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Intelleflex Adds Development Team and IP, Spun Out from Maxim Integrated Products
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Intelleflex, the leader in Extended Capability RFID, today announced
that they have reached a definitive agreement with Maxim Integrated
Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) that will result in the transfer of a Maxim
engineering team, a body of design works and related IP to Intelleflex
in return for Maxim receiving an equity position in Intelleflex. In
addition, Intelleflex and Maxim will partner on certain go-to-market
activities in the future.
Intelleflex President and CEO Peter Mehring commented, "This transaction
combines the leaders in Class 3 RFID. The added development capacity and
complementary design ideas will allow us to accelerate the product road
map and build a leading position in the applications and markets for
Class 3 RFID technology."
Maxim Division Vice President Chris Neil commented, "The combination of
these complementary teams creates a clear leader in this emerging Class
3 RFID technology. The Maxim team is leading the Class 3 world-wide
standards definition and development, and the Intelleflex team is the
leader in Extended Capability RFID product development."
"We saw this spin-out combination as a natural fit that further
strengthens Intelleflex's position," added Ketan Patel of New Venture
Partners, who recently led an $8M investment round in Intelleflex. "The
Maxim team was doing great work on a parallel path with Intelleflex. By
joining forces, they'll be able to move further, faster toward an
impressive set of new extended capability RFID products for major market
impact in 2010 and beyond."
New Venture Partners LLC, is a global venture capital firm dedicated to
corporate technology spinouts, with over $700 million under management.
In total, seven engineers from Maxim will be joining the team at
Intelleflex, and will be based in Dallas, TX, and at Intelleflex's
headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.
About Intelleflex
Intelleflex is the leader in Extended Capability RFID solutions,
products, and technologies. Its Intelligent RFID Platform, comprising
high performance multi-protocol tags and readers, enables solutions for
asset tracking, vehicle / yard management, manufacturing WIP control,
supply chain automation, parts maintenance, access control, and other
applications. It features range, reliability, memory capacity, and
security far beyond standard passive RFID, and at a fraction of the cost
of active RFID solutions. For more information, please visit www.intelleflex.com.
About Maxim Integrated Products
Maxim Integrated Products is a publicly traded company that designs,
manufactures, and sells high-performance semiconductor products. The
Company was founded over 25 years ago with the mission to deliver
innovative analog and mixed-signal engineering solutions that add value
to its customers' products. To date, it has developed over 6,100
products serving the industrial, communications, consumer, and computing
markets. Maxim reported revenue in excess of $1.6 billion for fiscal
2009. A Fortune 1000 company, Maxim is included in the Nasdaq 100, the
Russell 1000, and the MSCI USA indices. For more information, go to www.maxim-ic.com.
Intelleflex
Media Contact:
Tom Reese, 408-200-6523
Director,
Business Development
treese@intelleflex.com
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