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Frequency Control Components
News Release from: Temex
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2003
SAW devices aid tyre pressure monitoring
Transense Technologies has signed a worldwide licence with Temex Microsonics to manufacture SAW pressure devices using the company's patented technology for use in tyre pressure monitoring systems.
Transense Technologies has signed a worldwide licence with Temex Microsonics to manufacture SAW pressure devices using the company's patented technology for use in tyre pressure monitoring applications (TPMS) Temex recently acquired Thales Microsonics a division of the French Thales defence group (formerly known as Thomson-CSF)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 31 Jan 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The merger makes Temex the world's third largest producer of SAW based RF and microwave components with plants in France and Switzerland.
Thales was initially granted a restricted interim licence last August to supply the pressure SAW sensors to Transense tyre pressure licensees who are carrying out trials on TPMS.
Jim Perry, CEO of Transense, said last night: "I am pleased to say that, after many months of negotiations, we have been able to sign this Licence agreement with Temex.
The merger between Thales and Temex who, at one stage, were both negotiating licence agreements with us caused a major part of the delay.
This licence means that we now have two major world class licensed manufacturers of the SAW sensors, which are core to our technology.
Last October we announced that TAI-SAW a Taiwan based company had signed a manufacturing licence with us for TPMS.
Seeing that all these companies had to meet the huge demand of the mobile phone industry, I feel confident in saying that between them they should be able to satisfy the very large numbers of sensors that will be demanded for tyre pressure and temperature measurement systems.
Jean-Pierre Euvrard, the President of Temex said last night "We are very excited by the new opportunities opened by this licence.
It is a strategic move for us to achieve a balance between our main market, the Telecom industry, and a new area, automotive equipment, which brings fast growing new applications for our electronic components".
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