Company Description | Venture Corporate provides original design and manufacturing ("ODM") services for Point-of-Sale ("POS") systems and other industrial applications such as metering products, industrial Controllers and diagnostic test equipment as well as contract manufacturing for electronics products. Founded in 1984, the Venture group comprises about 30 companies with global clusters of excellence in South-East Asia, North-East Asia, the Americas and Europe, and employs more than 14,000 people worldwide. | 3D Systems provides advanced and comprehensive 3D digital design and fabrication solutions, including 3D printers, print materials and cloud-sourced custom-designed parts. Their comprehensive range of 3D printers is the industry’s benchmark for production-grade manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, patient specific medical device and a variety of accessories. | RAFI was founded in Ravensburg in the year 1900. The RAFI Group is active on a worldwide level with approx. 2,000 employees in seven manufacturing and three distribution companies. Its headquarters are located in Berg near Ravensburg, Germany.
RAFI develops and produces electro-mechanical components, control systems for human-machine communication as well as electronic assemblies and devices. The great level of added value within the RAFI Group is ensured due to relevant expertise and delivery reliability for all RAFI customers.
The product division for electromagnetic components is made up of short-travel keyswitches of the MICON, RACON and RF series that are used in industrial membrane keyboards, car steering wheels, and car remote controls. The LUMOTAST pushbuttons and RAFIX control components are primarily used for mechanical/plant engineering applications and control systems. In particular, the RAFIX 22 FS series, with an extremely flat design and the PCB mounting option, is still the technological leader in this segment. | Ricoh is a global information and technology company building on our legacy of workstyle innovation in a new world of work. With a strong history of introducing new technologies into the workplace and deep expertise in managing and accessing information, Ricoh continues to change the way people work today with innovative products and dynamic solutions that help businesses grow and profit. | Preformed Line Products (PLP) is a worldwide designer, manufacturer and supplier of high quality cable anchoring and control hardware and systems, fiber optic and copper splice closures, and high-speed cross-connect devices. | Since 1995 TQ-Systems GmbH has offered Embedded Systems for industrial use. During this period the company has expanded to one of the leading embedded manufacturers in Europe. TQ-Systems is part of the TQ Group. The TQ Group has more than 1.300 employees working at seven locations worldwide.
Range of performance:
Processor modules with Intel, Freescale and TI processors
Ready-to-use industrial systems
Evaluation boards
Mainboards
Industrial PCs
Customer specific solutions
Manufacturing services
Engineering services | Nordic Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra low power (ULP) short-range wireless communication. The company’s range of 2.4GHz transceiver and transmitter devices are employed by some of the world’s leading brands in a wide variety of applications like wireless keyboard and mouse, game Controllers, and intelligent sports equipment.
Nordic is a member of the ANT+ Alliance and has successfully collaborated with ANT Wireless of Cochrane, Canada, since 2005. ANT devices– using Nordic 2.4GHz transceivers and the proven ANT protocol – have been used in millions of wireless sensor nodes across the world. ANT is perfectly suited for any kind of low data rate sensor network topologies in Personal Area Networks (PANs) and practical Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs).
Nordic’s products are all manufactured in state of the art semiconductor process technologies through strong, long-term relationships with world-best manufacturing facilities. Nordic is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. All operations are managed according to the ISO 9001:2000-approved quality Assurance system. | Pegatron is a worldwide leader in electronic and computing Design and Manufacturing Service with extensive experience in product development and vertically integrated capabilities. Pegatron boasts a diversified product line, including motherboards, desktop PCs, notebooks, broadband, wireless systems, game consoles, networking equipment, Set-top boxes, multimedia, LCD TVs, and more.
Year founded: 2008
TPE: 4938 | At Red Hat, we connect an innovative community of customers, partners, and contributors to deliver an Open Source stack of trusted, high-performing technologies that solve business problems. We’re a billion dollar S&P 500 company offering solutions from Linux to middleware, storage to cloud, together with award-winning global customer support, consulting, and implementation services. |
IoT Solutions | | 3D Systems unlocks the potential within each of us to transform the way we work, learn and live. As the originator of 3D printing and shaper of the future of 3D solutions, they have spent 30 years of history making 3D technologies accessible, easy to use, productive and gratifying, enabling innovators around the world to transform ideas into tangible outcomes.
3D Systems’ products and services disrupt traditional methods, deliver improved results and empower its customers to manufacture the future now. Their powerful ecosystem transforms entire industries by empowering users to bring their ideas to life using its vast material selection, including plastics, elastomers, metals and bio-compatible materials. 3D Systems’ leading personalized medicine capabilities include end-to-end simulation, training and planning, and printing of patient-specific surgical instruments and medical and dental devices. And their 3D digital design, fabrication and inspection products provide seamless Interoperability and incorporate the latest immersive computing technologies. | | | | | Whilst still in its infancy, the Internet of Things (IoT) is in part evolving by using Bluetooth Smart as an underpinning technology. Bluetooth Smart is rapidly being adopted for short-range wireless connectivity between compact, coin cell-powered accessories using RF sensors and smartphone ‘hubs’ supporting associated software applications. The ARM mbed initiative is a collaborative industry project that plans to nurture the IoT. The initiative delivers tools and fundamental open-source hardware and software building blocks for the rapid development of ARM-based devices.
The collaboration between Nordic Semiconductor and ARM has resulted in Nordic’s nRF51822 System-on-Chip (SoC) which combines a Bluetooth v4.1-compliant 2.4GHz multiprotocol radio with an ARM Cortex-M0 CPU core on a single chip optimized for ultra-low power operation. The nRF51822 Series offers developers the ideal platform for designing the wirelessly-connected sensors that will help turn the IoT from a technological concept into reality as the mechanisms to transfer IP data from sensor nodes begin to appear. | PEGA D&E is the design team of PEGATRON. In addition to being long-term experts in information technology development, PEGA D&E strives to explore dynamic fields and pursues breakthroughs in its own designs. The team has stunned the international design scene with its creative capabilities and received several notable awards since its founding five years ago.
PEGA D&E's team of seasoned designers and R&D engineers, with support from in-house prototyping and materials labs, provide clients with comprehensive product development services during each stage of the development cycle. From market research, conceptualization, product design, materials study to production process and mass production, they offer a clear and direct communication channel between PEGA D&E's team and its clients, ensuring quality and efficiency all the way.
The company will continue making new advancements in the Internet of Things (IoT), wearable devices and automotive electronics. | |
Key Customers | | GE Consumer & Industrial, Micron Technology, NASA, Sanmina-SCI, Teleflex Marine | | | | | PeakColo, Suncorp, Thomson Reuters | Apple, Asustek Computer, Lenovo | KBS, GCA Technology Services, UNE EPM, Novamedia, Produban, Cerner |