Plessey signs Matrix to expand distribution network into Iberia

Plessey Semiconductors Ltd of Plymouth, UK has entered into a distribution agreement with Matrix Electrónica S.L. for the Iberian market for Plessey’s gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) LED products. Headquartered in Madrid with offices across Spain, Portugal and Chile, Matrix is an electronics distributor and provider of complete electronic solutions. Plessey says that its GaN-on-Si LEDs are produced using standard silicon-based semiconductor manufacturing processes, in contrast with existing LED.