SAN DIEGO, May 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ethertronics, a leading provider of standard and customized embedded antenna solutions for wireless devices today announced that it has been selected as a winner of the Red Herring 100 North America Award. The Red Herring editorial team deploys a detailed process to whittle down a pool of 1,000 eligible, promising companies to the 200 Finalists and in a last round decided for the top 100 winners of this important North American award. Evaluations are made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. The Winners, elite executives and venture capital leaders from North America, celebrated the Top 100 Privately Held Companies in San Diego last week.
"Being recognized as a Red Herring 100 winner is a great accomplishment for Ethertronics and underscores our strong, proven track record in the global wireless industry," said Laurent Desclos, Ethertronics' president and CEO. "Just like we have done in the 3G marketplace, we are on track to deliver the same high-quality embedded antenna solutions to the burgeoning global 4G market. On behalf of our board and the entire global Ethertronics team, I would like to thank Red Herring for this recognition."
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About Ethertronics, Inc.
Ethertronics designs and manufactures high-performance embedded antenna solutions for wideband and multi-band wireless devices. Ethertronics' leading-edge product lines, including Prestta(tm) stamped metal, Savvi(tm) ceramic, and Tavvel(tm) active antennas support a wide range of applications including cellular, UMTS, WiFi, WiMAX, Bluetooth, GPS, FM, MediaFLO and DVB-H/T, among others. The company's patented Isolated Magnetic Dipole(tm) (IMD) technology enables smaller size, design implementation flexibility, shortened design cycle and higher overall performance, while simultaneously meeting and improving upon standard safety emission requirements. Ethertronics' antennas have been selected by major customers worldwide garnering an installed base of more than 150 million units. Ethertronics maintains a global network of design centers and low-cost, high-volume manufacturing operations. For more information, visit www.ethertronics.com.
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