London (10 April 2024): 2J Antennas, a manufacturer of external antennas for connected devices, will join the IMC, the world’s largest trade association for the IoT sector, in order to build awareness for its expanded portfolio of hardware and design products and services. Last month, the company was united with a provider of internal antennas – Antenova – under the new, joint ownership of DiscoverIE Plc, the joint entity will share testing and design facilities in the US, UK, Taiwan and Slovakia. Roughly two thirds of the IMC’s 28,000 rank-and-file Adopter Members are engaged in product design and manufacturing on some level.

“We are expanding our reach, products and services, and now being part of DiscoverIE Group provides us with the support to accelerated growth,” says Ruben Cuadras, PhD. 2J’s Managing Director in the US, who will represent the company on the IMC board, “We look at the IMC as an excellent go-to-market platform to build awareness for this broader portfolio.”

That expanded line of products and services now includes more than 1,000 internal and external antennas, and a new antenna lab in the US state of Arizona, along with the company’s European manufacturing facilities, which are certified for automotive applications, among other target markets. The company will use IMC outreach platforms, including live and online events, push-content channels, and its extensive library of IoT content such as use-cases, white papers, e-books, video, and more.

“We welcome 2J to our IMC Board of Governors, they add another level of diversity to our existing board that only enhances the value of the IMC to its members” says Sam Colley, IMC Chairman and a product strategist at Giesecke+Devrient, a major provider of Connectivity, SIM, and security technology, “A large portion of our Adopter Membership are engaged in product design and manufacturing of connected devices, and therefore 2J’s knowledge and experience will serve to ensure that our adopters have extended access to yet another element within the IoT ecosystem.”

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