RoodMicrotec N.V. appoints Malkit Jhitta BSc as new Sales & Marketing Manager

Zwolle, 10 January 2013 RoodMicrotec N.V. has extended its Sales & Marketing organisation and appointed Mr Malkit Jhitta (1962) as Sales & Marketing Manager as of 1 January 2013. He will be based in the UK. Mr Jhitta is a graduate of Lancaster University, Electrical and Electronic engineering and started his career in 1985 with Ferranti Electronics in Manchester and has worked over the years with Pilkington Microelectronics, Motorola, Dialog Semiconductor, Oxford Semiconductor and recently at Delta Microelectronics Denmark. He has worked closely with Fabless start-up companies, and assisted in the development of many of their products through to market. In his new role as Sales and Marketing Manager Mr Jhitta will, together with his European Sales & Marketing colleagues, be responsible for developing RoodMicrotec's Extended Supply Chain Management solutions and ASIC design solutions with our partners. With these solutions he will focus on OEMs and system houses, while also promoting the Test, Test Engineering, Failure Analyses and Qualification services. We are confident that Mr Jhitta will be able to bring important contributions to the many challenges RoodMicrotec has set itself. About RoodMicrotec With 40 years' experience as an independent value-added microelectronics and optoelectronics service provider, RoodMicrotec offers a one-stop shopping proposition to fabless companies, OEMs and other business partners. RoodMicrotec has built up a strong position in Europe with its powerful solutions. Its services comply with the highest industrial and quality requirements as demanded by the high-reliability/aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, medical, IT and electronics sectors. 'Certified by RoodMicrotec' concerns certification of products inter alia to the stringent ISO/TS 16949 standard for suppliers to the automotive industry. The company has an accredited laboratory for testing and calibration activities in accordance with the ISO/IEC 17025 standard. The value-added services include Extended Supply Chain Management Failure & Technology Analysis, Qualification & Monitoring Burn-In, Test- & Product engineering, Production Test (including device programming and end-of-line service), ESD/ESDFOS assessment & training, quality & reliability consulting, supply chain management and total manufacturing solutions with partners. RoodMicrotec has facilities in Germany (Dresden, Nördlingen, Stuttgart) UK (Bath) and in the Netherlands (Zwolle). For further information: Correspondence address: RoodMicrotec GmbH, Motorstrasse 49, 70499 Stuttgart, Germany Email: info@roodmicrotec.com Website: www.roodmicrotec.com RoodMicrotec Malkit Jhitta - press release: http://hugin.info/130789/R/1669489/542385.pdf RoodMicrotec Malkit Jhitta - Photo: http://hugin.info/130789/R/1669489/542388.jpg This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: RoodMicrotec N.V. via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1669489]