equipment, automatic testing equipment (ATE

Automatic test equipment

Automatic or Automated Test Equipment is any apparatus that performs tests on a device, known as the Device Under Test , using automation to quickly perform measurements and evaluate the test results...

) and manufacturing execution system (MES

MES

- In business :* Manufacturing Execution Systems, the intermediary between a business system such as ERP and a manufacturer's plant floor control equipment* Marconi Electronic Systems, a defunct company of the United Kingdom...

). Chroma started from the first Taiwan made, Video Pattern Generator in 1986 and continuously expanded its product lines to Optoelectronics, Display, IT, Semiconductor and Solar industries. The Company has a number of engineering service office worldwide, including United States

United States

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, Europe

Europe

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 and Japan

Japan

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, for clients’ services and supports.

History

• Chroma ATE Inc. established in 1984, started from a programmable Video Pattern Generator. Currently, Chroma owns numbers of product division and testing solution, business diversified into number of the major High Tech industries in test and measurement.

Leo Huang and Ming-Hsiong Chang are the founders of Chroma. Leo Huang is the chairman and CEO and Ming-Hsiong Chang is the vice chairman and EVP of Chroma.

• 1996, December 21 Chroma listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange
  Taiwan Stock Exchange
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  。

Product Divisions and Testing Solutions

• Power Supply
  Power supply
  A power supply is a device that supplies electrical energy to one or more electric loads. The term is most commonly applied to devices that convert one form of electrical energy to another, though it may also refer to devices that convert another form of energy to electrical energy...
  
   Testing
• Passive component and Electrical Safety Testing
• LCD / LCM Testing
• Video
  Video
  Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
  
   and Color
  Color
  Color or colour is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, green, blue and others. Color derives from the spectrum of light interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors...
  
   Testing
• Automated Optical Inspection
  Automated optical inspection
  Automated optical inspection is an automated visual inspection of a wide range of products, such as printed circuit boards , LCDs, transistors, automotive parts, lids and labels on product packages or agricultural products...
  
  
• Semiconductor
  Semiconductor
  A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
  
   / IC
  Ic
  IC, ic, or i.c. may stand for:In computing and technology:* .ic.gov, a second-level domain name administered by the US Government for members of the intelligence community* Integrated circuit* Initial condition...
  
   Testing
• LED
  LEd
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   Testing
• Solar Cell
  Solar cell
  A solar cell is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect....
  
   Testing
• Manufacturing Execution System
  Manufacturing execution system
  Manufacturing Execution Systems , are information technology systems that manage manufacturing operations in factories. Over the years, international standards and models have refined the scope of such systems in terms of activities, that typically include:...
  
   (MES
  MES
  - In business :* Manufacturing Execution Systems, the intermediary between a business system such as ERP and a manufacturer's plant floor control equipment* Marconi Electronic Systems, a defunct company of the United Kingdom...
  
  )
• PXI
  PXI
  PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation is one of several modular electronic instrumentation platforms in current use. These platforms are used as a basis for building electronic test equipment, automation systems, modular laboratory instruments in science, and the like. PXI is based on...
  
  Testing
• HALT & HASS Test System

Global Network

• Chroma USA: Chroma USA (Irvine, CA), Chroma System Solutions (Irvine, CA).
• Chroma Europe: Netherlands, Finland.
• Chroma Japan: Eastern areas.
• Chroma China: Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Xiamen, Shenzhen and Dongguan.