Melexis and Sekorm sign distribution partnership agreement

Tessenderlo, Belgium, 7^th March 2014 – Melexis Technologies NV continues to pursue a major expansion in the global reach of its innovative mixed signal and sensor ICs. To further this goal across China, Melexis and Sekorm have signed a franchised distribution agreement authorizing Sekorm to resell Melexis ICs.

Mr Calvin Xiao, President of Sekorm, said “As a one of the biggest local semiconductor distributors in China, Sekorm's team is very excited by the cooperation agreement with Melexis. The company has a great product portfolio for both the automotive and industrial markets in China, which is the most important market for Sekorm also.  Melexis and Sekorm are perfect match in strategies and culture, so I do believe that this cooperation will be very successful, and Sekorm will help Melexis to grow business in China for long-term in the future.”

Melexis' Global Sales Manager, Gianluigi Morello commented “Melexis has been focused on the rapidly growing automotive market in China. Sekorm has large industrial and telecom customer base, which will help us to extend our business to those markets, a good complementary partner of Melexis. Sekorm also has a wide area coverage in China, we trust the cooperation will bring us more business in China and it will have the effect of 1+1>2.”

About Melexis

Melexis Microelectronic Integrated Systems N.V. (Euronext Brussels:MELE) imagines, creates and delivers innovative mixed signal integrated circuits. Melexis ICs are driving green solutions that enable our customers to bring more energy efficient automotive systems to market. Melexis product portfolio addresses 4 classes of ICs; Sensor, Optoelectronic, Wireless and Actuators. Sensors include magnetic, MEMS, and sensor interface ICs. Optoelectronic products encompass linear arrays, single point sensors, infrared thermometers and CMOS wide dynamic range and night vision cameras. Wireless ICs focus on RKE, TPMS, ISM band applications, NFC, RFID reader and smart tag solutions. Actuator ICs cover LIN and CAN bus networking ICs and advanced BLDC motor driver technology. Melexis is proud of its participation toward reducing the human race's global environmental footprint.

For more information visit www.melexis.com.