Product category:
Optoelectronic Sensors, Switches and Receivers
News Release from: WBC
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 March 2005
European distribution for fingerprint
solutions
WBC has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Upek, the California-based developer and provider of innovative biometric fingerprint authentication solutions.
WBC has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Upek, the California-based developer and provider of innovative biometric fingerprint authentication solutions The company was spun off from STMicroelectronics in March 2004
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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WBC is authorised to sell the complete offering of TouchChip and TouchStrip silicon fingerprint area and strip sensors, companion processors, USB readers, embedded biometric subsystems, development kits, and application software.
Under the agreement, which is effective immediately, WBC will provide sales and technical services to support Upek's full line of biometric products in all European countries.
WBC, a specialist semiconductor distributor within Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA, stressed that the deal goes far beyond traditional distribution agreements.
"The market for biometric products and solutions is exploding at present", says WBC President Klaus Mueller, "but integrating the semiconductor products into systems and subsystems calls for highly specialised skills and knowledge".
"We will be offering these technical services to customers as part of a total package so that they can accelerate the time to market and share in the current market opportunities".
Mueller added: "WBC is keen to act as a technology and innovation incubator, helping manufacturers and customers achieve quick adoption of new technologies".
"It's an approach we introduced with our 'high tech garden' concept, bringing together a selection of innovative, high-tech companies with unique semiconductor technologies".
"Biometrics is a sector where there is enormous potential and Upek's market leadership in this area ideally suits our own quest to offer leading-edge semiconductor products and support to our customers".
Patrick Bouju, Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Upek, said: "After evaluating the market, we determined that WBC would be able to play a key role in supporting the growth of biometric technology".
"Their philosophy, going beyond demand creation, fits well with Upek's expertise and business model and I'm confident that they have the infrastructure and capabilities to meet the technical and commercial needs of our target markets".
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