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Infineon Technologies Company



Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE: IFX) was founded in April 1999 when the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG, were spun off to form a separate legal entity. As of September 30, 2005 Infineon has about 36,400 employees worldwide, 7,400 of them involved in research and development.


 


In the 2006 financial year, the company achieved sales of 5.275 billion USD. The EBIT loss came to 278 million USD (excluding Qimonda AG). Infineon is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.


 


On 1st May 2006, Infineon's Memory Products division was carved out as a new company called Qimonda AG. It employs about 12,000 people worldwide. Qimonda has been listed on the NYSE.


The markets of Infineon Technologies AG

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for automotive, industrial and multimarket sectors, for applications in communication, as well as memory products through its subsidiary Qimonda. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo.


 


Infineon is listed on the DAX 30 index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX).


What Infineon means

The name Infineon combines the English word "infinity" with "eon," the ancient Greek word for eternity, in an attempt to call to mind positive associations with the idea of infinity.


Product lines

Infineon's main product lines are integrated circuits in the following areas:


 


    * memory (DRAMs, Flash memory) - Now with Qimonda.


    * communications (wired and wireless)


          o Tuner ICs


    * automotive and industrial applications


    * smartcards


 


One of the newer products is the TriCore MCU.


Investors

Institutional Investors in Infineon are: Brandes Investment Partners: 5,13%, Dodge and Cox International: 5,07%, Capital Group International: 4,95%, General Capital Group (0,8%).

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