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Silex Microsystems

Silex Microsystems is a Stockholm-based pure-play MEMS foundry founded in 2000.

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Overview

Silex Microsystems is a MEMS foundry headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 2000 by a team of PhDs from Chalmers University of Technology and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, it describes itself as the world's leading pure-play MEMS foundry, providing MEMS engineering and manufacturing for customers' innovations from concept to market. The company moved to its current Stockholm production facility in 2002 and in 2008 introduced the world's first 8-inch wafer fab. Its leadership includes founder, board member and CEO Edvard Kälvesten and co-founder and CTO Niklas Svedin.

History

Silex was founded in Stockholm in 2000 by a team of PhDs from Sweden's Chalmers University of Technology and KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The company grew beyond its research laboratory origins; by 2002, Silex had moved to the Stockholm production facility that it still occupies today. In 2008, Silex introduced the world's first 8-inch wafer fab. The company describes itself as long established as the foremost pure-play MEMS foundry, working with leading MEMS innovators globally. Its leadership to this day includes founder, board member and CEO Edvard Kälvesten and co-founder and CTO Niklas Svedin.

Products and positioning

Leading pure-play MEMS foundry globally; the first choice for the world's MEMS visionaries.

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