Fox Electronics continues Asian expansion

Chaney With overseas sales continuing to grow, Fort Myers-based Fox Electronics has transferred its business development office from Fort Myers to Hong Kong. The company's XpressO oscillator has continued to capture the attention of the Asian Pacific electronics industry, which makes business development in the region increasingly important.

Herb Chaney, vice president of business development for Fox Electronics, has been traveling frequently in the Asian Pacific region, and is now relocating to Hong Kong. He will focus on developing new partnerships, increasing sales of the XpressO oscillator and expanding the infrastructure to produce the product in the Asian Pacific region, which includes the electronics powerhouse Japan.

"No other electronics company in the world offers a product like the XpressO, and we are continuing to see interest for the XpressO grow in the region," Chaney said. "Being in Hong Kong will allow me to work more closely with our customers and ultimately to continue to grow our customer base around the world."

In 2007, Fox Electronics expanded its Hong Kong operations by transforming its sales office there into a full-service logistics and distribution center. The company also added a warehouse and plans to soon add on-site manufacturing.

The XpressO oscillators, a new family of configurable crystal oscillators, can be used for many applications, including computers, test equipment and air conditioning control panels. They cost 20 to 50 percent less than the standard fixed-frequency oscillators that they are replacing.

Founded in 1979, Fox Electronics is America's leading supplier of standard and custom frequency control products, including the industry's broadest line of crystals, oscillators, crystal filters and more. The company global headquarters is located in Fort Myers at 5570 Enterprise Parkway. Fox Electronics has facilities, representatives and distributors throughout the world including Europe, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.