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MEMS FOUNDRY OF THE YEAR
1994 to over $23 million last year. ● Microfluidic devices that lie at the
During this time the company has been heart of bioanalysis instruments and that
profitable every year except one, a result are used to detect the presence of diseases
unequalled by any other company in the like HIV and cystic fibrosis or analyse
MEMS industry. DNA from a blood sample. These
MICRALYNE
miniature devices are able to reduce the
www.micralyne.com TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION turnaround time for analysis results from
Technology Innovation is a key component days to minutes.
Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, to Micralyne's success. Since becoming an ● A component within printing
Micralyne Inc. has evolved into one of the independent manufacturer ten years ago, equipment typically used to print most of
leading MEMS manufacturing companies Micralyne has followed three key the widely read, high gloss magazines in
in the world. Micralyne leads the industry principles: the world today.
by focusing on sustainable profit and ● Implantable drug delivery devices:
customer fulfillment. Micralyne's core ● Long term-sustainable profitability These devices can be implanted into a
business is to develop and manufacture ● Customer focus human body and used to deliver particular
MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical- ● Growth drugs when activated by an outside
Systems)-based products. Micralyne's source, such as a remote control. This
products are found in telecommunications These three principles have helped drive new technology is an important step for
networks, automobiles, medical devices, its innovation and manage its success. By the implementation of therapeutic
and chemical analysis instrumentation. understanding its customers and the regimens. It also highlights the huge
Micralyne added 11,000 sq.ft. of new market contexts in which they operate, potential of using MEMS devices in the
plant space and 4,500 sq.ft. of new office Micralyne is able to add value to each life sciences industry.
space built during 2007 and now has over customer's organisation. This allows CONCLUSION
55,000 sq.ft. in operation. This included Micralyne to creatively address its client's Micralyne has proven that it is a leader in
an increase of clean fab space by 83% needs and anticipate future involvement in its industry with a successful business
and clean test and assembly space by delivering innovative technologies to move model that includes long term-sustainable
128%. its client's ideas forward into reality. profitability, customer focus and growth.
It has been a long climb from 1988 when
MARKET EVALUATION INFLUENCING THE SMALL TECH Micralyne was a university-owned not-for-
Micralyne is Canada's only independent INDUSTRY profit organisation to today's highly
MEMS manufacturer and has become Micralyne recently celebrated its tenth competitive, highly profitable independent
known as one of the world's leading year since becoming Canada's first and organization.
independent OEM MEMS manufacturers. only independent MEMS foundry. Over Micralyne looks forward to continuing
Transitioning from a university-owned the ten years, Micralyne has succeeded by its success by bringing innovative MEMS
not-for-profit to a privately held adding value to its customers and by designs and processes to market, and by
corporation, Micralyne Inc. has generated increasing revenues continuously. In continuing to add extraordinary value to
long term growth averaging 20% addition to this growth, staff levels and its customers.
annually, growing from $1.7 million in facility space have increased over the past
year. Micralyne's past and current
success is evidence that with a strong
business plan, an independent foundry can
not only be profitable but can be a
benchmark for the MEMS industry.
TRONICS MICROSYSTEMS S.A.
IMPACT ON SOCIETY
www.tronics.eu
MEMS technology is driving significant
innovations in many parts of the economy,
Fast growth, highly profitable
including communications, life sciences,
MEMS contract manufacturer
energy and transportation. Micralynes top
executives actively lead a highly focused The MEMS foundry/MEMS contract
engineering and manufacturing team that manufacturing business grew by 30% in
has developed some radically innovative 2007, Tronics Microsystems, a France-
applications for Micralyne's international based contract manufacturer of custom
customer base: MEMS components and microsystems
● Optical switch components installed and a leader in the production of custom
into telecommunication networks to components based on SOI-MEMS
facilitate the increase in internet technologies, posted a 56% revenue
bandwidth to homes and businesses. growth at 10.5M € (15.4M$) in the same
period. The company declared that 80%
July 2008
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