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Founded in 1997,

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u-blox has its roots in Zurich, Switzerland.

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With subsidiaries in 17 countries on all 
five continents

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u-blox is today a successful global chip 
designer

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and market leader of semiconductor elements

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for wireless and positioning solutions.

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Behind this success is the CEO Thomas Seiler,

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who has been at the helm of the company since 
2002

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together with the co-founders, Daniel Ammann,

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Andreas Thiel,

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Jean-Pierre Wyss

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and CFO Roland Jud,

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who joined the company later.

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Thanks to our savvy strategy and top-notch 
products,

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u-blox has taken continuous and strong up-turn

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and has been profitable ever since it went 
public in 2007.

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2014 u-blox had over 600 employees

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and a turnover of 270 Million Swiss Francs.

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u-blox offer semiconductor chips, modules 
and software

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for wireless and positioning solutions

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to its more than 5000 customers.

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In fact, over 50 Million people and machines 
worldwide

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use the solutions of the Swiss market leader.

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u-blox’ modules and chips are ideal

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for all new developments in the Internet 
of Things,

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a domain in which the smallest size,

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highest performance

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and lowest possible power consumption are 
decisive.

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The fact that our lives are increasingly 
influenced by wireless and positioning technologies

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means that u-blox always keeps up with the 
latest technology developments.

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The core of all products is outstanding quality 
and robustness,

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focusing on reception security,

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connectivity

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and interference resistance.

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Thanks to a slim company build-up

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and a perfect synergy of efficiency and quality 
in production,

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u-blox is able to react swiftly and precisely 
to market demands.