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COMPANY PROFILE

WHO WE ARE.....

Company profileBuilding on our Philips Magnetic Components heritage, FERROXCUBE can offer customers the highest level of support in the development of their new innovative designs.Our competencies cover soft ferrite products, accessories and measurement set-ups to characterize ferrite products.All developed to meet today’s demanding product and material specifications and environmental requirements.As a leading innovator in ferrite-ceramic technology, we offer a broad range of soft ferrite cores, accessories and EMI suppression products to support equipment manufacturers in their drive for greater miniaturization, reduced power consumption and lower electromagnetic interference.We also offer extensive design-in support including application information and software to help designers optimize their new designs.Contact us to find out!FERROXCUBE, widely recognized as a leading supplier of ferrite components, has manufacturing operations, sales offices and customer service centers all over the world.Ferrite components and accessories from

FERROXCUBE are used in a wide range of applications, from telecommunications through consumer electronics to automotive and EMI suppression.

Business excellenceAll groups within our organization work to the standards of Business Excellence and are fully committed to the principle of consistent and continuous improvement at all levels of our organization. This involves everyone including our suppliers, and forms the basis for successful relationships.

Quality & environmental approachWe at FERROXCUBE regard complete customer satisfaction as our guiding principle. That’s why we set and maintain absolutely the highest quality standards in our business. Not just in our products but in our service and customer relations as well. Within FERROXCUBE, quality is the way of life.In addition to assure outstanding quality in both products and services, all our production centers are certified to ISO 9001/9002 standards. Our commitment towards excellence applies also to the

environment. We strive for highest standards of health and safety for everyone.By developing clean processes, reducing industrial waste, eliminating hazardous substances from our products and reducing the environmental impact of our packaging, FERROXCUBE is taking care of the environment and health and safety of everyone. All our manufacturing sites meet or are set up to meet the ISO14001 environmental standard.In line with worldwide lead-free legislation, FERROXCUBE is introducing lead-free plating on all of our tin/lead containing products. In Europe, the directives on Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE, 2002/96/EC) and Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS, 2002/95/EC) require electronic components to be lead-free ultimately 1st of July 2006, which we will comply strictly.

Business linesAs the world of electronics in which soft ferrites are applied can roughly be divided into three main parts, we have named our business lines after them: • Power conversionCovering all the ferrite cores and materials giving the best performance (e.g. lowest core

losses in combination with small volumes) for power conversion in all kinds of applications. From low to high frequencies (10 MHz) and over a wide temperature range, we can supply you with the best solution. Ferrite cores of this business line are used in all types of modern electronic equipment in which switched mode power supplies are applied.• Signal processingThis business line incorporates the typical cores and ferrite materials for signal processing e.g. in fi lters and transformers in modems for telecom technologies like cable & xDSL. Stable ferrite properties for various application conditions are important here to keep the transmitted signals undistorted, and getting the best performance.• EMI suppressionTo reduce EMI to a minimum, we have a broad range of products available, all with their typical shapes and frequency ranges of suppression. This business line is not covering ferrites cores only, as we also deliver small suppression chokes.

Power conversion

Signal processing

EMI suppression

Besides these three main business lines, we have two special lines.• AccessoriesHaving bobbins, clips and caps covering a major part of our ferrite core range, we offer a complete solution for our customers in designing inductive components. All coil formers meet the UL94 V-0 standard and all mounting pins are already – or will be – lead-free.• Special FerritesSupporting the scientifi c and industrial world, Special Ferrites can deliver dedicated products, e.g. large cores for particle accelerators, meeting their specifi c demands. Special Ferrites can also be used for fast prototyping. An important tool for any designer who quickly wants to test a new core shape, without investing in a tool.

In the USA, we have access to fast prototyping facilities via third parties. Our local R&D center in Taiwan is also capable of producing machined prototypes. As a result, FERROXCUBE can support the customer everywhere with a fast service, tailored to his needs for totally new designs.

On top of this, FERROXCUBE can supply you with complete measuring equipment capable of measuring all the parameters like power loss density over both a wide frequency and temperature range, like we specify in our data handbook or website and needed as input of a customer’s application.

Note that with our long experience in soft ferrites, we also produce our own ferrite powder – the basis for creating excellent ferrites – optimized for any end-application area.

Our Global Representation

1. Development and Application centers

Eindhoven, The NetherlandsThe corporate research and development laboratories for soft ferrite products and bobbins and accessories can build on more than 50 years of experience in ferrite technology, the longest track record in industry. They are located in Eindhoven, within the headquarters of FERROXCUBE.The R & D activities take place in several directions and teams.

Soft ferrite materialsAs we produce our own powders we have a special team designing new, high-end materials by inventing the best raw material compositions in relation to their specific and optimized processing steps. Because of the extremely critical nature of the specifications, these materials are designed in close interaction with our advanced product design and application teams.

WHO WE ARE.....

Special FerritesAccessories

WHERE WE ARE.....

