Manufacture Modules Technologies
File:Manufacture Modules Technologies (MMT) logo.png | |
Company type | Joint Venture |
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Industry | Wireless, Life Sciences, Biotech, Horology |
Founded | 2015 |
Headquarters | Geneva |
Key people | Philippe Kahn, Founder Peter Stas, Founder Philippe Fraboulet, CEO |
Website | www |
Manufacture Modules Technologies (MMT) is a Swiss company SARL formed in 2015 by Fullpower Technologies in Silicon Valley and Union Horlogere Holdings headquartered in Geneva.[1]
In July 2016, Union Horlogere Holding and MMT have been spun-out of the Frédérique Constant Group. [2]
Manufacture Module Technologies Sarl Fullpower Technologies Inc. 19.99% share was acquired by Union Horlogere Holding BV, giving it 100% of shares in MMT. [3]
Peter Stas is CEO and will be replaced by Philippe Fraboulet. [4]
The initial licensees are Frederique Constant, Alpina and Mondaine. Together, they are planning on offering ten different models in designer collections for both women and men.[5] Fullpower creates and manages the circuit design, firmware, smartphone applications (including sleep activity), as well as the cloud Infrastructure. MMT manages the Swiss watch movement development and production as well as licensing and support for the Swiss watch industry.[6][7]
In November 2015, Movado, a luxury watchmaker originally founded in 1881, announced the release of the Movado Motion collection of fine Swiss made watches, powered by MMT’s technology platform. The collection includes the women’s Bellina and the men’s Museum Sport models.[8]
References
- ^ Paul Lamkin (February 27, 2015). "Swiss guard: MMT promises stylish smartwatch revolution". Wareable. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Stephen Pulvirent (September 7, 2016). "MMT Spins Off From Frederique Constant". Hodinkee. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ Chamber of Commerce (September 8, 2016). "Extract MMT". Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ Paul O-Neil (September 8, 2016). "MMT Swiss Connect. Anything Apple can do…". World Tempus. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ Stephen Pulvirent (February 26, 2015). "The Swiss Have Finally Started Making Luxury Smartwatches". Bloomberg. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Sarah Mitroff (February 26, 2015). "Swiss watches are getting smart without sacrificing style". CNET. Retrieved February 27, 2015.
- ^ Paul Lamkin (March 19, 2015). "Tag Heuer Signals Start Of Swiss Smartwatch Revolution". Forbes. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- ^ Kristina Rodulfo (November 16, 2015). "Movado Debuts a Smartwatch that Actually Looks Like a Watch". Elle.