ZMDI, a global semiconductor company, is proud to have been honored with the prestigious “European Innovation and Sustainability Award for Digital Power” by the International Alternative Investment Review (IAIR) for 2015

ZMD AG (ZMDI), a Dresden-based semiconductor company that specializes in enabling energy-efficient solutions, today announces that it is the proud recipient of the “European Innovation and Sustainability Award for Digital Power” from the International Alternative Investment Review (IAIR) magazine. The winner was selected following a survey of the IAIR subscribers and additional due diligence by the IAIR editorial committee. The award ceremony was held on the 9th of October this year at the London Stock Exchange Group in Milan with the patronage of the European Commission and EXPO 2015 organizers and and in special partnership with the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, South China Morning Post and other global financial magazines.

As a global supplier of analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, information technology and consumer applications, ZMDI is greatly honored to have been given this award for its Digital Power portfolio of innovative products.

Mr. Frantz Saintellemy, President ZMD America Inc., Exec VP - Global Sales, Marketing & Product Strategy, stated, “ZMDI is very proud to win this award in Europe and especially after being honored in Hong Kong in early 2015 with another award highlighting our exceptional power products. ZMDI is now and has always been expressly committed to innovation through the development of products that deliver quality to our customers while achieving a positive impact on our environment. The Digital Power portfolio of ZMDI welcomes and is honored with this second award in 2015. This year, ZMDI also signed two Power licensing agreements: one with IDT and the other with Altera.” Mr. Saintellemy continued, “It is very exciting to see the recognition of our designs not only through awards but also through the collaboration with these 2 world class semiconductor companies. Over the last 50 years, our employees and their innovative ideas have enabled us to set consistently new technological milestones in one of the world’s most fascinating and dynamic sectors. We see our history simultaneously as an obligation and an incentive to work on solutions that surpass our customer’s expectations by helping to enable their products to be energy efficient.”

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About ZMDI

Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden AG (ZMDI) is an award-winning global semiconductor company headquartered in Dresden, Germany, and specializing in enabling energy-efficient solutions. ZMDI is global supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors solutions for automotive, industrial, medical, mobile sensing, information technology and consumer applications. These solutions enable their customers to create the most energy-efficient products in multi-market sensing, including automotive and mobile; power management; motor controlling; battery management; and other industrial application-specific standard products (ASSP).

For over 50 years, ZMDI has been globally headquartered in Dresden, Germany. ZMDI serves customers directly as well as through global distribution partners located throughout Europe, Asia and Americas.