Manufacturing, Operations and Facilities
+Added: Our corporate headquarters is located in Manchester, New Hampshire, and we have a global footprint with 26 locations across four continents.
Our operations are primarily conducted at the locations shown below.
−Removed: Our subsidiary, Allegro MicroSystems Philippines Inc., in Manila, Philippines, operates our primary internal assembly and testing facility.
−Removed: Our corporate headquarters is located in Manchester, New Hampshire.
+Added: Our subsidiary, Allegro MicroSystems Philippines Inc., in Manila, Philippines, operates as our primary internal assembly and testing facility.
Facility Facility Functions Facility Size Status
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This strategy enhances security of supply by providing both internal and external capacity throughout the manufacturing process, and has enabled us to reduce our capital requirements, reduce our fixed costs, obtain additional capacity to meet customer needs in periods of high demand and establish wafer process technology collaborations.
−Removed: Following our completion of the PSL Divestiture in March 2020, we have transitioned to a fabless business model, which provides us with enhanced security of supply and manufacturing flexibility.
−Removed: In connection with this transaction, we entered into an amendment to our Wafer Foundry Agreement with PSL to provide for a minimum wafer purchase obligation by us from PSL during the initial three-year term of the Wafer Foundry Agreement.
−Removed: Our other fab partners currently include UMC and TSMC.
−Removed: Other than the Wafer Foundry Agreement, we do not have long-term supply agreements in place with our third-party wafer fabrication partners or other suppliers, and we purchase products on a purchase order basis.
+Added: We have a fabless business model, which provides us with enhanced security of supply and manufacturing flexibility.
+Added: Our fab partners currently include PSL, UMC and TSMC.
+Added: We have master service agreements with all foundry partners, and some we have also engaged in long-term supply agreements.
The AMPI Facility is our primary internal assembly and testing facility for our sensor and power products, with packaging capabilities and quality standards that meet stringent automotive safety and reliability specification requirements.
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We strive to have a “zero-defect” quality culture focused on meeting or exceeding demanding high-temperature automotive quality standards.
−Removed: We strive to comply with industry standards such as IATF 16949:2016 (the automotive sector-specific quality management system standard) and ISO 14001 (a voluntary standard for environmental management published by the International Standards
−Removed: Organization), and we also strive to comply with ISO 26262 ASIL product development standards, RoHS (an EU standard relating to use of certain hazardous substances in products) and similar environmental product requirements.
+Added: We strive to comply with industry standards such as IATF 16949:2016 (the automotive sector-specific quality management system standard) and ISO 14001 (a voluntary standard for environmental management published by the International Standards Organization), and we also strive to comply with ISO 26262 ASIL product development standards, RoHS (an EU standard relating to use of certain hazardous substances in products) and similar environmental product requirements.
Leading global automotive, industrial, and consumer manufacturers regularly audit our facilities for compliance with these standards, as well as with their own customer-specific standards.
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