Test Advantage Names Kenneth Ng Sales Manager of Board Repair Business Unit

TEMPE, AZ--(Marketwire - Jul 12, 2011) - Test Advantage, a Boston Semi Equipment Group (BSE Group) company, today announced that it has appointed Kenneth Ng to the position of Sales Manager for the company's board repair business. Ng will focus on selling the company's hardware repair and warranty services to the automated test equipment (ATE) back end semiconductor market. He will be based in Singapore and report to Richard Huang, Vice President of Asia for Test Advantage.

"The board repair business is a key component of Test Advantage's overall plan to provide a comprehensive, value added offering to our customers in the back end secondary market," said Colin Scholefield, executive vice president, BSE Group, holding company of Test Advantage. "Adding Kenneth's experience and background in both sales and the back end semiconductor industry demonstrates our commitment to growing Test Advantage in Asia. His appointment follows our recent acquisition of Microstats, Inc. and represents another enhancement of our overall ATE offering."

Ng joins Test Advantage with a strong background in engineering, test and sales and marketing. His extensive semiconductor-related experience includes positions of increasing responsibility with Systemation Pte. Ltd., Advantest Singapore Pte. Ltd., Siemens Components Singapore Pte. Ltd. and National Semiconductor Singapore.

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Test Advantage
Test Advantage Hardware, LLC (Test Advantage), a BSE Group company, is a global supplier of new and pre-owned back end semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Test Advantage buys, configures, rents, leases, sells and repairs automated test equipment (ATE) used in testing semiconductors. The Company provides the semiconductor industry the technical expertise of a veteran hardware engineering team, an inventory of over 18,000 ATE parts, tester components and test systems and the support of a dedicated hardware repair center. Test Advantage delivers cost-effective, custom-configured semiconductor ATE systems that arrive ready for production. Learn more at www.testadvantage.com.

BSE Group
Boston Semi Equipment LLC (BSE Group) is a holding company for a portfolio of companies providing affordable equipment and service solutions to semiconductor manufacturers. Together, BSE Group and its subsidiaries partner with customers and equipment suppliers to lower cost of ownership while optimizing flexibility and operating leverage. The company simplifies the equipment acquisition process by offering a broad range of financing solutions to its customers to facilitate the lease, rental, and purchase of new and used equipment. Learn more at www.bsegroup.com.