Merger & ACquisition
eInfochips Acquired by
Arrow Electronics
eInfochips, a global product engineering services firm, signed
an agreement with Arrow Electronics, a Fortune 118 company
and global leader in technology design, manufacturing
support, and supply chain services, to fully transfer and
merge its business with Arrow Electronics Inc.
• Accelerate growth for eInfochips to expand current
services and act as a catalyst for R&D and IP initiatives in
the area of digital transformation
• Allow Arrow to greatly enhance the value proposition to
their vast 125,000 customer base
Post the merger, eInfochips will act as a fully owned subsidiary
of Arrow Electronics Inc.
This acquisition by Arrow will leverage synergies between
eInfochip’s engineering capabilities and digital transformation
offerings with Arrow’s tremendous breadth of electronics
and enterprise products and solutions, and digital operations,
including in IoT.
This acquisition, once closed, will expand Arrow’s ‘’sensor-to-
sunset’’ capabilities, by combining eInfochips’ Snapbricks IoT
framework, as well as by adding eInfochips’ 1,500 IoT solution
architects, ASIC and embedded engineers, and software
development resources to Arrow’s already leading position
in IoT design services. Also, adding eInfochips’ end-to-end
product design capabilities, digital transformation offerings
in cloud services, IoT, intelligent automation, devops, and
video management to Arrow’s eDesign platform, will greatly
augment the scale of digital services offerings to Arrow’s
125,000 customers.
Once closed, significant benefits of this transaction include:
• Comprehensive and connected IoT solutions and
technologies for global companies looking for end-end
product design and development, including sourcing
components, engineering services, manufacturing
support, product sustenance and digital transformation –
that will accelerate time to market, provide cost benefits
and enhance customer experience
• Synergies in digital initiatives, including IoT and cloud
services that will provide clients with cutting edge, sensor-
to-cloud IoT platforms for their product and solution
needs
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Global MDA Journal may 2018
About eInfochips
eInfochips is a product
engineering and software
R&D services company with
over 20 years of experience,
500+ product developments, and over 40M+ deployments
in 140 countries across the world, in multiple domains,
including Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Consumer
Electronics, Home and Industrial Automation, Medical
Devices, Retail, Security & Surveillance, Semiconductors,
Transportation & Logistics, etc. Today, 60% of its revenues
come from Fortune 500 companies and 80% from solutions
around connected devices. From silicon to embedded
systems to software, from design & development to
deployment & sustenance, eInfochips maps the product
journey of its customers. With its R&D centers in the
USA and India, eInfochips continuously invests and
fuel innovations in the areas of Product Engineering,
Device Lifecycle Management, IoT & Cloud Frameworks,
Intelligent Automation, and Video Management. The
company has sales presence in the USA, Japan, and India.
About Arrow Electronics Inc.
Arrow Electronics is a global
provider of products, services, and
solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic
components and enterprise computing solutions.
www.einfochips.com