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Catalyst Semiconductor Selected by Sony Corporation as Green Partner Program Member
Catalyst Semiconductor Selected by Sony Corporation as Green Partner Program Member
Published 12-01-03
Submitted by Catalyst Semiconductor
"Our early investments, initiated over two years ago, led to Catalyst offering lead-free and halogen-free integrated circuits in the fall of 2002. Our selection to the Sony Green Partner Program is a great honor and recognition of our overall environment protection program," said Catalyst director of Worldwide Quality Systems, Dan Terry.
Sony's Green Partner Program
The Sony Green Partner program encourages suppliers to introduce Green Partner environmental management systems and products. Green Partners must comply with Sony's goals and standards relating to substances and materials. Sony certification Green Partners are required to:
Issued by the Procurement Head Office, Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, the certification covers the two year period from May 14, 2003, through May 13, 2005.
About Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its music, motion picture, television, computer entertainment and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of over $62.3 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003, and it employs 161,100 people worldwide.
About Catalyst Semiconductor
Founded in 1985, Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. The Company is a developer and marketer of programmable products used in telecommunications, networking systems, computation, automotive, industrial and consumer markets. The Company designs and markets a broad range of programmable products including, Parallel and Serial EEPROMs with I2C, SPI and Microwire interfaces, NVRAMs, Flash Memories, Digitally Programmable Potentiometers, Microcontroller Supervisory circuits and other programmable Mixed Signal products. Typical applications for the Company's products include optical networks, modems, wireless LANs, network cards, PC BIOS, DIMM modules, cellular telephones, digital satellite box receivers, set-top boxes and Internet routers. Catalyst's Quality Management System is ISO9001 certified. Additional information about Catalyst Semiconductor is available on the Company's web site at www.catalyst-semiconductor.com.
Except for those statements that report the Company's historical results, the statements being made are forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements is contained under the heading "Certain Factors That May Affect the Company's Future Results of Operations" listed from time to time in Catalyst's SEC reports including but not limited to the report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2003, and more recent Forms 10-Q.
Editor Notes:
1. Trademark notices: DPP is a trademark of Catalyst Semiconductor. I2C is a registered trademark of Philips Corporation. SPI is a trademark of Motorola, Inc. Microwire is a trademark of National Semiconductor.
2. In I2C the 2 is a superscript.
