Ams AG
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| Traded as | SIX: AMS |
| ISIN | AT0000A18XM4 |
| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Founded | 1981 (as Joint Venture between AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) and voestalpine AG) |
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Alexander Everke (CEO), Michael Wachsler-Markowitsch (CFO), Thomas Stockmeier (COO) |
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Sensors Sensor interfaces Power Management Wireless Analog electronics |
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| Website | www |
EUR 549.9 million (2016)
EUR 623.1 million (2015)ams AG, formerly known as austriamicrosystems AG and still known as AMS (Austria Mikro Systeme), is a multinational semiconductor manufacturer. The headquarters are located in Premstätten (Styria, Austria). The main fields of the business are the development and production of high performance analog Integrated Circuitry (ICs) such as standard analog products as well as customer specific solutions (ASICs).
ams AG is engaged in the areas of sensors and sensor interfaces, power management, and wireless. With their products they serve the markets of communication & consumer electronics, Industry|industrial & medical electronics and automotive electronics. The almost 3,300 employees in 20 countries include research and development facilities in Austria, a center of excellence in optical sensors in Texas (USA), 20 other design centers, and manufacturing in Austria and the Philippines.
voestalpine AG decides to expand its product and services range during the late 1970s and chooses the semiconductor industry. Due to voestalpine looking for a joint venture partner the first cooperation with American Micro Systems (AMI) was formed.
In 1981 this joint venture resulted in the American Micro Systems Inc. Austria GmbH. AMI owned 51% and voestalpine AG 49%. The château Premstätten in Unterpremstätten (Styria, Austria) was chosen as headquarters. This was followed by the construction of the first Austrian Semiconductor factory. The set up of a sales branch for ROMs and standard products was also tackled during this period.
In 1983 the Austrian chancellor Fred Sinowatz officially opened the 100mm Wafer factory which started its production with 300 employees.
1987 was the year when voestalpine AG took over full ownership. In September of the same year the name was changed from AMI-A to AMS (Austria Mikro Systeme International GmbH). Furthermore, there were new sales branches established in California and Germany.
In 1991 AMS became one of the 25 fastest growing businesses in Europe. AMS was chosen to be the "top Fab of 1992" (Source: Semiconductor International USA).
In June 1993 AMS was the first Semiconductor Company in Europe to go public, at the Vienna stock exchange.
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