Gleichmann Electronics and Solomon Systech sign pan European distribution agreement

Stuttgart, Germany - Gleichmann Electronics, one of the leading European distributors of displays and optoelectronic components, also provides immediately the complete product portfolio of Solomon Systech. A pan European distribution agreement was recently signed by representatives of both companies in Stuttgart.

Solomon Systech is one of the leading international manufacturers of classic LCD drivers and at the same time is worldwide the largest provider of OLED and Electronic Paper (E-Paper) display drivers. Furthermore, Solomon Systech has a portfolio of powerful external graphic controllers, which are used in numerous consumer and industrial applications. Because an increasing number of functions are implemented via the graphic user interface (GUI), the demand for external graphic controllers is also rapidly increasing. The current product spectrum includes a series of graphic controllers with 80 to 256 KB SRAM, various MCU and display interfaces, image processors with digital video input, JPEG encoders and decoders, SD interfaces, dual display support and support of displays up to 800 x 600 dpi.

Solomon Systech has evolved as the largest Chinese fabless semiconductor manufacturer and Patrick Nolan, European Director of Solomon Systech, places the company’s presence in Europe in the foreground during the next years of expansion. “In the past, we already had some local distributors, but in important countries such as Germany, France and Turkey or in regions such as Eastern Europe a technically competent and logistically strong partner was missing.” According to Nolan, the selection of Gleichmann Electronics was based particularly on the product and broad technical applications competence in the area of displays, which Gleichmann Electronics in the past 25 years has continuously built-up and expanded. “The determining factor for us was that Gleichmann Electronics, like Solomon Systech, is focused on only a few market segments in which they have a significantly above average, technical know-how. According to our experience, continuous top performance in design, consulting and service over a long period of time can only be provided by companies that are focused. At a first glance, this may appear to be a conservative attitude, but in the end all parties benefit from it, particularly the customers.”

Kristian Sans, European Product Manager of Gleichmann Electronics, responsible for the marketing of Solomon Systech products, sees this as a win-win situation for all parties. “As authorized distribution partner of manufacturers such as Ampire, Alder, AUO, Clover, Elec & Eltek, eTurboTouch, Hantouch, Harvatek, Hexa-Chain, i-sft, Kontron, Microtouch, NEC Electronics, Promate, Truly and Zytronic, we have set ourselves the goal of being able to offer our customers in the area of displays complete solutions, including customer specific control right up to complete display designs. Therefore, the display driver ICs and the graphic controller family from Solomon Systech are an optimal addition to our existing portfolio of microcontrollers, displays and optoelectronics.”