List of the world's top 10 most profitable MEMS manufacturers

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MEMS is widely used in many fields such as automotive electronics , aerospace, medical electronics , consumer electronics , etc. According to statistics, the revenue of the top 20 MEMS manufacturers in 2013 accounted for 78% of the total industry revenue of 8.96 billion US dollars in 2013, reaching 6.99 billion US dollars. The increasing demand for MEMS sensors in the consumer electronics market is still the main driving force for MEMS applications. In the future, the demand for MEMS market will reach trillions of dollars. In the face of such a huge market, which MEMS manufacturers will benefit the most? Below, the author has counted the top ten most profitable MEMS manufacturers in the market.

No. 1: Robert Bosch

Robert Bosch is the world's 131st largest company (July 8, 2013). The Bosch Group is the world's largest supplier of automotive technology, with sales of $67.4 billion in 2012, of which sales in China reached RMB 27.4 billion. Bosch has approximately 275,000 employees worldwide, including approximately 21,200 in China. Bosch automotive technology is entering China in a big way, thus joining the rapidly developing Chinese automotive industry. The Bosch Group's business partnership with China can be traced back to 1909. Today, Bosch has established 11 wholly-owned companies, 9 joint ventures and several trading companies and representative offices in China. Bosch is vigorously supporting the strong growth of the Chinese automotive market.

As early as 1895, Bosch obtained permission from Stuttgart, the capital and official residence of the royal family, and began to produce household appliances under the guidance of the Stuttgart Electric Factory. At the Leipzig Spring Fair in 1933, the successful appearance of Bosch's first refrigerator with a compressor surprised its peers in the refrigerator industry. Since then, Bosch has taken the first step into the home appliance market. After that, more Bosch home appliances have blossomed in many places, and gradually gained a reputation in the fields of stoves, dishwashers, washing machines and electric kitchen multi-purpose machines. With a 110-year history of home appliance manufacturing, consistently high-quality products, and a commitment to caring services, Bosch has always been a leader in the European home appliance market. Bosch's history in China can be traced back to the beginning of the last century. As early as 1909 (only 23 years after Mr. Robert Bosch founded his first factory), Bosch products had entered the Chinese market; in 1926, Bosch established its first repair service station in Shanghai and began to provide Chinese consumers with high-quality Bosch products and high-level technical services.

Bosch's unswerving spirit of innovation and sophisticated technology have made it a place of wisdom and expertise in the field of home appliances. Whether it is the first fully automatic drum washing machine in 1960 or the first dishwasher in 1964, Bosch has always been "the leader in the European home appliance industry" with its reliable quality and leading technology.

For more than 100 years, Bosch has been tirelessly pursuing an important goal—to continuously improve the quality of life of mass consumers with perfect technology and perceptible quality.

Today, Bosch has become the leading brand with the largest market share in the European home appliance market.

Bosch in China

Bosch Group opened its first trade office in China in 1909 and established its first automotive after-sales service workshop in Shanghai in 1926. Today, all of the Group's business units have settled in China: automotive technology, industrial technology, consumer products and building intelligent technology. Through Bosch (China) Investment Co., Ltd., the Group operates 14 branches, 7 joint ventures and 6 trading companies in China. In 2006, Bosch's consolidated sales in China reached 1.3 billion euros. As of 2005, the total investment in China was approximately 620 million euros. From 2006 to 2008, Bosch plans to invest another 620 million euros. Chinese employees wholeheartedly provide Chinese customers with the most advanced technology and the most reliable services to improve people's quality of life.

Since the 1980s, Bosch has established 10 representative offices, 5 trading companies, 1 trading office, 9 wholly-owned enterprises and 9 joint ventures in China, all of which are led by Bosch (China) Investment Co., Ltd. The total investment of Bosch Group in China has exceeded US$970 million. Bosch Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Bosch Automotive Components (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Bosch Automotive Diesel Systems Co., Ltd., Nanjing Huade Spark Plug Co., Ltd. and United Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd. under Bosch China all occupy a leading position in the market in their respective fields. In 2004, the sales (including exports) of all Bosch companies in China increased to 1.4 billion euros, an increase of 25% over the same period of the previous year without considering the exchange rate changes. The sales of the Automotive Technology Division exceeded half of Bosch's total revenue in China, which played a decisive role in Bosch's outstanding achievements. Bosch has always been committed to providing economical, clean and safe technologies and products for the rapidly developing Chinese market.

