Skyworks' Green(TM) Portfolio Helps Its Customers Meet Environmental Guidelines Well Ahead of Deadline; Company Re-Affirms Commi
July 05 2005 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:SWKS), a global leader in analog,
mixed signal and digital semiconductors for mobile communications
applications, today announced that its lead (Pb)-free and
environmentally friendly product portfolio is now available through
the company's Green Initiatives(TM) program, facilitating
customers' abilities to meet the various environmental regulations
and provide Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliant
devices well ahead of the deadline. The RoHS directive is targeted
at removing six dangerous substances from all electronic products
shipped into Europe by July 2006. Skyworks has offered lead-free,
RoHS-compliant and other ecological features in many of its
products for several years, having begun the migration to a
complete lead-free product line back in 2003. "As an industry
leader, Skyworks is committed to protecting and preserving the
environment in all its business operations," said Bruce J. Freyman,
vice president of worldwide operations for Skyworks. "We understand
that our actions today can have environmental impacts tomorrow. As
a company, we have continuously partnered with our customers to
meet their needs and ensure conformity to government directives and
industry guidance, not only in Europe, but around the world. Our
Green(TM) portfolio demonstrates our commitment to this important
end." Skyworks maintains a core environmental management system for
all of its manufacturing facilities, which are certified to the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001:1996
global specifications. The ISO 14001:1996 standard specifies
requirements for establishing an environmental policy, determining
impacts, planning objectives and measurable targets, as well as
implementation of these programs to meet established goals. The aim
of RoHS is to help protect human health and the environment by
restricting the use of six substances within electrical and
electronic equipment (EEE): Lead (Pb), Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd),
Hexavalent Chromium (Cr +6), Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). Skyworks also offers
Green(TM) products that conform to the EIA/EICTA/JEITA Joint
Industry Guide Level A guidelines and are free from antimony
trioxide and brominated flame-retardants. For more information
about Skyworks' roadmap to environmentally friendly packaging and a
list of RoHS-compliant and lead-free products, please visit the
Skyworks Web site at www.skyworksinc.com and click on the Green
Initiative(TM) leaf. About Skyworks Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is a
global leader in analog, mixed signal and digital semiconductors
for mobile communications applications. The company's power
amplifiers, front-end modules, direct conversion transceivers and
complete system solutions are at the heart of many of today's
leading-edge multimedia handsets, cellular base stations and
wireless networking platforms. Skyworks also offers a portfolio of
highly innovative linear products, supporting a diverse set of
automotive, broadband, industrial and medical customers.
Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., Skyworks is worldwide with
engineering, manufacturing, sales and service facilities throughout
Asia, Europe and North America. For more information, please visit
the Skyworks Web site at: www.skyworksinc.com. Safe Harbor
Statement This news release includes "forward-looking statements"
intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established
by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements include information relating to future
results of Skyworks (including certain projections and business
trends). Forward-looking statements can often be identified by
words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "believes,"
"plans," "may," "will," "continue," similar expressions, and
variations or negatives of these words. All such statements are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially and adversely from those projected,
and may affect our future operating results, financial position and
cash flows. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to: global economic and market conditions, such as the
cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the markets
addressed by the company's and its customers' products; demand for
and market acceptance of new and existing products; the ability to
develop, manufacture and market innovative products in a rapidly
changing technological environment; the ability to compete with
products and prices in an intensely competitive industry; product
obsolescence; losses or curtailments of purchases from key
customers or the timing of customer inventory adjustments; the
timing of new product introductions; the availability and extent of
utilization of raw materials, critical manufacturing equipment and
manufacturing capacity; pricing pressures and other competitive
factors; changes in product mix; fluctuations in manufacturing
yields; the ability to continue to grow and maintain an
intellectual property portfolio and obtain needed licenses from
third parties; the ability to attract and retain qualified
personnel; labor relations of the company, its customers and
suppliers; economic, social and political conditions in the
countries in which Skyworks, its customers or its suppliers
operate, including security and health risks, possible disruptions
in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates; and the uncertainties of litigation, as well as
other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those
detailed from time to time in the company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking
statements are made only as of the date hereof, and the company
undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise. Note to Editors: Skyworks and Skyworks Solutions,
Green, Green Initiatives and the Green Initiative leaf design, are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. or
its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All
other brands and names listed are trademarks of their respective
companies.
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