Thursday, April 19, 2007

Sirenza Opens Office In Shanghai

April 19, 2007

Followers of the satellite radio sector are likely familiar with Sirenza as a component supplier for SDARS. Sirenza annonced today that they are opeing new offices:

Sirenza Microdevices, Inc., a supplier of radio frequency (RF) components, recently announced that it has officially opened its new 107,000 square foot facility in Shanghai, China, featuring a high volume RF components factory in addition to an administrative, sales and engineering office building.

Sirenza, headquartered in Broomfield, Colo., with operations in China, Germany and the U.S., now has three multiple-use facilities in China. In addition to the new facility, the original Sirenza Shanghai office is headquarters for customer service and applications support in Asia, and the Sirenza Shenzhen office provides technical applications support and currently serves as the Asia regional test laboratory.

“Our facilities in China enhance our ability to provide real-time support to our expanding base of key customers, subcontractors and suppliers in throughout greater Asia and, in particular, within China,” said Bob Van Buskirk, Sirenza’s president and CEO. “We believe that moving our U.S.-based commercial manufacturing to Shanghai will provide a long-term, low-cost manufacturing capability to support existing and future product lines as we expand our global operations.”

The nearby Premier Devices (PDI) factory, supporting the PDI business segment, has been moved to this new facility and is now fully operational. The move of SMDI business segment manufacturing operations to this same facility is expected to be completed in the second half of 2007.

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