Hybricon Corporation

Hybricon Corporation

Company type	Private
Industry	Systems packaging, embedded computing solutions
Founded	1976 (1976) in Littleton, Massachusetts, United States
Founder	Charles Michael Hayward
Defunct	2010 (2010)
Fate	Acquired by Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems
Headquarters	Ayer, Massachusetts , United States
Products	Embedded computing solutions (OpenVPX, VPX, VXS, VMEbus, VME64X, CompactPCI, rugged MicroTCA)
Parent	Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems (2010–2015)

Hybricon Corporation specializes in systems packaging tailored for sectors such as military, aerospace, homeland security, medical, and advanced industrial applications. The company designs embedded computing solutions utilizing standards and architectures including OpenVPX, VPX, VXS, VMEbus, VME64X, CompactPCI, rugged MicroTCA, as well as proprietary bus systems.

History

Established in 1976 by Charles Michael Hayward in Littleton, Massachusetts, Hybricon initially focused on marketing wire wrap products by 1979. After Hayward’s 22 years leading the company, Paul R. Freve assumed the presidency in 2000.

Up until 2008, Hybricon participated as a member of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) and was also affiliated with the VMEbus International Trade Association (VITA). In 2009, the company became a founding participant in the OpenVPX Industry Working Standards Group. That same year at Milcom 2009, Hybricon collaborated with Curtiss-Wright to showcase the inaugural operational OpenVPX system, which incorporated an OpenVPX backplane housed within a Hybricon conduction-cooled chassis equipped with Curtiss-Wright 3U cards.

In 2010, Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems acquired Hybricon for $19 million in cash. At that point headquartered in Ayer, Massachusetts, Hybricon reported annual revenues near $17 million and was integrated into Curtiss-Wright as their engineered packaging division. Later that year, Hybricon launched CoolWall, a thermal management innovation designed to improve chassis cooling efficiency.

Hybricon’s assets were purchased by Atrenne Integrated Solutions in 2015. Atrenne, established in 2014 through the consolidation of AbelConn Electronics, CBT Technology, Photo Etch, and SIE Computing Solutions and led by Jan Erik Mathiesen, operated out of Minneapolis. Subsequently, in April 2018, Celestica—a company based in Toronto—finalized its acquisition of Atrenne.

See also

• List of United States defense contractors
• Systems integrator
• Government contractor