放眼 2018 Arduino 開創新時代 BCMI宣佈收購Arduino AG的100%所有權

BCMI宣佈收購Arduino AG的100%所有權，以及旗下所有的Arduino商標

Arduino 的新時代; Banzi被任命為主席

Arduino 的聯合創始人Massimo Banzi，David Cuartielles，David Mellis和Tom Igoe今天宣布，他們的BCMI公司已經收購了Arduino AG。

Massimo Banzi擔任公司的董事長兼首席技術官，Fabio Violante擔任新首席執行官。Arduino AG前首席執行官Federico Musto將會尋求其他機會。

從發布：

“這是Arduino新時代的開始，我們將加強並重申對開源硬件和軟件的承諾，同時讓公司實現可持續增長的良好財務過程。我們的願景仍然是繼續讓任何人在未來很長一段時間內用電子產品進行創新，“Banzi先生說。

“我非常高興和很榮幸加入Massimo，聯合創始人和驚人的Arduino團隊擔任首席執行官。在過去的兩年中，我們非常努力地達到這一點。我們設想一個未來，Arduino將應用其獲獎配方，為個人，教育工作者，專業人士和企業實現物聯網民主化，“Violante博士說。

以下為原文報導

Acquisition Ushers in New Era for Arduino; Banzi Named Chairman

Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, David Mellis and Tom Igoe, co-founders of Arduino, announced today that their company BCMI has acquired Arduino AG.

Massimo Banzi steps into a role as the company’s chairman and CTO, with Fabio Violante as the new CEO. Federico Musto, former CEO of Arduino AG, will be pursuing other opportunities.

From the release:

“This is the beginning of a new era for Arduino in which we will strengthen and renew our commitment to open source hardware and software, while in parallel setting the company on a sound financial course of sustainable growth. Our vision remains to continue to enable anybody to innovate with electronics for a long time to come,” said Mr Banzi.

“I’m really excited and honoured to join Massimo, the co-founders and the amazing Arduino team as CEO. In the past two years we have worked very hard to get to this point. We envision a future in which Arduino will apply its winning recipe to democratize the Internet of Things for individuals, educators, professionals and businesses,” said Dr. Violante.