Melexis Receives "Supplier of the Year 2009" Award From Flexpower

YPRES, Belgium, August 17, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Melexis, a leading supplier in mixed signal semiconductors and sensors, today announces it was honored by the Dr. Bob Roohparvar, CEO of Flexpower, a subsidiary of Flextronics and leading manufacturer of battery chargers for handheld devices, with the award of "Supplier of the Year 2009". For both companies this is the result and reward of a long-lasting relationship.

"Melexis is honored to receive Flexpower's "Supplier of the Year 2009" award. This recognition validates a significant mutual effort to achieve world-class quality and performance in power supplies. Both our companies believe close alignment is fundamental to achieving the optimal combination of product performance, manufacturing cost and time-to-market", says Rudi De Winter, CEO of Melexis.

Melexis has developed several exclusive products over the past years for Flexpower that are used in chargers and switched mode power supplies with a green label. Thanks to these highly energy friendly products Flexpower and Melexis contributed to the global reduction in CO2.

About Flexpower

Flexpower is a subsidiary of Vistapoint Technologies which on its turn is a Business Division of Flextronics. Headquartered in Singapore, Flextronics is a leading Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider focused on delivering complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to automotive, computing, consumer digital, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobile OEMs. Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship, and service electronics products through a network of facilities in 30 countries on four continents. For more information you can visit http://www.flextronics.com

About Melexis

Melexis Microelectronic Integrated Systems N.V. (Euronext Brussels:MELE) imagines, creates and delivers innovative mixed signal integrated circuits. Melexis ICs are driving green solutions that enable our customers to bring more energy efficient automotive systems to market. Melexis product portfolio addresses 4 classes of ICs; Sensor, Optoelectronic, Wireless and Actuators. Sensors include magnetic, MEMs, and sensor interface ICs. Optoelectronic products encompass linear arrays, single point sensors, infrared thermometers and CMOS wide dynamic range and night vision cameras. Wireless ICs focus on RKE, TPMS, ISM band applications, NFC, RFID reader and smart tag solutions. Actuator ICs cover LIN and CAN bus networking ICs and advanced BLDC motor driver technology. Melexis is proud of its participation toward reducing the human race's global environmental footprint. For more information visit http://www.melexis.com

SOURCE Melexis