raceway see sonoma raceway . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message infineon technologies ag type aktiengesellschaft traded as fwb ifx otcqx ifnny industry semiconductors founded april 1 1999 ; 17 years ago 1999 04 01 headquarters neubiberg germany key people dr. reinhard ploss ceo and chairman of the executive board wolfgang mayrhuber chairman of the supervisory board products microcontrollers communication ics power electronics esd protection diodes revenue 5.795 billion 2014 2015 1 operating income 555 million 2014 2015 1 profit 634 million 2014 2015 1 total assets 8.741 billion november 2015 1 total equity 4.665 billion november 2015 1 number of employees 35 400 november 2015 1 divisions automotive industrial power control power management & multimarket chip card & security website www.infineon.com infineon technologies ag is a german semiconductor manufacturer founded on 1 april 1999 when the semiconductor operations of the parent company siemens ag were spun off to form a separate legal entity . as of 30 september 2015 infineon had 35 424 employees worldwide . in fiscal year 2015 the company achieved sales of 5.795 billion . 2 on 1 may 2006 infineon s memory products division was carved out as a distinct company called qimonda ag which at its height employed about 13 500 people worldwide . qimonda was listed on the new york stock exchange until 2009 . 3 contents 1 markets 1.1 automotive atv 1.2 industrial power control ipc 1.3 power management & multimarket pmm 1.4 chip card & security ccs 2 acquisitions and divestitures 2.1 admtek 2.2 international rectifier 3 management 4 investors 5 segment results 31 september 2013 18 6 price fixing controversy 7 aeneon 8 see also 9 notes 10 external links markets edit infineon technologies ag in neubiberg near munich offers semiconductors and systems for automotive industrial and multimarket sectors as well as chipcard and security products . with a global presence infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the usa from milpitas california and in the asia pacific region from singapore and from tokyo japan . infineon has a number of facilities in europe one in dresden germany europe s microelectronic and emerging technologies center . infineon s high power segment is in warstein germany ; villach and graz in austria ; cegl d in hungary ; and italy . it also runs r & d centers in france singapore romania taiwan uk and india as well as fabrication units in singapore malaysia indonesia and china . there s also a shared service center in maia portugal . infineon is listed in the dax index of the frankfurt stock exchange . in 2010 a proxy contest broke out in advance of the impending shareholders meeting over whether board member klaus wucherer would be allowed to step into the chairman s office upon the retirement of the then current chairman max dietrich kley . after several restructurings 4 infineon today comprises four business areas automotive atv edit infineon provides semiconductor products for use in powertrains engine and transmission control comfort electronics e.g. steering shock absorbers air conditioning as well as in safety systems abs airbags esp . the product portfolio includes microcontrollers power semiconductors and sensors . in fiscal year 2013 ending september sales amounted to 1 714 million for the atv segment . industrial power control ipc edit the industrial division of the company includes power semiconductors and modules which are used for generation transmission and consumption of electrical energy . its application areas include control of electric drives for industrial applications and household appliances modules for renewable energy production conversion and transmission . this segment achieved sales of 651 million in fiscal year 2013 . power management & multimarket pmm edit the division power management & control sums up the business with semiconductor components for efficient power management or high frequency applications . those find application in lighting management systems and led lighting power supplies for servers pcs notebooks and consumer electronics custom devices for peripheral devices game consoles applications in medical technology high frequency components having a protective function for communication and tuner systems and silicon mems microphones . in fiscal year 2013 pmm generated 987 million . chip card & security ccs edit the ccs business provides microcontrollers for mobile phone sim cards payment cards security chips and chip based solutions for passports identity cards and other official documents . infineon delivers a significant number of chips for the new german identity card . 