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OSRAM Opto Semiconductors history
OSRAM Opto Semiconductors company history timeline
2000: Due to the new majority shareholder Permira, Austria Mikro Systeme International Aktiengesellschaft was de-listed from the Vienna stock exchange and was taken private.
2001: OSRAM’s thin-film technology is the key to producing LED chips of extremely high brightness.
2002: austriamicrosystems AG starts the production of 200mm wafer factory Fab-B, one of Europe’s most advanced semiconductor facilities at that time.
By 2002 it was the world’s second largest producer of LEDs.
2005: all austriamicrosystems AG products are transferred to 200mm technology.
In 2005 Chairman Wolf-Dieter Bopst stepped down.
2008: austriamicrosystems AG launches the Single Chip Active Noise Cancellation Speaker Driver.
2008: OSRAM’s first thin-film infrared proximity sensor in mobile phones.
2012: austriamicrosystems AG and TAOS are merged under one common brand name: ams AG (ams).
2012: Development of e:cue Wi-Fi Controller, apps for light management.
2014: OSRAM launches first LARP3 laser light source for high beam function in automotive headlamps with light beam up to 600 meters.
2015: First IR emitter for iris scan in mobile phones.
Goetzler’s goal was to double Osram sales in Asia, an area representing about 50 percent of the world market, by 2015.
2016: OSRAM carves out its lamp business for general lighting – LEDVANCE GmbH is born.
2017: ams annual revenue surpasses EUR 1 billion for the first time and acquires Heptagon and Princeton Optronics Inc.
2017: Opening of the world’s largest and most advanced 6-inch LED chip factory in Kulim (Malaysia). OSRAM's Eviyos LED for smart headlights provides intelligent headlighting with more than 1,000 individually controllable pixels.
2019: OSRAM introduces first Quantum-Dot LED (nanometer-sized semiconductor particles).
2020: OSRAM offers first fully legal headlight upgrade with LED-based automotive retrofit lamps.
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voltage Multipliers | 1980 | $23.2M | 100 | - |
| LEDtronics | 1983 | $13.9M | 100 | - |
| Mammotome | 2008 | $1.4M | 2 | - |
| Lumileds | 1999 | $151.3M | 3,029 | - |
| Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. | 2000 | $1.3B | 3,531 | - |
| SL Power Electronics | 1960 | $150.0M | 66 | - |
| GlobalFoundries | 1935 | $1.3B | 3,000 | 34 |
| Synventive Molding Solutions | 1971 | $151.0M | 750 | - |
| Prysm | 2005 | $12.0M | 450 | 6 |
| Strattec Security | 1995 | $537.8M | 4,209 | 35 |
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