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Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, has received the ‘Manufacturing Site of the Year’ award from the National Microelectronics Institute (NMI). The award was presented to company representatives at the NMI’s prestigious annual awards dinner held in London, United Kingdom.

Derek Boyd, Chief

Executive Officer of the NMI said, “The award this year has been revised to take into account the severe economic conditions currently facing the industry. We wanted to recognize organizations that have maintained innovation during the recession through development of new products, new processes, operational efficiencies, cost reductions or a combination of all of these factors.

“Diodes' wafer fab in Oldham was able to demonstrate a range of impressive achievements, resulting in improved productivity, a reduction in carbon footprint of 30% and enhancements to process and product capabilities to access larger markets. We would like to congratulate Diodes on these notable accomplishments during this challenging time.”


Mick Conlon, United Kingdom Operations Manager of Diodes, said, “In response to harsh global economic conditions, our United Kingdom manufacturing operation has had to undergo dramatic and radical change over the last 12 months. Thanks to the perseverance of our entire workforce in accepting and managing through the changes, we are now well equipped to capitalize on the opportunities arising as we emerge from the downturn.”


Commenting on the award, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diodes, stated, “I am very pleased to receive this award in recognition of the manufacturing excellence that has served as the cornerstone to Diodes’ success over the years. I am particularly proud of our team in Oldham for their resiliency during the economic downturn that will contribute to our improved performance and profitable growth in the future.”


About Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete and analog semiconductor markets, serving the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect sensors and temperature sensors, power management devices including LED drivers, DC-DC switching regulators, linear voltage regulators and voltage references, along with special function devices including USB power switch, load switch, voltage supervisor and motor controllers. The Company’s corporate headquarters is located in Dallas, Texas. A sales, marketing, engineering and logistics office is located in Westlake Village, California. Design centers are located in Dallas; San Jose, California; Taipei, Taiwan; Manchester, England and Neuhaus, Germany. The Company’s wafer fabrication facilities are located in Kansas City, Missouri and Manchester; with two manufacturing facilities located in Shanghai, China, another in Neuhaus, and a joint venture facility located in Chengdu, China. Additional engineering, sales, warehouse and logistics offices are located in Taipei; Hong Kong; Manchester and Munich, Germany, with support offices located throughout the world. For further information, including SEC filings, visit the Company's website at www.diodes.com : .



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