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Tronics extends into U.S. for MEMS
THE TEXAS based company extends automotive, printer, aerospace and idea of bringing rapid industrialisation
Tronics Microsystems’ Custom MEMS consumer applications. and high volume manufacturing expertise
expertise and increases MEMS volume “Customers will benefit from Tronics and capabilities for MEMS devices to the
production capabilities for North MEMS’s U.S. based MEMS development U.S. market,” said Brian Stephenson,
American companies. and manufacturing expertise, production president and COO of Tronics MEMS,
Tronics Microsystems, a provider of capacity and customer support. Tronics “The MEMS industrialisation and
custom MEMS components and MEMS employs a team of dedicated volume manufacturing expertise of the
microsystems for demanding applications, engineers, project managers and Tronics MEMS team, coupled with
announced the formation of Tronics executive industry veterans with Tronics Microsystems’ excellent
MEMS, a U.S. company that will focus extensive experience in MEMS process reputation for quality, reliable custom
on providing prototyping, qualification development and high volume MEMS component manufacturing and
and volume production services for manufacturing. The Tronics MEMS’s packaging, allows us to deliver
custom MEMS components for the North team has long standing expertise in exceptional MEMS development and
American market. MEMS process development and product manufacturing solutions to our North
Tronics MEMS joins MedTech industrialisation. They will significantly American customers.”
Development in the U.S. and Tronics strengthen our ability to provide Tronics MEMS will focus on custom
Microsystems in Europe to position the innovative solutions for the MEMS process development and volume
multi national Tronics group of manufacturing of custom MEMS MEMS manufacturing. Tronics
companies to best serve customers in products in the important U.S. market,” Microsystems, based in Crolles, France,
North America, Europe and Asia. said Peter Pfluger, CEO of Tronics will remain focused in producing highly
Operating out of a 140,000 square Microsystems. “Additionally, this differentiated custom MEMS and
feet facility in Richardson, Texas, Tronics increased U.S. based manufacturing microsystems for a diverse customer base
MEMS offers innovative, customised capacity will help us accommodate our in the medical, life sciences,
MEMS process and production solutions growing global customer base.” instrumentation, transportation and other
to customers for medical, mobile media, “Tronics MEMS was created with the industries around the world.
Finland and Russia sign agreement
THE MEMORANDUM was signed on the under the agreement.
3rd of December within the first day of Today, Finland occupies one of the
the Nanotechnology International Forum. leading positions in the world rating of
The document was signed by Anatoly economy competitiveness among highly
Chubais, Director General of the Russian developed countries. The Finnish national
Corporation of Nanotechnologies model of the innovative economy and
(RUSNANO), and Mikko Alkio, State application of new knowledge is
Secretary of the Ministry of Employment recognised to be one of the most efficient
and the Economy. in the world. Development of the the rest 70% are the private investors’
The document covers the information nanotechnologies receives the higher investment funds.
exchange on the national policy in the priority for financing with a great role of The key link of the Finnish innovative
sphere of nanotechnologies, scientific private funds. infrastructure is TEKES, the National
research, production and potential The Academy allocates the budget Technological Agency attached to the
markets, development of the mechanisms investments in the sphere of fundamental Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Its
used for evaluating the nanotechnology researches in Finland. It invests the funds basic function is to initiate an active joint
application perspectives and risks, into the projects in the new perspective work of the company’s scientific
certification and standardisation of the branches and finances “Centres of subdivisions with the scientific groups of
nanotechnological research results, Excellence”. This is a chain of the most the universities and institutes.
intellectual property protection in the advanced laboratories and scientific TEKES provides 35.80% of the
field of nanotechnologies. centers selected once per five years. They amount required to implement the
The parties will co-operate in obtain additional financing for making submitted project; the rest part is to be
implementation of the projects connected scientific researches. invested by the company itself. At that,
with commercialisation of the Russian A link between science and real sector the more universities, scientific institutes
and Finnish nanotechnological is provided by the Technical Scientific and companies are specified in the list of
developments as well as in executing the Centre VTT (Valtion teknillinen this project participants, the more
scientific work on foresight in the sphere tutkimuskeskus), the main goal of which chances to be supported such a project
of nanotechnologies and drawing up of is to make the applied researches within has.
the road maps. It is planned to conduct a wide range of directions in order to Through TEKES the government
joint seminars, symposia and activities in bring new knowledge to the level of new provides the widest application of new
the sphere of nanotechnologies, provide products. The organisation’s budget is knowledge and technologies in the
mutual visits and specialist exchanges formed by 30% out of the state funds, economy of the country.
December 2008 / January 2009 www.micronanosystems.info
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