Corning IntelliSense and Technovena Pte. Ltd. Partner to Develop Chinese CAD for MEMS Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 Market distribution partnership to strengthen support for Chinese customers of IntelliSuite(R) Corning IntelliSense Corporation, a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ) and Technovena Pte. Ltd. announced an expanded partnership that will dramatically increase the availability of advanced Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. ) design software to Chinese developers. Technovena Pte. Ltd., with offices in Singapore and 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. , will provide sales and technical support for IntelliSuite, IntelliSense's CAD for MEMS software package. "Technovena brings a great depth of knowledge about the CAD for MEMS market to our MEMS software sales process A sales process is a systematic approach for performing product or service sales. The reasons for having a sales process include seller and buyer risk management, achieving standardized customer interaction in sales and scalable revenue generation. ," remarked James Marchetti, director of software business development for Corning IntelliSense. "A spin-off from Emation Pte. Ltd, our Singapore distributor, Technovena brings years of experience with IntelliSuite in Singapore and China." "We're delighted to be Corning's IntelliSense's CAD for MEMS sales and service partner in China," said Luo Dongmei, founder of Technovena. "During the past few years, we have already started to work with key Chinese universities to increase their expertise in the area of MEMS design and to guide curriculum development. We've seen strong interest and unfulfilled demand for flexible device-level MEMS software throughout China, and we feel confident that as the market grows, researchers will find IntelliSuite's unique approach to be the most intuitive, fastest, and most powerful method for simulating MEMS." IntelliSuite enables it users to rapidly design new MEMS products by providing high-end simulation and analysis capabilities for MEMS fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. processes, as well as device / package performance. Optimized process flows and chip designs allow for faster commercialization of MEMS-based products. "Technovena is a partner that can accelerate our efforts to promote the use of time-saving and money-saving device design software," remarked Andrew Swiecki, vice president of marketing and sales for Corning IntelliSense. "It is clear that our existing and future customer base in China will benefit from the addition of Technovena to the Corning IntelliSense team." IntelliSuite's user base in China includes leading academic institutions such as Tsinghua University History Tsinghua University was established in Beijing in 1911 on the site of a former royal garden belonging to a prince, and was funded by an indemnity which , Peking University, and the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd. (ASTRI ASTRI Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited ). About Corning IntelliSense Corporation For more than a decade, Corning IntelliSense Corporation, a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) has been the leading supplier of Design, Development, and Volume Manufacturing services as well as CAD for MEMS(TM) software. Corning IntelliSense develops and manufactures advanced MEMS devices for many sectors, including the optical, RF, laboratory equipment, and life sciences industries. Leveraging its expertise by selling the market-leading device-level MEMS software, IntelliSuite(R), Corning IntelliSense provides Total MEMS Solutions(TM) to customers today in seventeen countries on three continents. Corning IntelliSense's headquarters and manufacturing facility are located in Wilmington, Massachusetts. More information about the company can be found at www.CorningIntelliSense.com. |
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