Arrow, Infineon Partners to Raise Innovation Capability and Engineering Competency of Start-ups
The MoU was signed at Infineon Technologies' OktoberTech Asia event where industry players showcased solutions around the future of mobility, robotics, smart living, and smart cities.
Arrow Electronics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Infineon Technologies, to provide start-up businesses in South East Asia, India, Australia, and New Zealand with innovative products and engineering support to help them accelerate the idea-to-impact innovation journey.
The MoU was signed at Infineon Technologies‘ OktoberTech Asia event where industry players showcased solutions around the future of mobility, robotics, smart living, and smart cities.
Dr. Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Trade & Industry and National Development and H.E. Dr. Ulrich A. Sante, German Ambassador to Singapore were among the officiating guests at the event held recently. The event featured keynote speeches, concurrent technical tracks and an innovation showcase of nearly 40 mobility, smart living, and robotic applications.
“Infineon offers a wide range of microelectronics that connects the digital world of data with the real world of things, from sensors to security chips,” said Chua Chee Seong, president, and managing director, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. “Infineon’s collaboration with Arrow will offer start-ups the capabilities and innovations to develop the next generation of intelligent and intuitive devices.”
“With technologies rapidly evolving in the last few years, startups constantly face challenges to stay ahead of the game. They are often in need of engineering expertise, especially in areas such as wireless connectivity, sensing and controlling and system integration. This is where Arrow can come in to bridge these knowledge gaps and accelerate turning innovative ideas to impactful inventions/businesses,” said Natarajan MM, vice president of sales for South Asia of Arrow’s Asia-Pacific business. “We are excited to extend our long-standing collaboration with Infineon and put a wide range of Infineon innovative products in the hands of the innovators and engineers, especially in the areas of the autonomous car, electrified low-speed vehicles, robotics, industry 4.0, and smart home and city applications.”
Arrow Electronics is committed to supporting the start-up ecosystem in Singapore, including announcing a collaboration with AIRmaker, a Singapore-based Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator. Arrow has been helping the AIRmaker program start-ups become more effective and productive in their idea-to-impact product journey by overcoming technical challenges and gaining critical IoT technology know-how, to turn a design into a product ready to be manufactured.
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