●Altima signs distribution agreement with Midé Technology

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - January 24, 2012 - Altima Corp. today announced that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Midé Technology of Bedford, Mass. to distribute its vibration energy harvesting products.   "Midé is thrilled to have entered into a distribution agreement with Altima", said Attila Lengyel, Midé's Chief Operations Officer.  "Altima's distribution channels in Japan, as well as their value added application engineering services, will help expand the opportunities for our energy harvesting products.  Midé is a firm believer that the energy harvesting industry will continue to grow over the coming years as more people add wireless sensor networks to their products and systems.  With Altima's collaboration, Midé is committed to providing quality vibrational energy harvesting products to all our current and new customers in Japan."    Midé's Volture piezoelectric energy harvesters will be in stock and available for purchase through Alitma's distribution channels. To complement its energy harvesters, Midé also provides Charge Conditioning Circuitry and the Slam Stick, a portable, rechargeable, easy to use vibration data logger.  The Slam Stick helps customers determine if their application is well suited to vibrational energy harvesting.   "Altima is proud to join Midé's distribtuion network and become the first in bringing its advanced piezoelectric products to Japan",  said Yusuke Kobayashi, Altima's Vice President of Product Division.  "Addition of Midé's in our ever growing energy harvesting portfolio further strengthens our solution for low power sensor network product offerings."   Altima focuses on providing total solutions for low poert wireless sensor network market using energy harvesting technologies, and the addition of Midé's vibration energy harvester product line further strengthening our energy harvesting portfolio.   About Midé Technology, Inc. Proud of its strong tradition in innovative and dynamic solutions, Midé Technology has emerged as a leader in its field of smart materials since its founding in 1989 by Dr. Marthinus van Schoor, Ph.D. graduate of MIT's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. An engineering company that develops, produces, and markets smart technology products and materials, Midé continuously challenges traditional approaches to problem identification and definition with its high powered team of practical experts and remains at the forefront of the latest technological and managerial advances. For more information, visit www.mide.com   About Altima Corp. Founded in 1991 as a 100% subsidiary of Macnica, Inc. to become "the Unparalleled #1 Value-Added Distributor" in the Japanese electronics and IT industries, Altima has specialized in providing high-value-added ICs, electronic components, subsystems, systems and software to the wide range of customers in Japanese electronics, information and communications industries with in-depth technical support. Presently, Altima handles in excess of 30 lines, including subsystems and systems, and moreover, supports other Asia Pacific territories through Macnica Group worldwide.  Altima is distinguished by its technological capabilities, its ability to generate proposals that are attuned to the needs of its customers, and its capacity to add value to its customers' products. For more information, visit www.altima.co.jp/en/index.html

 

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