No.2: STMicroelectronics

The STMicroelectronics (ST) Group was established in June 1988 through the merger of Italy's SGS Microelectronics and France's Thomson Semiconductor. In May 1998, SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics changed its name to STMicroelectronics Ltd. STMicroelectronics is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies. Since its inception, ST's growth rate has exceeded the overall growth rate of the semiconductor industry. STMicroelectronics is also one of the manufacturers with the broadest semiconductor product lines in the industry, with more than 3,000 main product types, from discrete diodes and transistors to complex system-on-chip (SoC) devices, to complete platform solutions including reference designs, application software, manufacturing tools and specifications. STMicroelectronics is a major supplier in various industrial fields, with a variety of advanced technologies, intellectual property (IP) resources and world-class manufacturing processes.

STMicroelectronics has nearly 50,000 employees, 16 advanced R&D institutions, 39 design and application centers, 15 major manufacturing plants, and 78 sales offices in 36 countries.

The company is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, which is also the headquarters for Europe and emerging markets; the company's US headquarters is located in Carrollton, Dallas, Texas; the Asia-Pacific headquarters is located in Singapore; the Japanese business is headquartered in Tokyo; the Greater China headquarters is located in Shanghai, responsible for the business in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan.

Since its first public offering on December 8, 1994, STMicroelectronics has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange, and in June 1998, it was listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in Italy. STMicroelectronics has nearly 900 million publicly issued shares, of which about 71.1% are publicly traded on various stock exchanges. Another 27.5% of the shares are held by STMicroelectronics Holding IIB.V. Co., Ltd., whose shareholders are the Italian Finmeccanica consortium composed of Finmeccanica and CDP and the French consortium composed of Areva and France Telecom; the remaining 1.4% of treasury shares are held by STMicroelectronics.

No. 3: Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments was founded by Cecil H. Green, J. Eric Johnson, Eugene McDermott, and Patrick E. Haggerty in 1947. Initially, its parent company Geophysical Service Incorporated (GSI) used it to produce the newly invented transistor.

McDermott was the founder of GSI when it was originally founded in 1930. McDermott, Green and Johnson later purchased the company in 1941.

In November 1945, Patrick Haggerty was hired as general manager of the Laboratory and Manufacturing (L&M) division. In 1951, the L&M division quickly surpassed GSI's geographic division with its defense contracts. The company was renamed "General Instrument". That same year, the company was renamed "Texas Instruments", which is its current name. GSI gradually became a subsidiary of Texas Instruments until it was sold to Haliburton in 1988.

Development in China

----Since entering mainland China in 1986, TI has been paying close attention to the development of the Chinese market. The TI China development strategy approved by the company's board of directors was officially implemented in 1996. The goal of this strategy is to help China establish a reasonable electronic product structure and improve the design capabilities of high-tech products, and strive to support China's high-tech industry to go global with the world's leading DSP technology. To implement this strategy, in addition to establishing a huge semiconductor agent sales network in China, TI has also established offices and technical support teams in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, providing many unique products and services, including DSP and analog device products, hardware and software development tools , and design consulting services.

----TI has worked closely with many well-known domestic manufacturers and achieved remarkable results. These include the launch of wireless communications, broadband access and other digital information products. At the same time, in order to improve the core technology level of China's electronics industry, shorten the industrialization process, and accelerate the entry of products that are synchronized with international technologies into the market, TI and domestic companies established two joint ventures in 1999. Shanghai Panoramic Digital Technology Company focuses on the design of broadband product systems, while Beijing Changxinjia Information Technology Company focuses on the design of digital terminal products. In 2002, TI cooperated with 16 Chinese and foreign manufacturers to establish Kaiming Information Technology Co., Ltd., which focuses on the research and development of a new generation of wireless multimedia information terminal products and provides the industry with the most advanced solutions.