5 in addition ccs provides solutions for applications with high security requirements such as pay television and trusted computing . ccs achieved 463 million in fiscal year 2013 . infineon is the number 1 in embedded security ihs 2016 ihs embedded digital security report . acquisitions and divestitures edit the former memory chip division was carved out in 2006 as infineon s subsidiary qimonda of which infineon last held a little over three quarters . in january 2009 qimonda filed for bankruptcy with the district court in munich . on 7 july 2009 infineon technologies ag agreed by contract with the u.s. investor golden gate capital on the sale of its wireline communications for 250 million . 6 the resulting new company is now known as lantiq . 7 on 31 january 2011 the sale of the business segment of wireless solutions to intel was completed . the resulting new company has approximately 3 500 employees and now operates as intel mobile communications imc . 8 9 in july 2016 infineon announced it agreed to buy the north carolina based company wolfspeed from cree inc. for 850 million in cash . 10 admtek edit infineon bought admtek in 2004 . 11 12 international rectifier edit infineon technologies agreed on 20 august 2014 to buy the international rectifier corporation for about 3 billion 13 one third by cash and two third by credit line . 14 the acquisition of international rectifier was officially closed on 13 january 2015 . 15 management edit on 18 may 2016 infineon decided to reinforce the management board and therefore added a new 4th member to the board of directors . from july 1 2016 the board of directors consists of reinhard ploss ceo dominik asam cfo helmut gassel sales and marketing jochen hanebeck operations 16 investors edit major institutional investors in infineon are dodge and cox international stock fund 9.82 % blackrock inc. 5.10 % capital research and management 5.09 % ubs ag 3.28 % . 17 segment results 31 september 2013 18 edit q4 fy 2013 revenue 1.053 million ; segment result 148 million outlook q1 fy 2014 revenue expected to decrease due to seasonal decline towards the end of the calendar year by a mid to high single digit percentage compared to previous quarter outlook fy 2014 revenue forecast to increase by mid to high single digit percentage compared to previous fiscal year with segment result margin between 11 and 14 percent price fixing controversy edit in 2004 2005 an investigation was carried out into a worldwide dram price fixing conspiracy during 1999 2002 that damaged competition and raised pc prices . as a result samsung is to pay 300 million fine hynix was to pay 185 million in 2005 infineon 160 million in 2004 . micron technology cooperated with prosecutors and no fine is expected . 19 aeneon edit aeneon was introduced in 2005 . aeneon is a dram memory family of infineon and fits into standard pcs and notebooks . aeneon targets whitebox non brand pc and notebook manufacturers worldwide as well as the european retail segment and end users web shop . aeneon dram memory focuses the price performance segment . price advantages are obtained due to a limited product portfolio only unbuffered and so dimm and due to outsourced module assembly . the dram components however are made by infineon . see also edit companies portal dynex semiconductor fairchild semiconductor freescale international rectifier nxp semiconductors philips renesas samsung semikron stmicroelectronics texas instruments notes edit a b c d e f annual report 2015 pdf . infineon technologies . retrieved 27 november 2015 . annual report 2015 . nyse regulation inc. 23 january 2009 . nyse suspends qimonda ag moves to remove from the list . nyse . retrieved 16 march 2009 . http www.infineon.com cms en corporate press news releases 2011 infxx201110 008.html infineon chips for the new identity cards in german . computerwoche.de . retrieved 7 december 2010 . http www.infineon.com cms de corporate press news releases 2009 infxx200906 067.html http www.elektroniknet.de home kommunikation news n d infineon wireline wird lantiq http www.infineon.com cms de corporate press news releases 2011 infxx201101 018.html intel buys wireless solutions section from infineon . infineon.com . retrieved 11 september 2010 . by friedrich geiger and eyk henning wall street journal . infineon to buy cree s wolfspeed unit for 850 million . july 14 2016 . july 25 2016 . http www.infineon.com cms en corporate press news releases 2004 128207 . html http www.taipeitimes.com news biz archives 2004 01 29 200309666 1 infineon to buy international rectifier a chip maker for 3 billion . dealbook.nytimes.com . alex sherman amy thomson and alex webb 21 august 2014 . infineon to buy international rectifier for 3 billion . infineon technologies ag successfully acquires international rectifier . ag infineon technologies . infineon reinforces the management board to continue the successful growth strategy infineon technologies . www.infineon.com . retrieved 2016 07 01 . shareholder structure . infineon.com . retrieved 14 october 2013 . annual report 2013 pdf . infineon 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