Melexis

Melexis

Type	N.V. (Euronext: MELE)
Industry	Semiconductors
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Ieper, Belgium
Key people	Roland Duchâtelet Chairman of the Board, Françoise Chombar and Rudi De Winter (co-CEO)
Products	Semiconductors, Sensors
Revenue	EUR 201.5 million (2006)
Operating income	EUR 42.3 million (2006)
Net income	EUR 34.5 million (2006)[1]
Employees	700 (2006)
Website	http://www.melexis.com

Melexis N.V. is a Belgian-based manufacturer of smart mixed-signal semiconductors integrated circuits, integrated sensors (Hall effect sensors, Microelectromechanical systems) and systems (MCM, System-on-a-chip).

Activities & Products

The company supplies integrated circuits (IC's) to the automotive industry and Application Specific Standard Products (ASSP's) for industrial and consumer product applications.

Melexis Products :

• Integrated sensors
  • Hall-effect
  • Optical
  • Infrared
  • Pressure
  • Acceleration
  • Angular Rate
• Communication ICs
  • Low Power RF
  • RFID
  • Automotive BUS
• Actuator ICs
  • For Electric Motors
  • Solenoids
  • LEDs
• Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).

Melexis complies with ISO/TS 16949:2002- an automotive quality standard, ISO 14001 - an environment standard.

History

Origin of company name "MELEXIS"

The company name is, interestingly, a recursive pseudo-acronym of the full company name: Microelectronic ELEXcompany name prior to IPO Integrated Systems

Company Timeline

• 1993, foundation of Melexis
• 1997, acquisition US MikroChips Inc., US, now Melexis Inc.
• 1997, Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the EASDAQ stock exchange market.
• 1999, acquisition of Thesys Mikroelektronik Produkte GmbH, Germany, now Melexis GmbH
• 2000, acquisition of Melexis Bulgaria Ltd. form
• 2000, opened Melexis-Ukraine
• 2002, Second Public Offering (SPO) on the Euronext Brussels stock exchange market
• 2004, acquisition Sentron AG, Switzerland
• 2006, Xtrion NV becomes main shareholder of Melexis NV
• 2008, opened Melexis Philippines Branch
• 2009, opened Melexis Shanghai office

Ownership

Melexis' main shareholder is Xtrion N.V. (50.05%). 38.71% of the shares are public. Xtrion further holds majority share in the X-Fab foundry.

Subsidiaries & Branches

Subsidiaries :

• Melefin NV Ieper, Belgium
• Melexis Inc., USA
• Melexis GmbH, Germany
• Melexis Ukraine, Ukraine
• Melexis Bulgaria Ltd., Bulgaria
• Melexis BV, The Netherlands
• Melexis Tessenderlo NV, Belgium
• Melexis Technologies SA, Switzerland
• Sentron AG, Switzerland

Branch offices:

• Melexis French Branch, France
• Melexis Philippines Branch, Philippines

External links

• http://www.melexis.com

References

1. ^ Microsoft Word - 2006_Annual_Report.doc