Zetex

Zetex Semiconductors provides high-performance semiconductor solutions for signal processing and power management applications in the automotive, communications, consumer, and industrial market segments. Zetex was acquired by Diodes Inc. Originally a subsidiary of Ferranti Semiconductor, Zetex took its name from Ferranti’s ZTX series of bipolar transistors. It was sold to Plessey in 1988, then bought out by management in 1989 to become Zetex plc. At this point it owned two manufacturing sites in Oldham: Gem Mill and Lansdowne Road. Zetex then became a subsidiary of Telemetrix plc, until in 2004 it changed its name to Zetex Semiconductors plc. In 2008 Zetex was acquired by Dallas-based Diodes Incorporated. 9623