Actel Signs Unique as New Distribution Partner for Hong Kong/China; Unique Strengthens Actel's Distribution Network and Design Support Capabilities in the Hong Kong/China Area.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1998--Actel Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ACTL ACTL American College of Trial Lawyers (Irvine, California) ACTL Access Carrier Terminal Location ACTL Activation Library ACTL Automated Compatibility Test Laboratory ACTL Association Cultural Turkey-Luxembourg ) today announced it has signed a partnership agreement with Unique of Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , as its distribution partner for People's Republic People's Republic n. A political organization founded and controlled by a national Communist party. of China (PRC) and ASEAN ASEAN: see Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN in full Association of Southeast Asian Nations International organization established by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in regions. Unique, a division of Memec (Asia Pacific) Ltd. and part of the worldwide Memec Group within VEBA VEBA Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Association Electronics Inc., is a leading distributor in marketing specialist semiconductors. Unique will offer support for all of Actel's existing and future field programmable gate array See FPGA. (FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. ) products. Under the agreement, Unique will distribute all Actel FPGA devices, which includes: its non-volatile SX family, the industry's fastest FPGAs; the high-performance, low-cost MX family; and the recently added, FLASH-based ProASIC family of non-volatile, high-density, reprogrammable logic ICs. "Unique's position and resources in China makes it an extremely valuable distribution partner for Actel," said Patrick E. Ellington, director of Asian-Pacific sales and marketing, Actel Corporation. "Utilizing the strengths of its Design Services, Unique has constructed very strong relationship with many strategic customers throughout the PRC and ASEAN regions. This partnership will provide Actel with a winning combination of design experience and customer knowledge to help expand and enhance our presence in the critical China market." "We are tremendously excited to partner with Actel in Hong Kong/China," said David Ashworth David Ashworth (d. 1947) was a former football referee, famous for managing Liverpool F.C. and Oldham Athletic. He was born in Waterford in the Republic of Ireland in 1868. , managing director of Memec (Asia Pacific) Ltd. "Actel's innovative products are complementary to the existing product lines that Unique represents/distributes, and therefore allows us to offer customers a more complete total solution. With our support, Unique will increase Actel's presence in the fast growing China market and better serve the Chinese electronics community." Unique will be supported by the recently opened Actel sales office in Hong Kong headed by Henry Sun, Actel's newly appointed regional sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → . Unique supports distribution throughout the Asia-Pacific region via its headquarters in Hong Kong and branch offices in Korea, Taiwan, ASEAN, the PRC and India (Mumbai, Bangalore, and New Delhi New Delhi (dĕl`ē), city (1991 pop. 294,149), capital of India and of Delhi state, N central India, on the right bank of the Yamuna River. ). About Actel Actel is dedicated to providing logic designers with the capability and confidence to successfully move up to higher complexity designs. The company is the world's leading supplier of antifuse-based field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and associated software development tools. FPGAs are used by designers of communications, computer, medical, military/aerospace, industrial control, and other electronic systems to differentiate their products and get them to market faster. Actel is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACTL and is located at 955 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, California, 94086-4533. Telephone: 408/739-1010. Internet: http://www.actel.com. About Unique Unique's customers and suppliers will benefit from both its local focus and global strength through the strong financial backing offered by the Memec Group Company within VEBA Electronics, Inc., the third largest distributor of electronic components in the world. Unique was founded in 1995 and revue projects continue to grow to more than US$112 million by the end of 2000 in the Asian Pacific region. Unique application engineers work closely with principals to enable them to provide complete solutions and essential design assistance during the product development. Note to Editors: The Actel name and logo are registered trademarks of Actel Corporation. All other trademarks and servicemarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Actel Corporation Patrick Ellington, 408/739-1010 (reader contact) Clive Jones, 408/739-1010 (media contact) clive.jones@actel.com http://www.actel.com or Tan Lai Peng (media contact) Memec (Asia Pacific) Ltd., 852/2410-2735 lptan@memec-asiapacific.com or Walt & Company Kristin Jones, 408/496-0900 kjones@walt.com Don Davis, 408/496-0900 ddavis@walt.com |
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