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Nujira opens IC Design Centre in Edinburgh with Support of Scottish Development International
Envelope Tracking Technology leader to tap Scottish electronic engineering talent and create new jobs in Edinburgh. Tim Haynes, CEO,
Nujira, the world’s leading provider of Envelope Tracking technology, today announced that it has opened an IC Design Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, and it has been awarded £175,000 funding from Scottish Development International to support the initiative. The new design centre opened today with a small team of engineers but has plans to draw on the pool of IC design expertise based in the region to triple the design centre’s headcount by the end of 2012. Commenting, Tim
Haynes, CEO of Nujira, said, “Nujira’s Coolteq® wideband Envelope Tracking ICs can reduce power consumption in smartphone transmitters by 30-50%. Our vision is to install hundreds of millions of Coolteq® ICs into energy effi cient 3G and 4G devices means that we need to rapidly expand our IC design capabilities. The support of Scottish Development International made a big difference in encouraging us to open our IC design centre in Edinburgh. Scotland not only has a pool of analog and digital IC design talent, but the Universities there also boast highly regarded Faculties of Electronic Engineering. We are looking forward to developing closer links with those universities and to building our team there.”
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the talent and skills of the local workforce, and also Scotland’s competitiveness as a fi rst class location for innovation.”
Anne MacColl, chief executive of Scottish
Development International, said: "Scottish Development International has worked extensively with Nujira to help the company locate in Scotland, and this
investment highlights once again the fact that Scotland continues to offer a very attractive proposition for inward investors.“
"In fact, we know that
the skillset available in Edinburgh was a huge contributory factor for the company when deciding where to locate, with
Tim Haynes, CEO, Nujira. Located in the heart of Edinburgh
in St Andrew Square, Nujira’s design centre will house a multidisciplinary IC development team focused on the Company’s handset solutions. Its designers there will specialise in high performance switched mode power supply controller and amplifi er design. Enterprise Minister Fergus
Ewing said: “The decision of Nujira to establish a new centre in Edinburgh, which will create up to 20 new jobs, reinforces the capital’s strong reputation for innovation in technology and engineering. The Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Development international continues to work hard to secure new investment and jobs to Scotland. Nujira’s plan to create a new centre in the city is testament to
both universities offering strong business links and enviable reputations, so this is another feather in the cap for the Scottish research and
academic community.” "Overall, the opening of this design
centre is a very encouraging boost for the local economy of Edinburgh, and we look forward to working with the company to achieve its ambitious growth plans." Nujira is the world leader in
Envelope Tracking Technology and employs 70 staff globally, with over 50 engineers engaged in R&D. The Company has its head offi ce and R&D headquarters just outside Cambridge, UK, an Engineering Centre in Bath, and sales locations in the U.S. and Europe. Nujira’s new design centre in
Edinburgh is located at 9-10 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 2AF.
www.electronicscomponentworld.com /
www.electronicproductionworld.com September 2011
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