ARCHIVE 2005

Esmertec officially opened its R&D and Customer Support Center in Chengdu, China

Esmertec China’s CEO, T.C. Hsi, looks forward to leading Esmertec China to its next growth phase

Duebendorf-Zurich, Switzerland and Chengdu, China – July 6, 2004 – Esmertec™, a leading global, independent developer of software solutions for mobile handsets and embedded devices, and its subsidiary, Esmertec China are pleased to announce that the official opening ceremony of its R&D and Customer Support Centre in Chengdu, China took place on 5 July 2005.

The opening ceremony was attended by over 120 people including over 20 European and Japanese guests consisting of journalists and investors as well as members of Esmertec’s board of directors and senior management.

“China is an important market for Esmertec,” said Jean-Claude Martinez, COO of Esmertec. “The opening of the R&D center in Chengdu is a key milestone for Esmertec China to provide software solutions for the region as well as to the international markets through leveraging Esmertec’s global sales network.”

In January 2005, Esmertec had acquired the mobile assets and experienced sales and R&D team of CoreTek Systems. “We have successfully integrated the CoreTek mobile team in Esmertec China,” commented T.C. Hsi, CEO of Esmertec China. “As of today, we have 85 employees and expect to grow to around 100 by the end of the year. With a strong local sales force combined with an experience software development and customer support team, we are set to grow with the market in China and in the region.”

Professor Luo Lei, CTO of Esmertec said, “With the R&D Center in Chengdu, we look forward to delivering innovative mobile software products and customer project engineering services to handset and embedded device manufacturers, reference design houses and chipset manufacturers in the region.”

About Esmertec
Esmertec is a leading provider of software solutions for mobile phones and embedded devices. Our high-performance solutions are delivered to chipset and embedded devices manufacturers in mobile and landline telecommunication, home-multimedia, machine-to-machine and consumer electronics markets. Engineered for smallness, Esmertec's wireless Java™ (Java ME) solutions, mobile applications and components, and object-oriented software platform (OSVM™) are designed to extract maximum performance from hardware environments. Founded in 1999, Esmertec is a global company headquartered in Zurich, with engineering, sales and customer support operations in Switzerland, China, Denmark, France, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, the UK and the USA.

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