GuadalajaraSpain

Manufacturing plantProduct ranges

• NiZn ferrite powders• Toroids• EMI-suppression products

Markets: Global

El Paso, USARegional sales office NAFTA

EindhovenNetherlands

Corporate R&D center

• Advanced material design• Advanced product design• Application & Measurement research• Special Ferrites• Bobbins and Accessories

Markets: Global

Hamburg, GermanyRegional sales office Europe

Branch offices:Nanterre, FranceSesto S. Giovanni, ItalyEindhoven, NetherlandsSkierniewice, PolandGuadalajara, SpainJärfälla, SwedenLeatherhead, UK

SkierniewicePoland

Manufacturing plantProduct ranges

• MnZn ferrite powders• Ferrite cores for Power and Signal applications

Markets: Global

Taipei, TaiwanRegional sales office AP

Branch offices:Dongguan, ChinaHong Kong, ChinaSuzhou, ChinaSeoul, South-KoreaSingapore, Singapore

DongguanChina

Manufacturing plantProduct ranges

• Ferrite cores for Power and Signal applications

Markets: AP

HsinchuTaiwan

R & D center

• Product design• Local application & design-in support

WHO WE ARE.....

Advanced Product designIf your requirements cannot be met with ferrite cores from our standard ranges, this team is at your service to make the necessary core calculations and the entry to machine first prototypes from solid blocks or press and sinter small series.

Application and measurement researchAn experienced team gives application and design-in support to our customers to offer the best solution required by the application. Apart from such dedicated support we deliver application and product information, available in our publications and tools:• Data handbook / selection guide and a CD with electronic tools to simulate the magnetic functions and helping to find the best ferrite solution for a specific application.• Application notes explaining how ferrite components can be applied for dedicated and advanced applications.• Product brochures highlighting the availability of new products and explaining the intended applications• Material leaflets making the customers aware of new innovated advanced materials with improved specifications for optimizing the magnetic designs.

Besides the corporate R&D activities on soft ferrites also the activities of the business lines Accessories and Special Ferrites are located in Eindhoven.

Hsinchu, TaiwanTo be in the region where the world for electronics is expanding, we have a strong local advanced product design and application center located at the Science Based Industrial Park in Hsinchu.A team of development engineers deploys the latest technologies for soft ferrite cores. The application team fully supports customers with design-in activities and is giving technical advice as well. To make optimal use of our global capabilities, they stay in close contact with our Eindhoven R&D facilities and with the engineering teams in our factories. They are experts creating new ideas and innovations in order to meet market requirements. The Hsinchu team is capable to provide custom-made ferrite cores on short notice to meet the customer’s specification.

Additionally, there is an application engineering support in all factories, set up to introduce new products within

the standard factory capabilities. With the closest contact possible to the production site, it ensures that such products are smoothly and quickly transferred from development to mass production.

2. Factories

Skierniewice, Poland

FERROXCUBE in Poland, also named Ferpol, started operations at the end of 1998 and hasn’t stopped growing yet. Having an output of 4.5 kilotons of ferrite products – clearly the largest ferrite core production site in Europe – Ferpol is delivering the full range of soft ferrite cores for power, signal and EMI applications to its customers.

Ferpol produces manganese-zinc ferrite powders for the company. With a powder production capacity of 12..14 kilotons, Ferpol can supply all our factories with high-end ferrite powders to fulfil today’s most demanding specifications.

Guadalajara, SpainWidely known as Hispafer, this ferrite factory produces a complete range of toroids, antenna rods and EMI-suppression products with a total capacity of 2..3 kilotons.Additionally, it develops and produces nickel-zinc ferrite powders, primarily for its own products.

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It was established in 1970. Over more than 30 years of experience has leaded to a worldwide-recognized capability from which entrepreneurial spirit is visible in their new high-end technologies, processes and products.Our design and application oriented development process gives Hispafer the ability to convert new technologies into new products. The close relationship with all other competence centers within FERROXCUBE, as well as partnerships with key-customers makes it possible to guide all initiatives towards their goal : to be the customers first choice.

Dongguan, ChinaFERROXCUBE in Dongguan started mass production in July 2001. The production capacity has been growing rapidly over the last years - the current output is around 6..7 kilotons - and is still expanding. The production site is located in Dongguan city, Qingxi town and close to our customers in the Guangdong province and Hong Kong. This enables us to deliver our ferrites by truck within hours, making a very short door-to-door leadtime possible.

3. Regional sales offices and customer service centers

Dedicated sales teams globally represent FERROXCUBE. In all three regions – America, Europe and Asia/Pacific – we have a regional sales office and scattered strategically over the areas a number of customer service centers.

Details can be found in the map on pages 6 and 7.

These offices and centers are close to and in regular contact with all our customers for the best support. The sales and product engineers from the sales offices and customer service centers are in direct contact with our teams in the factories and development/ application centers. In this way, actual information on (new) products, application and design-in support, but also samples, can immediately be arranged for customers.

Skierniewice

Guadalajara

Dongguan

WHAT WE MAKE.....