----While actively cooperating with domestic enterprises to develop information products that meet the needs of the Chinese market, TI has also continuously promoted the university plan of digital signal solutions (DSPS) to cooperate with the education and research projects of Chinese engineering colleges and universities. Through the establishment of training centers, TI enables Chinese universities and research institutions to master the most advanced DSP and analog device technologies and promote the combination of product research and application. TI has established DSPS technology and training centers in Shanghai Jiaotong University, Tsinghua University and Chengdu University of Electronic Science and Technology. By the end of 2003, TI had established 82 DSPS laboratories in 68 universities. From 1996 to the end of 2003, more than 41,000 students studied DSP courses and received training through the DSPS technology centers/laboratories, which cultivated many DSP professionals for the Chinese industry and contributed to the development of Chinese engineering technology education. In addition, in order to strengthen close cooperation with the industry, TI has established 14 joint DSPS laboratories in enterprises, with remarkable results.

No.4: HP

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP, referred to as HP, is an American information technology company founded in 1939, mainly focusing on the production of printers, digital imaging, software, computers and information services. HP was founded by two graduates of Stanford University, William Hewlett and David Packard. Through a series of acquisitions, HP has become one of the largest technology companies in the world, leading in the fields of printing and imaging and IT services.

HP, headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is a global information technology company that focuses on printers, digital imaging, software, computers and information services. HP is one of the world's largest information technology (IT) companies. It was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA. HP has three business groups: Information Products Group, Printing and Imaging Systems Group and Enterprise Computing and Professional Services Group.

HP China Ltd. is headquartered in Beijing, with branches in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang, Nanjing, Xi'an, Wuhan, Chengdu, Shenzhen, etc. Among them, there is a HP Global Call Center in Dalian, China, and HP China has a production plant in Chongqing.

On September 4, 2001, it announced the acquisition of Compaq, a famous American computer company, and completed the acquisition on May 3, 2002.

HP comes from the last names of the two founders of HP, and the company name was decided by tossing a coin. In 1939, in a narrow garage at 367 Edison Street in Palo Alto, California, two young inventors, Bill Hewlett and David Packard, started their innovation journey in Silicon Valley with only $538. The garage where HP started its business has been named the birthplace of Silicon Valley by the US government.

HP in China

As one of the world's largest information technology companies, HP has been committed to stimulating the unlimited potential of science and technology and creating positive impacts for individuals, businesses and society. HP products cover printing imaging, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, and with a comprehensive product portfolio, it can serve customers more effectively. HP ranked 14th in the 2007 Fortune 500, and one-sixth of the world's population uses HP products.

In 1979, Henry Kissinger, a famous American statesman, recommended HP to Deng Xiaoping during a meeting. After several visits and communications, HP China Ltd. was formally established in 1985. HP was the first Sino-American high-tech joint venture company introduced directly into China by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.

HP China is committed to providing Chinese users with leading-edge products and services at competitive prices, cultivating first-class talents, providing the best customer experience, and growing together with China. In terms of service, HP is committed to providing users with the largest professional service network coverage in the domestic notebook industry.

HP China Ltd. was established in 1985 and is the first Sino-US joint venture high-tech enterprise in China. In the past 20 years of development, HP China has always maintained rapid business growth and is one of the fastest growing subsidiaries of HP's global business. HP China is headquartered in Beijing and has established nine regional headquarters, 37 support service centers, more than 200 gold medal service outlets, HP Business School, HP IT Management School and HP Software Engineering School in China, with more than 3,000 employees. HP China Ltd. is committed to providing Chinese users with technologically advanced products and services at competitive prices, cultivating first-class talents, providing the best customer experience, and ultimately growing together with China.

HP's business scope in China covers IT infrastructure, global services, commercial and home computing, printing and imaging, and its customers are spread across various industries such as telecommunications, finance, government, transportation, energy, aerospace, electronics, manufacturing and education.

