Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Fri, December 5, 2008
Thu, December 4, 2008
DALLAS--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, today announced that it has won the Environmental Award at the annual Elektra Awards' event held in Munich, Germany on the eve of Electronica 2008. Now in their sixth year, the Elektra Awards are regarded as the most prestigious electronic product, technology and business awards in Europe, recognizing the achievements of individuals and companies throughout the European Electronics industry.
For the Environmental Award category, Elektra invited companies to demonstrate how their business strategies are reducing the impact of their products, manufacturing process and commercial practices on the environment. The 20-strong independent panel of judges also looked for evidence of how good environmental practice has permeated across the company by being inclusive of staff at all levels of the organization.
Receiving the award on behalf of Diodes Incorporated, Vice President and Vice President of Europe Sales and Marketing, Colin Greene, said, "We're thrilled to receive this award as it really does recognize the incredible efforts of our Green Team: a volunteer group of employees, representative of the entire organization, with a real passion to see environmental objectives achieved."
"Diodes believes that one of the most important ways to achieve environmental recovery and sustainability is through the continuous drive of its people to improve the business's environmental performance. Through workforce engagement and ‘buy-in' to this vision, Diodes believes that it is achieving ‘world class' environmental performance."
Diodes' Elektra win follows hot on the heels of another award, the National Microelectronics Institute's Low-Power "Green" Design Award for 2008. The award was given to Diodes for its ZXGD3101T8 MOSFET rectifier controller. This product is the first in a new family of products that enable external power adapter designers to replace conventional Schottky diodes with surface-mount MOSFETs, resulting in higher efficiency, less heat generation, a reduction in adapter size and weight, and a simplification of overall circuit design.
About Diodes Incorporated
Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), an S&P SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, serving the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect sensors and temperature sensors, power management devices including LED drivers, DC-DC switching regulators, linear voltage regulators and voltage references along with special function devices including USB power switch, load switch, voltage supervisor and motor controllers. The Company has its corporate offices in Dallas, Texas, with a sales, marketing, engineering and logistics office in Southern California; design centers in Dallas, San Jose, Taipei, England and Germany; wafer fabrication facilities in Kansas City, Missouri and Manchester, England; two manufacturing facilities in Shanghai, China, one in Neuhaus, Germany and a joint venture facility in Chengdu, China; engineering, sales, warehouse and logistics offices in Taipei, Hong Kong and Manchester, England, and sales and support offices throughout the world. For further information, including SEC filings, visit the Company's website at [ http://www.diodes.com ].