FERROXCUBE - a full range of ferrite products

E cores

Frame & Bar cores

Planar ER coresEQ coresEPX cores

EFD cores

PQ cores

Planar E cores

ETD cores

U cores

P cores

EP cores SMD beads

IIC

RM cores

Cable shields Multihole cores

PTS cores Iron powder toroidsRods

Gapped toroidsSMD wideband chokesMultilayer suppressorsWideband chokes

PM cores

Tubes

Specialty coresAbsorber tilesAccelerator cores

Ferrite toroids

Drum cores

PH cores

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FERROXCUBE - your global partnerAustralia: Contact Ferroxcube Taiwan Tel. +886 2 86650099, Fax: +886 2 86650145

Austria: Contact Ferroxcube Germany Tel: +49 (040) 527 28 305, Fax: +49 (040) 527 28 306

Benelux: Ferroxcube Netherlands, EINDHOVEN Tel: +31 (0)40 27 24 216, Fax: +31 (0)40 27 24 411

Canada: Contact Ferroxcube USA Tel: +1 915 599 2513/2328, Fax: +1 915 599 2555

China: Ferroxcube Hong Kong Tel: +852 2319 2740, Fax: +852 2319 2757 Ferroxcube South of China Tel: +86 769 7382420, Fax: +86 769 7339561 Ferroxcube Suzhou Tel: +86 512 68095048, Fax: +86 512 68097128

Czech Republic: Contact Ferroxcube Poland Tel: +48 46 834 00 07, Fax: +48 46 834 00 35

Denmark: Contact Ferroxcube Sweden Tel: +46 8 580 119 76, Fax: +46 8 580 121 60

Finland: Contact Ferroxcube Sweden Tel: +46 8 580 119 76, Fax: +46 8 580 121 60

France: Ferroxcube France, NANTERRE Tel: +33 (01) 5551 8422, Fax: +33 (01) 5551 8423

Germany: Ferroxcube Germany, HAMBURG Tel: +49 (040) 527 28 302, Fax: +49 (040) 527 28 306

Greece: Contact Ferroxcube Italy Tel: +39 02 241131 1 , Fax: +39 02 241131 11

Hungary: Contact Ferroxcube Poland Tel: +48 46 834 00 07, Fax: +48 46 834 00 35

Indonesia: Contact Ferroxcube Singapore Tel: +65 6244 7815, Fax: +65 6449 0446

Ireland: Contact Ferroxcube UK Tel: +44 870 2418759, Fax: +44 870 2418761

Israel: Arrow\Rapac Ltd., PETACH TIKVA Tel: +972 3 9203480, Fax: +972 3 9203443

Italy: Ferroxcube Italy, SESTO S. GIOVANNI (MI) Tel: +39 02 241131 1 , Fax: +39 02 241131 11

Malaysia: Contact Ferroxcube Singapore Tel: +65 6244 7815, Fax: +65 6449 0446

Mexico: Contact Ferroxcube USA Tel: +1 915 599 2513/2328, Fax: +1 915 599 2555

New Zealand: Contact Ferroxcube Taiwan Tel. +886 2 86650099, Fax: +886 2 86650145

Norway: Contact Ferroxcube Sweden Tel: +46 8 580 119 76, Fax: +46 8 580 121 60

Philippines: Contact Ferroxcube Singapore Tel: +65 6244 7815, Fax: +65 6449 0446

Poland: Ferroxcube Polska, SKIERNIEWICE Tel: +48 46 834 00 07, Fax: +48 46 834 00 35

Portugal: Contact Hispano Ferritas, Spain Tel: +34 (93) 317 2518, Fax: +34 (93) 302 3387

Singapore: Ferroxcube Singapore, SINGAPORE Tel: +65 6244 7815, Fax: +65 6449 0446

Spain: Hispano Ferritas, GUADALAJARA Tel: +34 (949) 247 153, Fax: +34 (949) 247 146

Sweden: Ferroxcube Sweden, JÄRFÄLLA Tel: +46 8 580 119 76, Fax: +46 8 580 121 60

Switzerland: Contact Ferroxcube Germany Tel: +49 (040) 527 28 305, Fax: +49 (040) 527 28 306

Taiwan: Ferroxcube Taiwan, TAIPEI Tel. +886 2 86650099, Fax: +886 2 86650145

Turkey: Contact Ferroxcube Italy Tel: +39 02 241131 1 , Fax: +39 02 241131 11

United Kingdom: Ferroxcube UK, LEATHERHEAD Tel: +44 870 2418759, Fax: +44 870 2418761

United States: Ferroxcube USA, EL PASO (TX) Tel: +1 915 599 2513/2328, Fax: +1 915 599 2555

Internet: www.ferroxcube.com

For all other countries apply to closest regional sales office:

� HAMBURG, GermanyTel: +49 (040) 527 28 302, Fax: +49 (040) 527 28 306e-mail: saleseurope@ferroxcube.com

� EL PASO (TX), USATel: +1 915 599 2513/2328, Fax: +1 915 599 2555e-mail: salesusa@ferroxcube.com

� TAIPEI, TaiwanTel. +886 2 86650099, Fax: +886 2 86650145e-mail: salesasia@ferroxcube.com

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