From our rich history...
1920s
- Mullard Radio Valve Company "Ltd." founded in London
- RRF GmbH formed in Hamburg, later renamed Valvo
- Philips completes purchase of Valvo and Mullard
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1940s
- Philips NatLab starts semiconductor research group
- Bell Laboratories announce its point-contact transistor
1950s
- Philips starts the development and manufacturing of Semiconductors in Nijmegen mid ‘50s
- First transistor production line in Hamburg producing OC70 and OC71 diodes
1960s
- Signetics founded and quickly becomes the largest logic manufacturer in Silicon Valley
- Industry’s favorite SMD package SOT23. Developed by Philips in the late 60s and production started in 1969. A star was born.
1970s
- Philips acquires and integrates Signetics
- New Mullard site in Manchester
- First Asia presence in Hong Kong
- First integrated timer device DE555 and 3-15 V HEF logic technology introduced
1980s
- Philips opens its first back-end factory in Asia at Cabuyao in the Philippines
- First MOSFET
- Annual output 3 billion devices
1990s
- ITEC creats first single-flow integrated BIM-Line
- Assembly & Test Seremban (ATSN) opened in Malaysia, part of a joint venture with Motorola
- Worlds first 6-inch (150 mm) wafer production line
- Assembly & Test Guangdong (ATGD) facilities opened in China
2000s
- 2006: Spin-off from Philips Semiconductors renamed NXP
- ITEC 25-year celebration
- Annual output 40 billion devices
- The toughest Power-SO8 (LFPAK)
- One of the first 8-inch (200 mm) production lines for small-signal discretes
2010s
- 2017: NXP Standard Products division becomes Nexperia
- Annual output of >100 billion devices
- Expansion of Guangdong facilities
- Acquisition by Wingtech Technology
2020s
- 2021: Launch ITEC as seperate entity
- 2022: Acquisition of NOWI
