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Qualcomm buys a bit of Anteryon |
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Telecommunications company Qualcomm has invested in Anteryon, the maker of wafer-based miniature optical modules for mobile phone camera. The quantum of investment was not disclosed. Qualcomm’s strategic investment in Anteryon is part of the company's European investment fund. Qualcomm Ventures Europe is leading this round, with BNP Paribas Private Equity and Biggell Finance participating as existing shareholders, and Belgium-based investment fund Quest for Growth also coming in as a new investor.  Anteryon is the former optics division of electronics major Philips, which was acquired by private investors in 2006. The company is divided in Anteryon BV and Anteryon WaferOptics BV, both owned by Anteryon International BV. Headquartered in the Netherlands in Eindhoven, it has sales offices and manufacturing facilities in Eindhoven, Europe, USA and Asia. The company designs and produces some of the highest quality, smallest and lowest-cost micro-optics and refractive-optics enabling wafer-based production, packaging and integration of optics with light sensors and light sources. Anteryon’s unique and patented WaferOptics technology has revolutionized the production of micro-optics for miniature camera and laser projection modules. Wafer-scale production enables extensive miniaturization and cost saving, while using the same wafer format as the CMOS image sensor industry allows for a full integration of sensor and optics production, which vastly simplifies the camera module supply chain. Anteryon is a leader in this domain, with a WaferOptics product portfolio ranging from VGA to 5 megapixel and manufacturing facilities in Eindhoven and China that produce millions of WaferOptics lens stacks monthly at an extremely high yield for several top-tier mobile phone manufacturers around the globe. Gert Jan Bloks, CEO of Anteryon said the new investment will enable his company to boost its worldwide manufacturing facilities, even as the company will look into other ways of scaling its business through avenues such as partnering with other players in its supply chain and/or leasing its technology. Funds from the investment made into Anteryon are to be used for the breakthrough WaferOptics optical module production technology and Anteryon’s Asia production facility expansion, a common statement on both Anteryon's and Qualcomm's website said. |
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