Stockholm, Sweden and Madrid, Spain, May 2006. Imsys Technologies AB and Matrix Electronica S.L. announce today a collaboration effort by the signing of a distribution agreement between the parties. Matrix Electronica will distribute Imsys’ line of Java-enabled microcontrollers, prototyping kits, modules and development tools throughout their channels in Europe.
Matrix has offices in Spain, Portugal and France. “With a growing number of customers in the countries were Matrix is active we feel today very happy to enter this partnership. Matrix has shown over the years they are able to grow at a pace better than the market itself. Their focused approach of adding value to their their customers and presence in several countries with regional offices is very valuable for a good customer interaction and support and in line with our goal of serving customers as closely as possible.”, says Ola Andersson, President and CEO of Imsys Technologies.
“Important for Matrix is to carry, at every time, advanced and innovative products available to keep the company and its customer and partners top performers in this very competitive market. Todays partnership will help us to reach our goal by supplying a mix of products; processors, modules and kits, suitable for either price optimization or time to market considerations”, says José Vilallonga Presas, President & CEO of Matrix.
About Imsys
Imsys is a fables semiconductor company located in Stockholm, Sweden, with US offices in Dallas andSunnyvale. The company develops reconfigurable processor platforms. The processors can beprogrammed in Java, C/C++, assembler and microcode. An important part of the company offering is the Internet enabled reference modules shipped as ready-to-go subsystems with complete operating system and file system environment. Target segments for the integrated hardware and software platform are wired and wireless communications, graphic display technologies and image processing applied in telecom, automotive, industrial automation and consumer electronics.
About Matrix Electronica
Matrix Electronica is a founding member of the Advanced European (AE), a group of seven independentspecialist distributors of electronic components, modules and sub system. Matrix has operations in Spainand through its fully owned subsidiaries Fleximatrix in France and Lusomatrix in Portugal. Earlier thisyear AE entered the Europartners 'Top 10' table of distributors measured by sales. It aims to servecustomer needs throughout Europe, where technical innovation is essential. Advanced European'sobjective is to strengthen each of the distributors by working with the industry's most advanced andinnovative manufacturers.
For customers and suppliers it ensures local identity and culture first andgroup strength next. It is dedicated to the implementation and supply of high technology electronic components.