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United Kingdom,United States : FOXCONN purchases actuators from CML [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd. (CML) has inked the first customer for its smart metal alloy (SMA) optical image stabilization (OIS) actuators: Foxconn. For over 18 months, CML and its partner, Hutchinson Technology Inc. (HTI) have been developing OIS actuators in collaboration with Foxconn's camera division to deliver the first SMA OIS smartphone cameras into production and to define a roadmap of next generation products. Smartphones with cameras built by Foxconn using SMA OIS actuators will reach the market in September of this year following design wins in May. Kelvin Chu of Foxconn s camera division sales said, After our joint program of development and production investment, Foxconn is now in a position to integrate the SMA OIS actuator into its camera modules on high volume production lines to satisfy customer demand. We are delighted to be working with Foxconn to deliver the first SMA OIS smartphone cameras to the market and to define future products that leverage our large scale, automated production capacity and our many years of experience as a critical precision component supplier to the hard disk drive industry, said Keith Johnson, HTI s Director of New Business Development Marketing & Sales. Dominic Webber, CML's Director of Marketing said, HTI and Foxconn constitute the ideal supply chain to deliver SMA OIS actuators into the market and produce the volumes and quality that the smartphone market requires. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |