Eindhoven start-up Altum RF targets microwave niches

With the recent announcements of Greg Baker as its CEO and Niels Kramer as its managing director and vice president marketing, Altum RF is now in the spotlight, entering the well-established RF/microwave industry. Baker and Kramer founded the company together with their former colleague, Tony Fattorini. They incorporated in the Netherlands, established an office on the Eindhoven University of Technology campus, secured a design team in Sydney, Australia, and started building a portfolio of high-performance millimeter-wave to digital solutions for next-generation applications.

“There’s a lot of consolidation going on in the RF market, especially in high-frequency design, where the little fish have been consumed by the larger fish. These larger companies focus on high-volume projects, such as automotive radar and 5G millimeter-wave. Emerging applications that may not be as big today are often left unaddressed. This is one area where we saw an opportunity,” Niels Kramer explains as the trigger for the start-up.