Cypress's Manufacturing Director to Speak at the 12th International Conference on Lead-Free Electronic Components and Assemblies.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Presentation to Challenge Assumption That Green Manufacturing is More Expensive Than Legacy Manufacturing Processes Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It began operations in 1982 and listed publicly in 1986. Two years later, the company shifted over to the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol, (NYSE: CY). Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CY), today announced that its manufacturing director, John Quist, will address managing the costs of transitioning to green manufacturing at the IPC/JEDEC 12th International Conference on Lead-Free Electronic Components and Assemblies to be held at the Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. Marriott Hotel in Santa Clara, Calif., on Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 9:30 a.m., local time. Quist's presentation, "Attacking the Myth that Green Manufacturing is More Expensive," will discuss how green products are currently being manufactured at costs equal to or lower than standard products. Using industry examples and benchmarking data, Quist will demonstrate how standard cost reduction plans can offset potential increases in "green" materials costs, resulting in overall lower costs for "green" products. On July 1, 2006, the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community (EU) will restrict the use of environmentally hazardous Environmentally hazardous is a chemical hazard, where significant damage to the environment is caused by a chemical substance. It is defined in the Globally Harmonized System and in the European Union chemical regulations. materials in electronic components and systems. Under the EU's Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, hundreds of thousands of products currently produced could become obsolete, forcing semiconductor and other electronics manufacturers to re-design their products to remove certain toxic materials. Companies not in compliance will not be able to sell their products into EU countries. For more information on the IPC/JEDEC 12th International Conference on Lead-Free Electronic Components and Assemblies please visit: http://www.ipc.org/ About Cypress Cypress solutions are at the heart of any system that is built to perform: consumer, computation, data communications, automotive, industrial, and solar power. Leveraging a strong commitment to customer service and performance-based process and manufacturing expertise, Cypress's product portfolio includes a broad selection of wired and wireless USB devices, CMOS image sensors, timing solutions, network search engines, specialty memories, high-bandwidth synchronous and micropower memory products, optical solutions, and reconfigurable mixed-signal arrays. Cypress stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors CY. More information about the company is available online at www.cypress.com. Cypress and the Cypress logo are registered trademarks of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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