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News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 9 June 2004
Award recognises European investment
Texas Instruments received a European Investment Project Award at the second World Investment Conference held in La Baule, France on 27th May
The award was presented to Gilles Delfassy, TI Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Worldwide wireless terminals Business, by Peter Balazs, European Commissioner, and Geoffrey Connor, Texas Secretary of State in the presence of French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin to recognise TI's programme of strategic investments in Europe and in particular recent investments and acquisitions in research and development for wireless semiconductor solutions.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 June 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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'We are truly honoured to be among the list of notable recipients', said Delfassy.
'With the investments we've made, we have broadened our wireless technology research and development activities and increased our overall system-level expertise'.
'These strategic investments include the acquisition of Condat, in Berlin, Germany, the extension of the Wireless Business Centre in Villeneuve-Loubet, France, the extension of TI Denmark in Aalborg and the creation of TI Rennes, France'.
'Together, these investments have enabled us to strengthen the core hardware development for TI's wireless semiconductor solutions, expand our expertise in communications and wireless software solutions, optimise the performance of Java applications on future mobile devices, and enhance reference design development'.
'As a result, TI is well positioned to develop new and innovative technology and products that will change mobile communications worldwide', said Delfassy.
Under the theme 'Making Europe more attractive', this year's World Investment Conference brought together world leaders, development agencies and European politicians to discuss Europe's attractiveness for future investment.
Awards were given to the three best investors in Europe for outstanding projects in the areas of R and D investment and innovation.
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