Fairchild Semiconductor Honored with Prime Minister's Award in South Korea; Recognized for Commitment to Highest Standards of Em
July 12 2005 - 4:22PM
Business Wire
Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS), the leading global supplier of
high performance products that optimize system power, has been
honored by the government of South Korea for excellence in
occupational health and safety. Fairchild has established an
accident free record exceeding six years. The Prime Minister's
Award was presented in Seoul by Dae-Hwan Kim, the minister of labor
of South Korea. "We're very pleased to receive this most recent
honor," said C.S. Song, vice president of global operations, Korea.
"Fairchild implemented a very rigorous health and safety program
including regular safety education classes, a computerized safety
management system, an ergonomics team, an emergency response team,
and a health club and physiotherapy center focused on minimizing or
eliminating on-the-job related injuries and illness. Our Bucheon
team has done an excellent job and this award recognizes those
efforts. Having been additionally lauded this year for
environmental preservation in South Korea, we will continue to take
a leadership position by setting the highest environmental and
safety standards as a global semiconductor company." Fairchild's
Bucheon facility has also received recognition for: --
Environmental preservation and water protection; -- Designation as
an environmental friendly company; -- ISO14001and KOSHA 18001
certifications; -- Voluntary energy reduction; -- Superior water
quality management; and -- Participation in local environmental
activities. Fairchild's Bucheon plant provides customers with
design and technical support as well as a world class manufacturing
operation of power devices such as Smart Power Modules (SPM(TM)).
These modules integrate high-voltage ICs (HVIC), low-voltage
ICs(LVIC), IGBTs, and Fast Recovery Diodes (FRD) in a variety of
innovative packaging, enabling designers to reduce overall system
size while simultaneously enhancing reliability. About Fairchild
Semiconductor: Fairchild Semiconductor (NYSE: FCS) is the leading
global supplier of high performance power products critical to
today's leading electronic applications in the computing,
communications, consumer, industrial and automotive segments. As
The Power Franchise(R), Fairchild offers the industry's broadest
portfolio of components that optimize system power through
minimization, conversion, management and distribution functions.
Fairchild's 9,000 employees design, manufacture and market power,
analog & mixed signal, interface, logic, and optoelectronics
products from its headquarters in South Portland, Maine, USA and
numerous locations around the world. Please contact us on the web
at www.fairchildsemi.com.
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