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- ams-OSRAM AG is an Austrian semiconductor company specializing in the design, manufacture, and sale of advanced light and sensor solutions. The company offers a wide range of core products including LED components (white, color, UV-C, infrared, and multi-color LEDs); LED modules and accessories; laser diodes including color and infrared lasers; photodetectors such as photodiodes and phototransistors; multi-chip packages; sensor solutions including ambient light, color spectral, proximity sensors, direct time-of-flight sensors, CMOS image sensors, x-ray sensors, position sensors, capacitive sensors, and temperature sensors; and integrated circuit products like power management ICs, LED driver ICs, analog frontends, and sensor interfaces. Additionally, ams-OSRAM provides full-service foundry services for high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductor manufacturing. Its products serve automotive, industrial, medical, consumer electronics, mobile and wearable devices, smart home technologies, and health markets globally.
The company operates two main business segments: Semiconductors, which encompasses Opto Semiconductors and CMOS Sensors & ASICs, and Lamps & Systems, which focuses on automotive and specialty lighting, including traditional and LED-based lamps and modules for original equipment manufacturers and aftermarket customers. Geographic operations span Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region.
Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Premstätten, Austria with a co-headquarters in Munich, Germany, ams-OSRAM operates as a global leader in innovative light and sensor solutions with over 110 years of combined industry experience. It is publicly traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange under the ticker AMS.SW.
Recent major changes include the company's evolution after the 2020 acquisition of OSRAM Licht AG by ams AG, which led to the rebranding and integrated operations under the ams-OSRAM name. The company has recently extended a global brand partnership with LEDVANCE focusing on intelligent sensor and emitter development. It also divested its Digital Systems business in Europe and Asia to Inventronics, enabling a strategic focus shift towards light and sensor solutions. Further expansions include significant investments approved by the European Commission for semiconductor manufacturing capacity under the European Chips Act, and ongoing support of subsidiary brands like Traxon post acquisition transitions.
ams-OSRAM's comprehensive product and service portfolio coupled with strategic alliances, recent business realignments, and investments underscore its position as a leading provider of sensor and lighting technologies in multiple high-growth industrial and consumer segments worldwide.