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Frequency Control Components
News Release from: Temex
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 December 2002
Temex acquires Thales Microsonics
Temex and Thales have finalised an agreement concerning their businesses related to the design and production of radio frequency components for mobile telephones and telecomms infrastructure networks.
Temex and Thales have finalised an agreement concerning their businesses related to the design and production of radio frequency components for mobile telephones and telecomms infrastructure networks Under the agreement, Temex has acquired Thales Microsonics, one of the world's major manufacturers of SAW (surface acoustic wave) components and high-frequency VCO/PLL (voltage controlled oscillators/phase locked loop) modules
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 31 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company will be called Temex Microsonics (TMX).
Thales Microsonics' medical probe business is not being sold and is being transferred to Thales Ultrasound Probes.
The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.
"By divesting this telecommunications components business, Thales is pursuing the rationalisation of its IT and S business area's portfolio", stated Michel Roger, Senior Vice President of the Communications Components Business Group.
"In Temex we have found a partner who has demonstrated its capacity to successfully integrate new businesses and who intends to become a major player in the passive components sector".
"The complementary nature of Temex and Thales Microsonics' customer base and product range is key to developing these businesses", said Jean-Pierre Euvrard, Chairman and CEO of Temex.
"Together we form a source of innovation and a long-term supplier to the professional and consumer markets that we target".
"The global sales network dedicated to Temex passive components will help accelerate the development of our SAW filter and VCO business", added Jean-Yves Courtois, CEO of Thales Microsonics, "and strengthen our position as a major player in the market.
Furthermore, we will be using the technologies developed by Temex SAW (Neuchatel, Switzerland) to extend our range of RF filters, for which demand is rapidly growing".
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