TowerJazz and Aisin Seiki Announce Mass Production of New Generation Automotive Body Products
April 12 2017 - 5:06AM
TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader,
and Aisin Seiki, Co., Ltd., one of the largest worldwide automotive
component suppliers, today announce volume production of Aisin’s
new generation automotive devices for automotive body products for
car manufacturers using TowerJazz’s power management technology
platform.
TowerJazz’s power management platform enables
industry leading performance for automotive chips by providing:
scalable LDMOS and ESD devices for area efficiency, its patented
highly-reliable Y-Flash OTP/MTP solutions, as well as buried Zener
diode, Schottky diode and other advanced features.
TowerJazz is expanding its power technology
availability to its TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Company’s
(TPSCo’s) Japan fab. TowerJazz and Aisin plan to ramp
products also in TPSCo’s 200mm automotive grade Japan fab, gaining
multi-fab manufacturing flexibility.
“By utilizing TowerJazz’s advanced power
technology platform, it is easy to customize the chips to our
specifications,” said Mr. Koji Goto, Project General Manager,
Electronics Advanced Development Dept. Electronics Product
Division, Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. “I am certain our close
collaboration with TowerJazz on the development of automotive body
products will result in efficient and reliable volume production of
high quality automotive components.”
"TowerJazz is well positioned to best serve the
growing automotive semiconductor market with our advanced power
management technology platforms based on our 180nm AEC-Q100 Grade 0
qualified process platform to provide our customers with superior
quality manufacturing solutions,” said Shimon Greenberg, Vice
President and General Manager of Mixed-Signal and Power Management
Business Unit, TowerJazz. “We look forward to expanding our close
relationship with Aisin to produce its next-generation automotive
devices. The leadership of Aisin as a worldwide automotive
component supplier, combined with our best in class power platform,
enables breakthrough products in the fast growing automotive
market.”
About Aisin Seiki Aisin Seiki is a tier
one global supplier of automotive components and systems such as
brakes, transmissions, navigation systems, drivetrain, chassis,
body, engine-related parts, electronics and intelligent
transportation systems. Aisin also applies its knowledge of the
auto industry to a range of other sectors, including lifestyle and
energy-related products such as sewing machines, beds, gas heat
pump products, etc. Worldwide, Aisin has 180 consolidated companies
and employs 80,000 people. For more information, please visit:
http://www.aisin.com/.
About TowerJazz Tower Semiconductor Ltd.
(NASDAQ:TSEM) (TASE:TSEM) and its fully owned U.S. subsidiaries
Jazz Semiconductor, Inc. and TowerJazz Texas Inc., operate
collectively under the brand name TowerJazz, the global specialty
foundry leader. TowerJazz manufactures integrated circuits,
offering a broad range of customizable process technologies
including: SiGe, BiCMOS, mixed-signal/CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image
sensor, integrated power management (BCD and 700V), and MEMS.
TowerJazz also provides a world-class design enablement platform
for a quick and accurate design cycle as well as Transfer
Optimization and development Process Services (TOPS) to IDMs and
fabless companies that need to expand capacity.
To provide multi-fab sourcing and extended
capacity for its customers, TowerJazz operates two manufacturing
facilities in Israel (150mm and 200mm), two in the U.S. (200mm) and
three additional facilities in Japan (two 200mm and one 300mm)
through TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Co.
(TPSCo), established with Panasonic Corporation of which
TowerJazz has the majority holding. Through TPSCo, TowerJazz
provides leading edge 45nm CMOS, 65nm RF CMOS and 65nm 1.12um pixel
technologies, including the most advanced image sensor
technologies. For more information, please visit www.towerjazz.com
or www.tpsemico.com.
Safe Harbor Regarding Forward-Looking
StatementsThis press release includes forward-looking
statements, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual
results may vary from those projected or implied by such
forward-looking statements. A complete discussion of risks and
uncertainties that may affect the accuracy of forward-looking
statements included in this press release or which may otherwise
affect TowerJazz’s business is included under the heading "Risk
Factors" in Tower’s most recent filings on Forms 20-F, F-3, F-4 and
6-K, as were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and the Israel Securities Authority and Jazz’s most recent
filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as were filed with the SEC,
respectively. Tower and Jazz do not intend to update, and expressly
disclaim any obligation to update, the information contained in
this release.
TowerJazz Asia-Pacific Company
Contact: Shoko Saimiya | Shoko.saimiya@towerjazz.com
TowerJazz Investor Relations Contact: Noit Levi |
+972-4-604-7066 | noit.levi@towerjazz.com
Press release (PDF):
http://hugin.info/167229/R/2095747/792781.pdf
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