Colibrys (Switzerland) Ltd signed a distribution agreement with Pewatron AG for their motion sensors

Colibrys signs Pewatron AG as distributor for its standard motion sensors in Switzerland and custom products world-wide

Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1st of June, 2010. Colibrys’ partnership with Pewatron will strengthen its presence and level of sales support throughout Switzerland and world-wide for customer specific products. This collaboration will increase visibility and business potential of both companies in the Mil/Aerospace, Industrial and Instrumentation markets.

"The contract with Pewatron has come about as a direct consequence of an increasing demand from a broad range of applications for our family of inertial accelerometers, precision tilt, vibration and seismic sensors. Customers working in harsh environment, precision and safety critical applications demand an ever higher level of support to optimize integration into their systems. Pewatron provides the knowledgeable application specific support required for these ranges of products along with a strong regional presence and long standing reputation for excellent after-sales support" said Jean-Michel Stauffer, VP Sales & Marketing from Colibrys.

"Our partnership with Colibrys provides Pewatron the opportunity to offer our customers access to some of the best MEMS motion sensors available in the market, thus generating a real improvement of our overall proposition" said Stephen Neff, CEO from Pewatron. He also adds "We are familiar with Colibrys products and fully appreciate their high end performances, precision and reliability and we are enthusiastic to be able to promote them from now to our Swiss customers and to our whole customer network in the case of customer specific projects”.

About Colibrys
Colibrys is a world-leading supplier of standard and semi-custom MEMS based motion sensors to the harsh-environments (Military, Aerospace and Energy) and safety critical (Industrial and Instrumentation) applications. Colibrys family of motion sensors includes extremely low noise and shock resistant seismic sensors, high stability high shock inertial accelerometers and DC coupled capacitive vibration sensors. Colibrys is based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Additional information is available at www.colibrys.com

About Pewatron
PEWATRON, with headquarters in Switzerland, specialises in sensors (physical and geometrical), power supplies, e-components and drives. PEWATRON delivers a wide assortment of electronic components ranging from standard products, semi-custom products to custom products. PEWATRON works closely with developers and can be involved right from the start of a product development process to ensure that together with the customer, the best fitting component for the application is found.

PEWATRON, an independent company that belongs to the Angst+Pfister Group, has been serving customers in Europe with prompt and individual service for over 30 years. Through the Angst+Pfister Group, PEWATRON belongs to a world-wide network of over 750 employees and 75,000 satisfied customers. Additional information is available at www.pewatron.com.

About MEMS Technology
MEMS (Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems) are highly miniaturized devices that integrate a number of functions including fluidics, optics, mechanics and electronics on a single silicon chip using techniques similar to traditional integrated circuit process technology. MEMS merge sensing, actuating, and computing into miniature systems that enable enhanced levels of perception, control and performance.