Maxim Integrated Products Achieves ISO/TS16949:2002 Certification -- Ensures Continued Excellence in Automotive Market.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MXIM), one of the industry's leading mixed-signal and analog semiconductor companies, announces ISO/TS16949:2002 certification at its California, USA, headquarters, design, manufacturing, test, and shipping locations. Achieving TS16949 certification is another step that affirms the Company's ongoing commitment to the automotive market. The Automotive environment is extremely harsh for semiconductor devices because of electrical noise and operating temperatures. Because the consequences of IC failure can be severe, the TS16949's quality standards were developed to ensure that suppliers anticipate and meet these requirements, from product design to product development, manufacturing, and delivery. ISO/TS16949 is a common global registration system recognized by all participating organizations of the International Automotive Task Force (IATF IATF International Automotive Task Force IATF Inter Association Task Force IATF Information Assurance Technical Framework IATF Information Assurance Task Force IATF Internet Access Task Force (Estes Park, Colorado) ), which includes BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. (R), DaimlerChrysler AG(R), Ford Motor Company(R), General Motors Corporation(R), Volkswagen(R). ISO/TS16949 also comprises common, international automotive quality-system requirements based on ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000, AVSQ AVSQ African Violet Society of Queensland (Australia) AVSQ Associazione nazionale dei Valutatori di Sistemi Qualità (Italy) AVSQ Ars Viva String Quartet (Italy), EAQF (France), QS-9000 (U.S.), and VDA VDA Vendor Driven Architecture VDA Verband Der Automobilindustrie E.V. (German Automobile Industry Association) VDA Virginia Department for the Aging VDA Ovda, Israel (Airport Code) VDA Visual Data Analysis 6.1 (Germany) requirements. "Automotive customers demand the highest quality components and robust quality systems. Maxim's compliance with TS16949 demonstrates that our design and manufacturing processes meet the most rigorous quality standard possible," said Tom Tobin, Executive Director, Quality, Automotive Business Unit. "Maxim's automotive solutions in wireless, power, audio, video and mixed-signal applications exceed the specifications required by the automotive industry," Tobin added. Maxim Integrated Products is a leading international supplier of quality analog and mixed-signal products for applications that require real world signal processing. For more information, contact Maxim at 120 San Gabriel Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94086. Telephone: 408-737-7600 or our URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : www.maxim-ic.com. BMW is a registered trademark of BMW AG. DaimlerChrysler AG is a registered trademark of the Daimler Chrysler Corp. Ford Motor Company is a registered trademark of the Ford Motor Company. General Motors Corp. is a registered trademark of the General Motors Corp. Volkswagen is a registered trademark of the Volkswagen Corp. |
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