Andrew Corporation

Andrew Corporation
Company typeCommunications Hardware Supplier
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedJanuary 1, 1937
FounderVictor J. Andrew
Defunct2007 (2007)
FateMerged with CommScope
SuccessorCommScope
Headquarters
Orland Park, Illinois
,
United States
Key people
C. Russell Cox (President) Edward J. Andrew Sr. (Chairman)
SubsidiariesAndrew California Company (ACC)

Andrew Antenna Systems (AAS)

Andrew Antenna Corporation Ltd. (AACL)

Andrew Antenna Products Ltd. (AAPL)

Andrew Antenas Limitada (AAL)
Websiteweb.archive.org/web/20080725193345/http://www.commscope.com/andrew/eng/index.html
Satellite dish made by Andrew Corporation
VSAT satellite dish made by Andrew Corporation

Andrew Corporation, a former hardware manufacturer for communications networks, was founded by Victor J. Andrew in the basement of his Chicago, Illinois home[1] in 1937, and further established in Orland Park, Illinois in 1953.[2] Andrew was a renowned global telecommunications company that played a significant role in the development of wireless communication technologies.

Andrew Corporation products included antennas, cables, amplifiers, repeaters, transceivers, as well as software and training for the broadband and cellular industries.[3] The corporation supported customers in 35 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, with manufacturing plants in 12 countries, at one time employing over 4,500 people. Andrew's sales in 1999 exceeded US$791 million. Specific product applications include antennas,[4] cables,[5] amplifiers[6] as well as software and training in radio and other wireless communication systems.

In 1992, Andrew Corporation was on the Chicago Tribune's "Chicago's Top 100 Companies",[7]

Andrew notably held subsidiaries in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Scotland,[8] and throughout the United States (California,[9] Texas). In 1986 Andrew acquired Scientific Communications, Inc. (SciComm),[10] and Kintec Corp, further acquiring The Antenna Company in 1996. Andrew acquired Channel Master's Smithfield, North Carolina satellite dish factory, equipment, inventory and intellectual property in an $18 million deal[11][12] after that firm filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on October 2, 2003.[13][14][15]

Andrew Corporation was acquired by CommScope for $2.6 billion in June 2007.

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  2. ^ "Facility Details for Andrew Corporation". webapps.sfm.illinois.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  3. ^ "CommScope to Acquire Andrew for $2.6 Billion". www.commscope.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. ^ Eddings, Rory (2007). "Novel Approaches for Tracking on Earth Station Antennas in Ka-Band". 25th AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (Organized by APSCC). doi:10.2514/6.2007-3100. ISBN 978-1-62410-007-9.
  5. ^ Johnson, E. H. (August 1962). "FOAM HELIAX — A new foam coaxial cable". IRE Transactions on Vehicular Communications. 11 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1109/TVC.1962.6499359. S2CID 51634953.
  6. ^ Van, Jon (11 April 2003). "Westell boosts its modem capacity ; Andrew Corp. adds to healthy telecom signals". Chicago Tribune. p. 3.2. ProQuest 419880702.
  7. ^ "Profiling Chicago's Top 100 companies". Chicago Tribune. 16 May 1993. p. S20. ProQuest 1824019450.
  8. ^ "ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT of 1934". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  9. ^ "Andrew Catalog 26" (PDF). World Radio History. 1969. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  10. ^ "ANDREW SCICOMM INC. - GARLAND, TX - $108,525 in Defense Contracts in 2000". www.governmentcontractswon.com. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
  11. ^ "Andrew Corp. May Not Close Plant in Smithfield After All". WRAL. 27 June 2006.
  12. ^ "Andrews buys TV accessories biz". Chicago Business. 23 November 2003.
  13. ^ "Channel Master Files for Bankruptcy" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  14. ^ "Channel Master Files Chapter 11". TVTechnology. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-01-03.
  15. ^ "Mixed Signal". Triangle Business Journal.