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For immediate release
June 16th, 2009
Macnica and Intersil Expand Partnership to Central Europe
Macnica GmbH, a German subsidiary of one of Japan's premier semiconductor distributors, Macnica, Inc., headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, has entered into a definitive distribution agreement with Intersil, who itself is a leader in specializing in high performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors.
Macnica's global workforce comprises over 1,500 employees, and for the fiscal year ending March 2009 Macnica attained approximately US$1.3B in revenue. More than one-forth (400) of it's total employees are highly skilled engineering talents, including engineers in the fields of : semiconductor application support, electronic circuitry design, and embedded software development that provides component level support to system level consulting services.
Macnica, Inc., established Macnica GmbH in June 2008, with sales offices in Ingolstadt and Dusseldorf to provide European customers with timely and in depth service in the latest semiconductor product trends along with direct comprehensive technical support of unparalleled levels. Macnica, Inc's., close working relationship with Intersil has spanned for more than 30 years of successful partnership in Japan.
"We are extremely delighted to be appointed by our long time partner, Intersil, as a distributor in Central Europe," said Shiro Watanabe, Managing Director of Macnica GmbH. "Macnica offers its customers complete design support for Intersil applications based on our long experience with their high performance analog IC and system design knowledge," he continued. " Macnica's global service network can provide European customers with end-to-end support from the design phase mostly done in Europe to mass production which is often transferred to China or ASEAN countries."
"Intersil is proud to extend the existing partnership with Macnica towards Central Europe. We were looking to add more and deeper technical knowledge to our distribution network, and Macnica convinced us fully about their ability to deliver this expertise. With these strengths, we are confident that they will take our world class technology to a whole range of customers that are not currently using Intersil products" said Robert Pfister, acting VP of European Sales, Intersil GmbH.
Macnica GmbH will start product shipment for Intersil in June in Central Europe from its European Distribution Center located in Munich.
About Macnica
Macnica, Inc. was established in 1972 as a semiconductor distribution company, now headquartered in Yokohama, Japan and servicing customers in Japan and Asia through its 20 sales offices in Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, and Korea. Total number of employees is over 1,500 worldwide and total revenue for fiscal 2008 was approximately US$1.3B. Macnica is particularly well known for having an excellent engineering team of more than 400 FAE's with a strong focus on providing technical support for its customers. Macnica is continuing to improve its presence globally by having successful partners in strategic areas in the electronics market.
About Intersil
Intersil Corporation is a leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance analog and mixed signal semiconductors. The Company's products address some of the industry's fastest growing markets, such as flat panel displays, cell phones, other handheld systems, and notebooks. Intersil product families address power management functions and analog signal processing functions. Intersil products include ICs for battery management, hot-swap and hot-plug controllers, linear regulators, power sequencers, supervisory ICs, bridge drivers, PWM controllers, switching DC/DC regulators, Zilker Labs Digital Power ICs and power MOSFET drivers; optical storage laser diode drivers; DSL line drivers; D2Audio products; video and high-performance operational amplifiers; high-speed data converters; interface ICs; analog switches and multiplexers; cross-point switches; voice-over-IP devices; and ICs for military, space and radiation-hardened applications. For more information about Intersil or to find out how to become a member of our winning team, visit the Company's web site and career page at www.intersil.com.
