Date: 07/07/2010

Dexter to distribute austriamicrosystem's magnetic sensors in Noth America

Dexter will be a franchised value-added provider of austriamicrosystems' magnetic sensors and associated magnetic products, including engineered modules, in North America. This arrangement is focused on providing magnetic sensor customers with a complete engineered solution incorporating sensors and magnetic technology. Dexter will use its magnetic components to complement austriamicrosystems' magnetic sensors IC's.

"This partnership between our two companies is very unique for the design engineer as we are bridging the industry gap in magnetics knowledge and providing a single point of magnetic sensor design support for our customers," commented Robert K. Brinley, Senior Vice President-Business Development. David Bates, austriamicrosystems' Channel Partner Manager, Americas said, "Dexter Magnetic Technologies' expertise in magnetic, electronic, and mechanical solutions brings new capabilities to our family of magnetic encoder IC's, and extra value to our customers."