Taiyo Yuden and gigaAnt in Bluetooth accord

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Nov 19, 2001

Taiyo Yuden and gigaAnt have signed a nonexclusive agreement for USA and Europe that will provide benefits to both companies and their respective customer bases.

Taiyo Yuden and gigaAnt have signed a nonexclusive agreement for USA and Europe that will provide benefits to both companies and their respective customer bases.

The agreement will offer clients the combined strengths of both companies to significantly shorten time to market for products.

Customers of both companies will benefit from the combination of Taiyo Yuden's expertise in components and modules and gigaAnt's proficiency in radio frequency technology and antenna design.

Taiyo Yuden, a rapidly emerging leader in Bluetooth wireless technology module development and implementation combines its expertise in multilayered component manufacturing, high-frequency circuitry design, advanced assembly techniques and evaluation technologies with aggressive Bluetooth wireless technology research, development and strategic partnerships.

gigaAnt is a major supplier of Bluetooth antennas to many prominent adopters of the Bluetooth technology and was the first european antenna company, and the second globally, to be certified by Ericsson Microelectronics AB as a Bluetooth Solution Provider of antennas for Bluetooth applications.

"We are very pleased to be co-operating with Taiyo Yuden.

Their experience of component and module work will be of enormous benefit to many of our customers", said Patrik Byhmer, Marketing and Sales Director of gigaAnt.