Rohde & Schwarz Acquires Zurich Instruments

Rohde & Schwarz is an electronics company headquartered in Munich, Germany with products for the electronic test equipment, broadcast & media, cybersecurity, radio monitoring and radiolocation, and radiocommunication markets. For their fiscal 2019/2020 year they achieved revenue of €2.58 Billion  ($3.06 Billion USD) and have over 12,000 employees in over 70 countries. Zurich Instruments was founded in 2008 , has over 100 employees and is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company's initial products were aimed for the lock-in amplifier market, but recently the company has expanded its product offerings to include electronic instrumentation for quantum computers. In March of this year, the company announced a new generation of signal generators for quantum computers called SHFSG. Zurich Instruments will operate as an independent subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz, but will have the financial backing of a much larger company to continue its developments in the quantum computing and other markets. For more, you can view post available on the Zurich Instruments website here and a press release available on the Rohde & Schwarz website here.

July 5, 2021