Stantum (www.stantum.com), the pioneering multi-touch technology provider, announced today that it has officially opened a liaison office in Japan.
Stantum’s new office in Tokyo will allow building new partnerships with Japanese OEMs and touch panel/display/silicon vendors as well as offering a greater commercial and technical support from local professionals to their increasing demand for Stantum’s Multi-Touch technology.
“Japan is a crucial country for Stantum’s global business goals since it is a leading country for Gaming, PC, Smartphone, Car Navigation markets but also for touch panel and display,” explains Robert Pelissier, VP Sales & Business Development.
Stantum multi-touch technology implementation and deployment in professional audio products since 2005 explain its high robustness and reliability as well as its solid IP foundations. The company now brings highly integrated and production-ready solutions to the market by having its multi-touch technology licensed to leading semiconductor companies.
Mr. Pelissier adds, “Stantum multi-touch will be deployed in high volume consumer products as of 2010 and most of key companies in the world are currently evaluating or considering to design Stantum multi-touch in new products within the next months.”
Masaki Kubodera is acting as Director of Sales & Business Development for Japanese operations. Mr. Kubodera has more than 15 years of sales, marketing and business development experience in the wireless semiconductor industry with a focus on mobile consumer electronics technologies.
“Due to its unmatched advantages, Stantum’s Multi-Touch technology is promised to be a leading standard for mobile phones, MIDs (mobile internet devices), game consoles or laptops, and I am very proud to bring it to the Japanese market,” says Mr. Kubodera.
Stantum is headquartered in Bordeaux, France, and plans to continue exploring additional opportunities for growth throughout the Asia Pacific region.
For more information about Stantum please visit www.stantum.com.
About Stantum
Stantum has been the pioneering company in multi-touch display technology since 2002, and in 2005 was the first company to market commercial products using a truly reliable multi-touch user interface. Today, Stantum’s patented and breakthrough multi-touch technology portfolio is available under license of IP bricks (IP core, firmware and software) and associated engineering and design services.
2002 Company founded under the name “JazzMutant” by Guillaume Largillier (now Chief Strategy Officer) and Pascal Joguet (now Chief Technology Officer)
2004 First patents about multi-touch technology
2005 Release of the “Lemur”, the first multi-touch product available to consumer market
2007 JazzMutant becomes Stantum and starts its OEM activity
2008 Major multi-touch patent grant in Europe and China
First licenses secured
Management team reinforced
Embedded demo kits released
2009 Series B financing round
Solution available for mass production (touch-panels & controllers)
Offices opening in the USA and Japan
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