Iwamoto joins leading analog IC solution provider to spearhead sales growth and business development in key growth markets

Unterpremstaetten, Austria (March 31, 2010) – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading global designer and manufacturer of high performance analog ICs today announces the appointment of Keiichi Iwamoto as new country manager Japan, based in Tokyo.

Keiichi Iwamoto, with more than 20 years of broad experience in sales management functions, joins from semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies Japan where he was the responsible senior sales manager.

Iwamoto will focus on consumer, industrial & automotive markets to accelerate revenue growth of austriamicrosystems’ innovative high performance standard products and customized analog IC solutions and will reinforce the distribution sales channel. As part of his role Iwamoto will drive the development of the Japanese organisation in line with company strategy and the rapid market acceptance of austriamicrosystems products in the region.

On joining austriamicrosystems, Iwamoto commented, “austriamicrosystems brings their world-class capabilities to exciting solutions for power management, mobile handsets, MP3 players, MEMS microphones, blood glucose measurement, automotive safety systems such as ESP, industrial sensor interfaces and a wide range of other applications. Customers in Japan want to see differentiation, quality and value and austriamicrosystems’ staff worldwide is totally dedicated in the pursuit of these goals.”

Prior to Infineon, Iwamoto worked as country manager for Actel Japan (US FPGA company) for 5 years and before that he was senior sales manager at Amkor Technologies Japan and sales manager at Rohm Electronics for more than 13 years.

About austriamicrosystems

austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of standard and customized high-performance analog ICs in the areas of power management, sensors & sensor interfaces and mobile infotainment. Complemented by its full service foundry services, the company focuses on the communications, industrial & medical and automotive markets. austriamicrosystems leverages more that 28 years of expertise in low power and high accuracy to provide industry-leading products, operating worldwide with more than 1,000 employees with its own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities. austriamicrosystems is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich (ticker symbol: AMS).