Companies who have been unable to tap into
the lucrative ZigBee market for wireless control and monitoring
products due to a lack of design and manufacturing capabilities now
have a fast, easy way to outsource their design and manufacturing
needs, thanks to a partnership announced today between Ember
Corporation and Mototech, a high-tech ODM/OEM powerhouse located at
Science-Based Industrial Park in Taiwan.
Mototech will offer contract design and manufacturing services to
Ember customers, with expertise in integrating Ember’s IEEE 802.15.4
wireless semiconductor systems into a range of electronics for home
and building automation, entertainment and other low power network
applications. By leveraging Mototech’s design and manufacturing
expertise, world-class contract manufacturing capability and an
extensive supply chain infrastructure, the partnership will provide
companies with significant development and production cost savings, as
well as faster time-to-market thanks to Mototech’s quick capacity
ramp-up capabilities. Mototech, which has established a global
reputation for delivering high quality broadband, networking and
wireless equipment for some of the world’s top tier brands, will offer
both low- and high-volume production services to accommodate a variety
of Ember customers.
“With the ZigBee market set to explode, it’s all about fast
time-to-market. But achieving high volume production quickly with high
quality is beyond the reach of many companies,” said Venkat Bahl,
Ember’s vice president of marketing. “The speed and ease provided by
Ember’s application development kit combined with Mototech’s
outsourced design and manufacturing muscle means ODM/OEMs can gain a
competitive edge and lower production costs.”
Mototech partnered with Ember because its standards-based
comprehensive hardware and software products are already proven in
numerous real-world applications, as well as Ember’s ZigBee expertise
and leadership. ZigBee is a wireless, standards-based radio technology
that addresses the unique needs of remote monitoring and control, and
sensor network applications. Ember’s technology is helping buildings
consume less energy, enabling industries to improve their
environmental impact, making our homes safer and more comfortable,
helping factories run with fewer breakdowns, and protecting the
country’s borders. Ember is a promoter of the ZigBee Alliance, and its
semiconductor system is the National Technical Systems’ (NTS) “Golden
Suite” for evaluating IEEE 802.15.4 products for interoperability.
“We are extremely excited about this partnership opportunity with
Ember,” states KY Chou, president of Mototech. “We are putting the
full support of Mototech’s resources to work with Ember to deliver a
cost-effective ZigBee solution. Our product strategy is to develop
building-block modules that can be easily integrated by OEM and ODM
customers.”
About Mototech
Mototech is a global leader in providing solutions integrating
data communications, video, audio and voice. Its solutions include
data/voice/video/audio products for the SOHO market, digital media and
gateway systems for home entertainment and automation, and interactive
systems for the Telcos and Cable Operators. For more information,
please visit www.mototech.com.tw.
About Ember Corporation
Ember Corporation develops wireless semiconductor solutions that
help buildings consume less energy, manufacturing plants run with
fewer breakdowns, and the country’s borders and infrastructure remain
safe and secure. Its vision is to help create an “Internet of things”
by enabling the eight billion microcontrollers built into products
each year to support low-cost, low-power networking applications in
any industry. Headquartered in Boston with offices and distributors
worldwide, the company was named one of Fortune Magazine’s top “Cool
Companies” and Red Herring’s “Top 100 Innovators” for 2004. For more
information, please visit www.ember.com.
