Product category: Power Supply ICs and Controllers
News Release from: Fairchild Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 6 March 2002
Fairchild starts work on Chinese plant
Fairchild Semiconductor has begun construction on a new 80,000m2 manufacturing and automated warehouse facility in Suzhou, China
China is the cornerstone of Fairchild's expansion plans for Asia and the company expects to more than double sales in China by 2004. To support this level of growth, Fairchild has a clear and well documented strategy. It includes: expanding alliances with key design houses to develop systems reference designs; increasing market penetration in the key high-growth market sectors; realigning product line resources to focus on China; and launching leading edge products for target segments.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 March 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Power components are a key business opportunity in China and demand has been strongest for our power analogue and power discrete products, especially the low voltage power mosfets in advanced surface mount packages", said Kirk Pond president, CEO and chairman of the board of Fairchild Semiconductor.
"These components are used in a variety of applications for a wide range of end markets and are found in virtually every electronics related product in the world, and China is no exception.
Fairchild leads the power component market, offering one of the broadest portfolios of power products, critical to managing, distributing, converting and minimising power requirements in the electronic applications of today and tomorrow".
Fairchild has identified 10 key markets segments that will drive growth in China.
Key applications are home appliances, monitors, audio/video, charger/adapter, power supplies, telecomms infrastructure, PDAs, colour TVs, mobiles phones and PCs.
The Suzhou plant will be a state-of-the-art assembly and test facility to manufacture a broad range of logic, discrete and analogue products.
Key to the company's global strategy, the new factory will produce products for both the local China market and for export to the rest of Asia, Europe and the Americas.
This is the first factory completely constructed by Fairchild since becoming an independent entity almost five years ago.
Fairchild intends to continue expanding in China and expects to be able to make announcements about new offices and design laboratories in the future.
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