Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies Opens San Jose Office
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire/ — In close collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, Germany, the Audio and Multimedia Division of Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies will offer Fraunhofer’s technologies to Silicon Valley firms as well as other American customers.
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In an opening ceremony on May 16, the Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technologies, Erwin Huber; Dr. William Hartman, Vice President of Fraunhofer USA, Inc.; and representatives of the City of San Jose, will jointly inaugurate the new office at 100 Century Center Court, Suite 504, in San Jose.
Robert Bleidt, Audio and Multimedia Division General Manager says: “Silicon Valley-based technology leaders such as Cisco, Harmonic, and Palm have used Fraunhofer-developed technologies, such as MP3, AAC, and H.264, for years. With the opening of this office, we will be able to engage with and support our American customers in a more direct manner and expand our market knowledge and relationships.”
Harald Popp, head of the Multimedia-Realtime Systems department of Fraunhofer IIS adds: “We have been successfully performing audio coding research, development, standardization, and world-wide marketing of real-time multimedia technologies for more than 20 years. Through the collaboration with Fraunhofer USA’s new branch, we’ll be able to quickly introduce our latest technologies such as MPEG Surround, mp3 Surround, AAC Low Delay and Mobile-TV solutions to the American market.”
The Fraunhofer USA Audio and Multimedia Division will be led by Robert Bleidt, Division General Manager, who has over two decades of industry experience in developing new media technologies and businesses. He holds MSEE and MBA degrees and has been with Fraunhofer since 2004. Jan Nordmann is the Division’s Director of Marketing and Business Development and will also be the media contact. He holds a Master of Applied Media Science degree and has been with Fraunhofer since 2003.
To learn more about Fraunhofer USA, Inc., please visit http://www.fraunhofer.org/. For further details on Fraunhofer audio and multimedia products and technologies, see http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/amm.
About Fraunhofer USA, Inc.
Fraunhofer USA, Inc. is a non-profit research and development corporation, with headquarters in Michigan. It operates through technology centers that are partnered with major research universities in the United States and also with parent research institutes in Germany.
Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies Audio and Multimedia Division 100 Century Center Court, Suite 504 San Jose, CA 95112 Contact: Jan Nordmann Tel: 408 390-6698 press@dmt.fraunhofer.org Frances Roland-Lee 734 354-4333 Notice To Editors
Members of the press are invited to a groundbreaking press reception held on May 16 at 10:30 a.m. Fraunhofer technologies will be demonstrated, accompanied by food and beer from the Bavarian region. Event photos will be available.
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Fraunhofer USA, Inc.
CONTACT: Jan Nordmann, +1-408-390-6698, press@dmt.fraunhofer.org, orFrances Roland-Lee, +1-734-354-4333
Web site: http://www.fraunhofer.org/