Diodes Oldham Fab

Overview

Diodes Incorporated's Oldham, England site (Zetex Technology Park, Lansdowne Road, Chadderton) traces to Ferranti's Oldham semiconductor operations, established in the 1960s-70s and known for the ZTX series of bipolar transistors. The business was sold to Plessey Semiconductors in 1988, then spun out via a 1989 management buyout as Zetex plc, which Diodes acquired in 2008. Diodes consolidated manufacturing onto a single 150mm (6-inch) wafer line making bipolar and MOSFET discrete/analog devices, closing the site's older 4-inch line the same year. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at Zetex Technology Park, Lansdowne Road, Chadderton, Oldham OL9 9LL, United Kingdom. It focuses on Analog / Power on 150mm wafers.