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Company Profile
Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE: ADI) has built on a culture that embraces innovation, performance, and excellence to become one of the most enduring and fastest-growing companies in the field of technology. ADI is widely recognized as the world's leading supplier of data conversion and signal conditioning technology, with 60,000 customers worldwide representing virtually all types of electronic equipment manufacturers. ADI celebrates more than 40 years of global leadership as a manufacturer of high-performance analog integrated circuits (ICs) for a wide range of analog and digital signal processing applications. analog and digital signal processing.
Market trends and ADI's core competencies are converging As the digital revolution deepens, requiring a shift to higher speeds and multimedia, as well as changes in communications, entertainment, work and travel, user demand for the technology ADI creates is increasing day by day, and ADI is relentlessly working to push the boundaries of what's possible in every type of electronic product. In today's automobiles, digital cameras, LCD and plasma televisions, cellular phones, medical imaging devices, and factory automation equipment, ADI's chips enable smoother connectivity, more vivid images, clearer speech, and more portable products, and ADI's core analog and digital signal processing technologies are at the heart of everything we do.
ADI's Unique Value to Customers Dedication to our customers has become synonymous with ADI. At ADI, we believe that our employees are not only the company's greatest asset, but also our customers' greatest asset. ADI employees play an important role in the design and manufacture of products, the spirit of hard work and research in the face of technical challenges. ADI engineers are constantly driving technological advances to introduce and support a wide range of products to meet the needs of customers in the field of high-performance signal processing. While continuing to innovate to reduce overall system costs, ADI defines innovation as a solution that is intended to contribute to the success of a customer's product. A significant portion of these revenues are used for engineering and customer service, encouraging the development of new signal processing technologies to improve competitiveness and the user experience. The value of signal processing innovation is reflected in the high returns it generates for ADI, which are reinvested in engineering and customer service, keeping innovation in a virtuous cycle that continues to go from strength to strength.
History of Making a Difference Over the past four decades, our employees have built one of the world's premier technology companies through ingenuity, perseverance and a competitive spirit. Our insistence on delivering innovative solutions to consumers has resulted in net income averaging 14 percent of sales since the company's founding in 1965, a margin that continues to lead the industry. Few companies can achieve such results in a single year, and even fewer can sustain them throughout their growth.
Bright Future While we have a great past, we are even more confident about our future. We will continue to carry on ADI's fine tradition of continuous innovation, build on the excellent performance we have achieved and move forward to overcome new technological hurdles. Whether you are a stockholder, a customer, or a member of our outstanding staff, we invite you to experience this exciting process with us***.
Revised May 2007
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