Since its establishment, HP China has taken "being an excellent corporate citizen" as the foundation of its presence in China. HP China not only promotes the "World e-Home" plan and supports education in China, but also actively donates to public welfare undertakings such as medical care and environmental protection. HP China is one of the top ten taxpayers of foreign-funded enterprises in Beijing, and has been rated as one of the top ten joint ventures by the National Association of Foreign Businessmen for many years. Since 2001, HP China has won the title of "China's Most Respected Enterprise" for six consecutive years.

No.5: Knowles

Knowles is an application-based technology company founded in 1946 that is committed to developing new products and components for the hearing aid and other electronic equipment markets. Headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, USA, Knowles has technical/customer support offices around the world. It has been manufacturing in Asia since 1974, and has established world-class factories in China and Malaysia. Its products and services mainly utilize the combined advantages of micro-capacitors, balanced armatures, and CMOS/MEMS technology platforms to serve digital cameras, PDAs, high-performance headphones, and advanced applications. At the same time, Knowles Sound Solutions is a world-leading manufacturer of dynamic speakers and receivers for mobile phones and other consumer electronic products.

Domestic Development

Knowles Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. is a member of the Knowles Group. For more than 50 years, Knowles Electronics has produced a series of leading miniature microphones and speakers in the hearing aid field. Among small hearing aids, Knowles' ultra-miniature acoustic-to-electric converters enjoy a high reputation.

EMC specializes in the production of miniature hearing aid control components, including volume controllers, variable resistors, switches, solenoid coils, combinable accessories, etc. As a partner of customers, EMC can develop new products based on the specific requirements of different customers. In the minds of customers, the name EMC represents quality, innovation and customer-centric solutions.

Knowles Acoustics introduces acoustic advantages to the consumer electronics market, microphones, professional acoustic-to-electric converters and acoustic technology. Products are widely used in mobile phones, PDAs, notebooks, MP3 players and headphones. In addition, Knowles Acoustics has developed the world's first patchable microphone: the silicon microphone.

Since its establishment in Suzhou Industrial Park in 1996, Knowles Suzhou has become the largest production base of the Knowles Group, with nearly 2,000 employees. The factory produces all kinds of products in all business areas and provides various value-added services, and realizes our core principles: quality, delivery and service.

No.6: Canon

Canon is a global leading integrated group producing imaging and information products. Since its establishment in 1937, Canon has globalized its business and expanded it to various fields through years of unremitting efforts. Currently, Canon's product series are distributed in three major areas: personal products, office equipment and industrial equipment. Its main products include cameras and lenses, digital cameras, printers, copiers, fax machines, scanners, broadcasting equipment, medical equipment and semiconductor production equipment.

Canon is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and has four regional sales headquarters in America, Europe, Asia and Japan. It has 200 subsidiaries around the world and employs more than 100,000 people.

In 1937, Canon was founded with the goal of manufacturing world-class cameras based on optical technology. Since then, Canon has continued to develop new technologies and developed Japan's first plain paper copier in the early 1970s. In the early 1980s, Canon successfully developed bubble jet printing technology for the first time and introduced its products to the world. The emphasis and investment in technology research and development have enabled Canon to continue to grow and develop for decades and become a leader in the industry. Canon ranked third in the number of US patent registrations in 2012 announced by the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Canon has 12 wholly-owned companies and 4 joint ventures in Dalian, Zhuhai, Suzhou and other places in China, including Canon (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., which was established in Suzhou New District in 2001 with a cost of US$100 million. Canon currently has about 35,000 employees in China.

In 1997, Canon (China) Co., Ltd. was established in Beijing and began to be responsible for Canon's investment and all other businesses in China.

No.7: Avago Technologies (Avago Technologies)

Avago Technologies is a supplier that designs, develops and provides a wide range of analog semiconductor devices to customers around the world. The company mainly provides compound III-V semiconductor products and has outstanding strength in high-performance design and integration. Avago's product portfolio is extensive and diverse, with approximately 6,500 products in the following four major target markets: wireless communications, wired infrastructure, industrial and automotive electronics , and consumer and computer peripherals. Our products can be used in mobile phones, home appliances, data networking and telecommunications equipment, enterprise storage and servers, power generation and renewable energy systems, factory automation, displays, optical mice, and printers in these target markets.

