Press release -
ROHM extends Rutronik’s franchise to a global agreement
Willich-Münchheide, January 8th, 2015 - ROHM Semiconductor expands the European distribution agreement with to a worldwide franchise for the entire ROHM products portfolio.Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente
Rutronik markets ROHM devices since 1999 with a at last dramatically double digit sales growth. For the second time in a row, RUTRONIK has recently received the award of the distributor with “Achievement in Highest Growth in Europe” at electronica 2014.
The key products in the portfolio amongst others are Power devices such as SiC diodes & SiC MOSFETs, Modules & Power Si MOSFETs, Power Management ICs & motor/LED Driver ICs, Discrete/Opto & Passive components, general purpose ICs, Audio & Video ICs as well as sensors, perfectly fitting Rutronik’s broadline concept and addressing dynamic market segments. Thanks to its integrative set-up, Rutronik is able to provide technical support for application development and design-ins as well as individual supply chain management solutions and services worldwide.
“The past years have proven the value of our partnership, hence the next natural step to further support the growth’s strategy of both companies is the global expansion of the franchise”, said Günter Richard, Sales Director Distribution at ROHM. “With its established global footprint, logistic concepts and technical expertise Rutronik is able to meet customers’ needs everywhere in the world.”
“We are pleased to expand our successful cooperation to leverage ROHM’s broad offering of state-of-the-art products in combination with our market reach”, commented Thomas Rudel, CEO of Rutronik. “The products have proven not only to ideally complement our product line-up; they also meet the growing requirements of future-oriented markets for efficiency and performance, hence enabling us to provide the right solutions to our customers on a global basis.”
*Photo:ROHM recognizes Rutronik with “Achievement in Highest Growth in Europe” award at electronica 2014.
From right to left:
ROHM Semiconductor:Günter Richard, Distribution Sales Director
ROHM Semiconductor: Dirk Kayser, Distribution Sales
Rutronik: Thomas Ulinski, Marketing Director, Semiconductor
ROHM Semiconductor:Christian Andre, President Chairman of SiCrystal AG
ROHM Co.Ltd; .Masaki Sakai, Director Euro-American Sales
Rutronik: Thomas Rudel, CEO
ROHM Co.Ltd., Satoshi Sawamura, President
Rutronik: Markus Krieg, Managing Director Marketing
Rutronik. Wolfgang Sayer, European Line Manager
ROHM: Yasushi Watanabe, Group Manager Euro Sales
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About ROHM Semiconductor (www.rohm.com)
ROHM Semiconductor is a global company of 331,087 million yen (3,24 billion $) revenue with 19.985 employees in the last fiscal year ending March 2014. ROHM Semiconductor develops and manufactures a very large product range from the Ultra Low Power Microcontroller, Power Management, Standard ICs , SiC Diodes, Mosfets and Modules , Power Transistors and Diodes, LEDs to passives components such as Resistors, Tantalum Capacitors and LED display units, thermal Printheads in state-of-the-art manufacturing plants in Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, China and Europe.
Lapis Semiconductor (former OKI Semiconductor), SiCrystal AG and Kionix arecompanies of ROHM Group.
ROHM Semiconductor Europe has its head office near Dusseldorf serving the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
About Rutronik (www.rutronik.com)
Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH is the third largest distributor in Europe (according to Europartners Distribution Report 2014) and tenth largest in the world (according to EBN, May 2014). The broadline distributor provides Semiconductors, Passive and Electro mechanical Components and Boards, Storage, Displays & Wireless Products. Prime target markets are Automotive, Medical, Industrial, Home Appliances, Energy and Lighting. Under the umbrella of RUTRONIK EMBEDDED Rutronik bundles all product and service offerings for specific Embedded applications in the area of Boards, Storage, Displays, Wireless and Peripherals. RUTRONIK SMART combines Sensors, Wireless Components, Microcontrollers, Power Management and Security Solutions for Devices within the Internet of Things (IoT). Competent technical support for product development and design-ins, individual logistics and supply chain management solutions as well as extensive services complete the customer- and future-oriented portfolio. The company was founded by Helmut Rudel in Ispringen/Germany in 1973 and has more than 1,300 employees worldwide.
