News: Microelectronics
17 October 2023
Innoscience signs MEV Elektronik as European distributor
Gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) power solutions firm Innoscience (Zhuhai) Technology Co Ltd of Suzhou, China has signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Germany-based MEV Elektronik Service GmbH.
Founded in December 2015 with main investment from CMBI, ARM, SK and CATL, Innoscience first established a mass-production 8-inch wafer line for gallium nitride-on-silicon (GaN-on-Si) devices in Zhuhai National Hi-Tech District in November 2017, then inaugurated a new facility in Suzhou in September 2020. The firm now claims to be the largest integrated device manufacturer (IDM) fully focused on GaN technology. Innoscience delivers GaN power devices that can be used in applications including cloud computing, electric vehicles (EV) and automotive, portable devices, mobile phones, chargers and adapters.
MEV is a distributor/stocking representative and manufacturers’ representative that employs 20 engineers to support customers in Germany as well as in Central and Eastern Europe, and has an in-house laboratory where the technical solutions can be developed in partnership with customers. It also focuses on logistics and services that are tailored to meet individual customer’s needs, and builds partnerships with customers and suppliers.
“GaN has applications everywhere, so we need distribution partners who can offer high levels of technical support,” says Dr Denis Marcon, Innoscience’s general manager, Europe. “MEV is a very well-established company and we are sure that existing and new customers will find the expertise they need within MEV’s extensive FAE and logistics teams,” he adds.
“We like to partner with leading suppliers, and Innoscience is the largest 8-inch GaN-on-silicon wafer supplier in the world, with two fabs that are already delivering discrete and integrated GaN solutions,” comments MEV’s marketing manager Wiho Herkenhoff. “We are excited to offer InnoGaN and integrated SolidGaN devices including technical support to our customers, and to show them the high levels of efficiency that these new parts enable a power conversion system to achieve.”
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