Thales Computers opens office in China

Beijing, CHINA (Image copyright CNN)

April 12, 2007 – Edison, New Jersey and Toulon, France – Thales, a leading provider of VMEbus and CompactPCI single-board computer (SBC) products and systems, announced today the opening of its new office in Beijing, People’s Republic of China. The opening of the office allows Thales Computers to expand its investments in the fast growing Asian market.

“The market for embedded computing in China is at a very exciting and challenging stage, and it is strategically vital for us to become a leading supplier of COTS in this region,” said Christian Baud, chief executive officer of Thales Computers. “China promises to be an important market for our high-performance embedded COTS computer systems, and we will leverage Thales’ significant investments in facilities, know-how and people.”

The new Thales Computers office is located in the Tianzhu airport industrial zone in Beijing, within a facility that is currently utilized by several Thales companies to provide services and support for its customers of Thales’ in computers, avionics and aerospace-related programs. The office is tasked with developing new business opportunities for Thales Computers’ products in China, while offering a local point of contact and providing the closest and best commercial, technical and logistics support to existing partners and customers.

The contact information for Thales Computers’ new Beijing office is:

Daniel Wang Changgang, Sales Manager, China – Computers – Aerospace Division

Gerard Teng Guozhong, Business Development Delegate, China – Aerospace Division

Xia Jinsong, General Manager, China – Aerospace Division

THALES Aerospace (Beijing) Co. Ltd.

CasaNuova Center, No.27 Tianzhu Road, Area A

Tianzhu Airport Industrial Zone, Shunyi

Beijing,101312, China

Tel: (+86) 10 8048 9492/9493 – Fax: (+86) 10 8048 6894

About Thales

Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, serving defence, aerospace, security and services markets worldwide. The Thales Group employs 70,000 people throughout the world and generated revenues of €10.3 billion in 2006. Thales computers activities include development of commercial and ruggedized VMEbus & CompactPCI multiprocessing solutions based on PowerPC and Intel microprocessors. Thales products are optimized for a wide variety of applications in the military, aerospace, transportation, communications, and industrial markets and are used by customers worldwide, including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Bombardier, Toshiba, British Aerospace, Ericsson, Alcatel, MBDA, Finmeccanica, Thales Group, and others. For more information please visit our web site at www.thalescomputers.com.