About ZMD

Founded in 1961, ZMD AG is a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for automotive, medical, and industrial applications.

ZMD specializes in the design and marketing of high temperature, high voltage and ultra low power application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and application-specific standard products (ASSPs). Its advanced circuit-design expertise allow it to offer ICs with operating temperatures as high as +160°C, and voltages from as low as 0.85 V up to 40 V.

Headquartered in Dresden, Germany, ZMD has 250 employees worldwide and serves customers from the company’s offices in Melville, New York; Stuttgart, Germany; London, England; Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan and Hsinchu City, Taiwan. ZMD has design centers in Dresden, Stuttgart, Melville and Madison, Wisconsin.

ZMD’s product portfolio demonstrates the company’s expertise in the four segments: automotive, medical, sensor signal-conditioning and standard analog & mixed-signal.

ZMD Products

ZMD AG is a leading supplier of application-specific, integrated circuits. ZMD innovations are used in automotive and industrial electronics, medical technology and for infrared interfaces, for example in mobile phones and laptops. The company has successfully specialised in the design, production and marketing of heavy duty, mixed analogue-digital, application-specific circuits (ASICs) and application specific standard products (ASSPs) with low energy consumption.
As a result, ZMD has accelerated the development of the most modern mixed-signal systems on chip.

The main focus of these developments are applications for the automobile sector: ZMD has maintained a leading position in this area for several years, now and aims to be market leader for automotive sensor systems on chip for “x by wire" applications.

About West Coast Engineering

For over 23 years, West Coast Engineering (WCE) has been supplying electronics to OEMs, CEMs and distributors worldwide. Located in Hawthorne California, near the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), West Coast Engineering has established itself as a premier independent distributor specializing in providing electronic components for the military, aeronautical, medical, automotive and commercial manufacturing industries. ZMD is one of the hundreds of manufacturers that WCE carries on its linecard.

WCE has the techology and resources to handle any size transaction, no matter how big or small.

Quick Facts

• Founded: 1984
• Headquarters: Hawthorne, CA
• Other Locations: Futain, Shenzhen ▪ China PRC ▪ Brazil

West Coast Engineering is committed to providing the highest quality service to customers with its large diverse inventory stocked in its ISO9001:2000 and ESD compliant 70,000 sq. ft. warehouse. Year after year, West Coast Engineering has been considered a top independent distributor because of its principled reputation built on longstanding relationships with a dedicated customer base.

WCE's strategies differ from any other independent distributors. Listed below are some of the added measures that WCE takes to make sure that OEMs, CEMs and distributors have peace of mind when placing orders for electornic components, selling excess inventory, forming strategic alliances, and purchasing RoHS or
non-RoHS parts.