Leti and Omron to concentrate on MEMS
MEMS is all the rage at the moment - there is a race to see which companies will make the most difference.
The latest developement in the field is that CEA-Leti has made an agreement that will utilise Leti's deep MEMS expertise and infrastructure with Omron, a global manufacturer in factory automation and control solutions for the transportation, healthcare and consumer-goods industries.
While Leti has a Tokyo office and has partnered with Japanese companies and research organisations for many years, the agreement is Leti's first collaboration with a Japanese MEMS manufacturer.
Omron is looking forward to this collaboration with Leti in the field of MEMS," says Yoshio Sekiguchi, senior general manager at Omron's Micro Devices HQ. "We see true synergies between our MEMS division and Leti's world-leading operations in this field."
Leti says it has Europe's largest MEMS R&D lab on one site, with more than 150 engineers, technicians, Ph.D. students and post-doc researchers working on projects for consumer applications and mobile phones, and for the automotive, space, defence and health markets. Its MEMS research domains include actuators, sensors, RF MEMS and passives, packaging and associated design kits, and characterisation and reliability testing.
"We are excited about working with Omron's MEMS division, which is a worldwide leader in this technology," says an elated Julien Arcamone, MEMS business development manager at Leti. "This agreement underscores the quality of Leti's advanced offerings for the global MEMS market, as well as its growing portfolio of international partners."
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