ARCCORE Becomes a Part of Vector

Gothenburg, SWEDEN and Stuttgart, GERMANY, 2018-08-31 – Vector, the Stuttgart based embedded software specialist for automotive embedded electronics, has acquired the Swedish embedded software specialist ARCCORE effective July 11, 2018. This acquisition strengthens Vector’s portfolio of products and services in the field of AUTOSAR. Customers of Vector will benefit from further innovations for this global automotive software standard. ARCCORE was founded in 2006 and currently employs 80 people worldwide who work on developing and distributing products and services in the domain of embedded based solutions, primarily for the automotive market. Since 2009 the focus is on the global ECU software standard AUTOSAR. Headquartered in Gothenburg (Sweden), ARCCORE has subsidiaries in Linköping (Sweden), Munich (Germany), Bangalore (India), Palo Alto (USA) and Shanghai (China). For Dr. Thomas Beck, Managing Director of Vector, the acquisition offers many advantages for automotive customers, not only in Sweden: “ARCCORE is a strong addition to our embedded software portfolio and contributes to the success of worldwide customer projects. A special focus will be on the ongoing development of AUTOSAR Adaptive, the new standard platform for application computers in vehicles. The powerful development team enables us to provide useful innovations for our customers.” Michael Svenstam, CEO and co-founder of ARCCORE adds: “ARCCORE is excited to join the Vector family. For the past five years, ARCCORE has grown to be a recognized global partner in the AUTOSAR market. Adding ARCCORE offerings to technologies and capabilities from Vector will further extend the ability to serve current and new customers.” Vector is not new to the Swedish market. The wholly owned Vector subsidiary VecScan AB is headquartered in Gothenburg and has been serving customers since 2002 with software tools and embedded components mainly for the automotive market. In the meantime, VecScan AB has established a solid position in Scandinavia and will continue to expand it in the future. Development work on AUTOSAR Adaptive software for automotive ECUs is currently in full progress in the IT industry. While the development of conventional ECUs was driven primarily by stringent real-time and safety requirements, today aspects such as updating and upgrading capability are primary considerations. These involve dynamic reloading of software components, the use of standard libraries – such as for image analysis –, self-learning of functions and accelerated production cycles. The main use cases are automated driving and “over-the-air” updating as well as multimedia applications. More information about Vector’s AUTOSAR solution: www.vector.com/autosar Figure 1: Useful innovations for AUTOSAR in focus: Vector acquired the Swedish embedded software specialist ARCCORE. Image rights: Vector Informatik GmbH Figure 2: Dr. Thomas Beck, managing director of Vector: “ARCCORE contributes to the further success of our worldwide customer projects.” Image rights: Vector Informatik GmbH Figure 3: Michael Svenstam, CEO and co-founder of ARCCORE, sees the ability to even better serve current and new customers. Image rights: Michael Svenstam, ARCCORE About ARCCORE ARCCORE is a leading provider of state-of-art products and services for the embedded systems market. Based on a solid expert knowledge in real-time platforms, the IT company develops and market products for the software industry enabling their customers to develop innovative solutions in a faster and more cost-efficient way. The focus is to provide superior solutions for embedded systems development to the automotive market and other. ARCCORE’s vision is to be one of the leading suppliers of integrated, high quality and efficient software products preferably based on renowned industry standards.

About the Vector Group Vector Informatik is the leading manufacturer of software tools and embedded components for the development of electronic systems and their networking with many different systems from CAN to Automotive Ethernet. Vector has been a partner of automotive manufacturers and suppliers and related industries since 1988. Vector tools and services provide engineers with the decisive advantage to make a challenging and highly complex subject area as simple and manageable as possible. Vector employees work on electronic innovations for the automotive industry every day. Worldwide customers in the automotive, commercial vehicles, aerospace, transportation, and control technology industries rely on the solutions and products of the independent Vector Group for the development of technologies for future mobility. Vector worldwide currently employs more than 2,000 people with sales of EUR 520 million in 2017. With its headquarter in Germany (Stuttgart), Vector has subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, France, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Sweden, South Korea, India, China, and Brazil.