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Ottawa, Ontario – GaN Systems, the leading developer of gallium nitride power switching semiconductors, has appointed Kruvand Associates as its representative in the US states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Specialist sales engineering and marketing company Kruvand has expertise in power, interconnect, thermal, electromechanical, RF & wireless active and passive components. As sales of GaN power transistors ramp up and replace silicon semiconductors in power applications, Kruvand’s Inside Sales and Customer Team will provide pre-sales and design services to GaN Systems’ customers and distributor partners in these important geographical areas.
Julian Styles, Director Sales and Marketing, Americas at GaN Systems comments: “As worldwide demand grows for our industry-leading gallium nitride power devices, we are building a network of the very best distributors and representatives. We understand that time to market is crucial in today’s highly-competitive commercial environment and are focused on helping our customers achieve optimum results within project deadlines. Kruvand Associates is long-established and has an unrivalled reputation as a representative in the West South Central states. We are delighted to be working with them and anticipate a long and mutually beneficial association.”
Robert Logan, President and CEO, Kruvand Associates adds: “GaN Systems’ power switching transistors truly have the “wow factor”, being the broadest range available, including the world’s highest current device and the world’s smallest packaged GaN transistor. Our customers recognize immediately that this amount of power out of a tiny package, one quarter the size and one quarter the weight per Watt compared to silicon devices is definitely a key differentiator. We have customers in multiple markets, including power, telecommunications, medical, computing/datacomms/IT, oil and gas, energy, industrial, consumer and transportation, who are either designing in GaN right now, or looking to get on board with GaN in the very near future. Without it, they realize they may get left behind.”
Kruvand’s Inside Sales & Customer Service team will facilitate all inquiries and transactions from its offices in Dallas, Austin, Houston, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and El Paso.
About GaN Systems
GaN Systems is a fabless semiconductor company that is the first place systems designers go to realize all the benefits of gallium nitride in their power conversion and control applications. To overcome silicon’s limitations in switching speed, temperature, voltage and current, the company develops the most complete range of gallium nitride power switching transistors for a wide variety of markets. GaN Systems’ unique Island Technology® addresses today’s challenges of cost, performance, and manufacturability resulting in devices that are smaller and more efficient than other GaN design approaches. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, please visit: www.gansystems.com