Skyworks Achieves New Records in Environmental Resource Conservation and Waste Minimization
April 24 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Reduces Year-Over-Year Carbon Dioxide Emissions
by 22 Percent, Municipal Waste by 20 Percent and Hazardous Waste by
16 Percent
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), an innovator of high
performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places and
things, today released its 2016 Sustainability Report, a voluntary
public document that provides a comprehensive self-assessment of
the company’s commitment to sustainable business practices. The
report highlights Skyworks’ record efficiency improvements in
energy and water use, reductions in municipal and hazardous waste
and progress across environmental, labor, supply chain, health,
safety, ethics and community activities.
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“Skyworks’ unit sales and revenue reached all-time highs in
fiscal 2016 as global demand for our connectivity solutions
continued to accelerate,” said Steven C. Machuga, vice president of
worldwide operations for Skyworks. “In meeting this record demand,
Skyworks never wavered in its commitment to sustainability. We are
proud to be incorporating sustainable business practices within our
own facilities as well as our supply chain, working towards
improving operations and aligning with customers to build a better
tomorrow.”
Skyworks continued its trend of manufacturing products with
decreased environmental impact (per 1,000 production units).
Year-over-year, Skyworks:
- Lessened its carbon dioxide emissions
by 22 percent
- Lowered its hazardous waste generation
rate by 16 percent
- Reduced its energy usage rate by 13
percent
- Decreased its water consumption rate by
12 percent
The report and other sustainability information can be found on
Skyworks’ Sustainability page.
About Skyworks
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is empowering the wireless networking
revolution. Our highly innovative analog semiconductors are
connecting people, places and things spanning a number of new and
previously unimagined applications within the automotive,
broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, industrial,
medical, military, smartphone, tablet and wearable markets.
Skyworks is a global company with engineering, marketing,
operations, sales and support facilities located throughout Asia,
Europe and North America and is a member of the S&P 500® and
Nasdaq-100® market indices (NASDAQ: SWKS). For more information,
please visit Skyworks’ website at: www.skyworksinc.com.
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established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Forward-looking statements include without limitation
information relating to future events, results and expectations of
Skyworks. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by
words such as "anticipates," "expects," "forecasts," "intends,"
"believes," "plans," "may," "will" or "continue," and similar
expressions and variations (or negatives) of these words. Actual
events and/or results may differ materially and adversely from such
forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and
uncertainties including, but not limited to, our ability to timely
and accurately predict market requirements and evolving industry
standards and to identify opportunities in new markets; our ability
to develop, manufacture, and market innovative products and avoid
product obsolescence; our ability to compete in the marketplace and
achieve market acceptance of our products; the availability and
pricing of third-party semiconductor foundry, assembly and test
capacity, raw materials and supplier components; the quality of our
products; economic, social, military and geo-political conditions
in the countries in which we, our customers or our suppliers
operate, including security and health risks, possible disruptions
in transportation networks and fluctuations in foreign currency
exchange rates; changes in laws, regulations and/or policies that
could adversely affect either (i) the economy and our customers'
demand for our products or (ii) the financial markets and our
ability to raise capital; and other risks and uncertainties
identified in the "Risk Factors" section of Skyworks' most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K (and/or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q)
as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"). Copies of Skyworks' SEC filings
can be obtained, free of charge, on Skyworks' website
(www.skyworksinc.com) or at the SEC's website (www.sec.gov). Any
forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made
only as of the date hereof, and we undertake 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 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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