Tros Micr : ACAL BFI AND TRONICS MICROSYSTEMS ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE PAN- EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

(London, UK, and Grenoble, France) Acal BFi, a European leader in advanced technology solutions, have signed a new pan-European distribution agreement with Tronics Microsystems, a designer and manufacturer of innovative nano and microsystems. Under this new partnership, Acal BFi will be exclusively distributing Tronics Microsystems GYPRO^® high performance MEMS inertial sensors to the European markets.

Tronics Microsystems is the only independent European supplier of high performance inertial products. With over 15 years of technology expertise, Tronics Microsystems GYPRO^® standard product line responds to the increasing demand of system manufacturers for highly stable and high-performance inertial sensors. Combining all key benefits on a single chip, Tronics Microsystems standard MEMS inertial sensors are tailored for markets with high added value such as avionics, security, oil & gas and marine.

The GYPRO® series offers best-in-class bias stability (Allan variance) of 0.8°/h and the lowest angular random walk of any comparable gyro. Designed specifically to meet the most demanding requirements of navigation and stabilization applications, Tronics Microsystems GYPRO2300 and GYPRO3300 products boast miniature size, light weight and low power consumption (25mA), offering customers the best performance to price ratio product in the market place.
“We are pleased to partner with Acal BFi, the leading sensor solutions provider in Europe, who have the breadth, scale, knowledge and technical abilities to support customers with their design challenges” said Pascal Langlois, Chief Executive Officer of Tronics Microsystems. “This collaboration represents a new opportunity to accelerate our development in high performance inertial applications, and it will provide our customers with preferred access to Tronics Microsystems state-of-the-art products and technology”.

Martin Kemp, European Business Development Director - Sensors Business Unit at Acal BFi, added: “We are delighted to announce our pan-European partnership with Tronics Microsystems. The addition of their leading-edge range of GYPRO^® standard products complements Acal BFi's existing sensor portfolio and enhances our ability to provide our customers with the highest performance and most innovative products on the market”.

For further information contact your local Acal BFi office or visit http://www.acalbfi.com/sensors.

Notes to editors:

Acal BFi
Acal BFi is a European leader in advanced technology solutions, providing marketing, engineering, design, manufacturing and custom services and the only such provider with an infrastructure to deliver a broad complementary range of specialist products and bespoke solutions across Europe.

Serving all industrial sectors and operating with focused strategic business units covering all electronic and photonics technologies. Acal BFi is part of the Acal Plc Group - The Acal Plc group has completed nine acquisitions in the last four years. Acal's long term strategy is to gain significant additional market share through both organic growth and acquisition and to further enhance its value adding capabilities.

Acal has operating companies across Europe including the UK, Germany, France, Benelux, Italy, Poland, Spain and the Nordic region. Additionally, Acal has operating companies in India, USA, Asia (China and South Korea) and Africa (South Africa).

Tronics Microsystems
Founded in 1997, Tronics Microsystems is a recognized technological leader in the sector of nano & microsystems with high added value. Positioned at the heart of product innovation, Tronics Microsystems has technology platforms protected by a portfolio of 25 families of patents, resulting from 15 years of R&D.

Addressing high-growth markets relying on increasing miniaturization of electronic devices, Tronics Microsystems designs, manufactures and sells custom or standard products to the industry, aeronautics & security, medical and consumer markets.

Located in Crolles, near Grenoble (France) and in Dallas, Texas (United States), Tronics Microsystems now has 92 employees, of whom 55 are engineers and scientists.

For more information please contact:

Acal BFi,
3 The Business Centre,
Molly Millars Lane,
Wokingham,
Berkshire,
RG41 2EY
http://www.acalbfi.com
 

Isabell Keohane
Tel: +44 (0) 1189 024698
Email: isabell.keohane@acalbfi.com
 

Tronics Microsystems
Karl Biasio - Marketing Manager
Tel: +33 (0) 4 76 97 29 50
Email: info@tronicsgroup.com
 

Tronics Microsystems' investors / press relations
France Bentin / Serena Boni
Tel: +33 (0) 4 72 18 04 94
Email: presse@actus.fr