Avago Technologies has more than 5,500 series of products, mainly used in wireless and wired communications, industry, automobiles, consumer electronics , storage and computers and other broad application fields and terminal markets. It is said to have maintained a top 3 market leadership in optocouplers, infrared transceivers, optical communication devices, printer ASICs, optical mouse sensors and motion control encoders. Avago's products are sold to more than 40,000 customers worldwide through a global network of agents and direct sales teams.

Avago has a 50-year history of innovation, dating back to its days as a part of Hewlett-Packard. After years of development, it has a team of more than 2,000 design and product engineers, and highly collaborative design and product development resources around the world. Avago has developed a large number of product lines with intellectual property rights, including more than 5,000 patents and patent applications in the United States and other countries.

No.8: Freescale

Freescale Semiconductor is an American semiconductor manufacturer. Freescale was established in 2004 by the semiconductor division of Motorola. Motorola announced the spin-off of Freescale in October 2003, and Freescale went public in July of the following year.

On September 15, 2006, Freescale announced that it would accept a takeover bid from a consortium led by Blackstone Group. On November 13, the special shareholders meeting approved the takeover bid. On December 1, the takeover bid was completed for a total of $17.6 billion.

Freescale's main products are chips for the embedded and communications markets. Its products include microprocessors, single-chip microcomputers, digital signal processors , digital signal controllers, sensors, RF power ICs and power management ICs. Freescale is also an important provider of POWER system chips. The company has a wide range of patent portfolios, including approximately 6,100 patent families. In addition, Freescale provides software and development tools to support product development and growth. Freescale is also the first manufacturer to commercialize MRAM. The company will design, research and develop headquarters in Austin, Texas, and have manufacturing and sales operations in more than 20 countries.

Freescale has signed a distribution agreement with Comtech, the largest IC component distributor in China and a NASDAQ-listed company, authorizing the latter to be its distributor in China. Users can contact Comtech to obtain development tools, samples and technical support for the new Kinetis E series MCUs .

No.9: TriQuint

Founded in 1985, TriQuint Semiconductor Corporation achieves its mission of "connecting the digital world and connecting the global network" by providing high-performance RF modules, components and wafer foundry services to major global communications companies.

TriQuint not only provides products for four of the world's top five mobile phone manufacturers, but is also a leading supplier of gallium arsenide (GaAs) devices for major defense and aerospace equipment contracts. TriQuint uses advanced processes, such as gallium arsenide (SAW), gallium nitride (GaN), surface acoustic wave (SAW), and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies, to manufacture standard and customized products, providing solutions for applications including wireless phones, laptops, GPS/PND, base stations, broadband communications, and defense.

TriQuint is also a leading research company developing advanced GaN amplifiers in a multi-year DARPA program. According to a May 2009 report by StrategyAnalytics, TriQuint is the world's third largest supplier of GaAs equipment and the world's largest commercial GaAs wafer foundry supplier.

TriQuint has ISO9001 certified facilities in Oregon, Texas and Florida, as well as a facility in Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany.

No.10: Analog Devices

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI for short). The name of the registered company in China is "Analog Devices (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.". It is a NASDAQ listed company in the United States.

Analog Devices is one of the oldest semiconductor companies in the world. The company was founded in 1965 by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber.

The company is headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA, with design and manufacturing bases all over the world. It has production plants in the United States and Limerick, Ireland, a huge packaging facility in the Philippines, and development centers in Israel, Beijing and Shanghai, China, Tokyo, Japan, Taipei, Taiwan, Edinburgh, Scotland, Melbourne, Australia, Hyderabad and Bangalore, India, Munich, Germany, Valencia, Spain and other places. ADI is included in the S&P 500 Index.

Innovation, performance and excellence are the cultural pillars of the company, and it has grown into one of the most enduring and fast-growing companies in the field of technology. ADI is recognized by the industry as the world's leading supplier of data conversion and signal processing technology, with 60,000 customers around the world, covering all types of electronic equipment manufacturers. As a high-performance analog integrated circuit (IC) manufacturer that has been leading the industry for more than 40 years, ADI's products are used in the fields of analog signal and digital signal processing .

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