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STMicroelectronics at a glance
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STMicroelectronics is a global independent semiconductor company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of semiconductor integrated circuits and discrete devices.
These are used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including telecommunications and computer systems, automotive and consumer products, and industrial automation and control systems. |
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The group today has 17 primary manufacturing sites around the world and over 35,000 employees. |
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Corporate headquarters as well as the headquarters for Europe and for Region 5 (the recently created sales organization for emerging geographic markets) are in the vicinity of Geneva Cointrin Airport, part in Saint Genis, France and part in Geneva, Switzerland. |
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STMicroelectronics has 62 direct sales offices in 24 countries and offers some 3,000 main types of products to more than 1,500 customers. |
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With 9 advanced research and development units, 35 design and application centers, ST possesses an extensive portfolio of intellectual property which includes in excess of 15,000 patents, both issued and pending, covering over 5,000 original inventions. |
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The Company is active in numerous collaborative research projects worldwide as well as playing a key role in Europe's advanced technology research programs such as MEDEA. |
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ST champions quality and environmental initiatives and in 1999, several prestigious awards were accorded to ST, underscoring the Company's long-standing commitment to business excellence: the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to ST's United States subsidiary, STMicroelectronics, Inc., the Singapore Quality Award, and the EPA Climate Protection Award in the United States. |
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STMicroelectronics is quoted on the New York Stock Exchange, on the Bourse de Paris and on the Borsa di Milano. |
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