PLANO, Texas, Sep 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets, was named to the Fast Tech Award listing Friday, August 26 at the Metroplex Technology Business Council's Tech Titans Awards Gala. The award presentation - sponsored by TravisWolff LLP, Comerica Bank and the Dallas Business Journal - revealed the list of the 35 companies, and Diodes was ranked number 25 on the list.

"We are pleased to receive this award recognizing our solid revenue growth, which from 2009 to 2010 increased 41.6%," said Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, president and CEO of Diodes Incorporated. "This achievement demonstrates the success of our profitable growth strategy, which has enabled Diodes to achieve better than market growth rates. We plan to continue to execute on this strategy in the years to come."

In its 11^th year, the Fast Tech awards honor the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based on revenue growth from 2008 to 2010. The ranking is compiled from nominations submitted directly to the Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC) and through independent research using publicly available information conducted by the MTBC, TravisWolff LLP and Comerica Bank.

"At the MTBC, we keep our finger on the pulse of what is happening in the tech industry in North Texas," said Bill Sproull, president and CEO of the MTBC. "These fast growing companies are what makes our technology industry so vibrant - keep your eyes on them!"

For further information about Diodes Incorporated, including investor information, please visit the Company's website at www.diodes.com.

About Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a Standard and Poor's SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets. Diodes serves the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets. Diodes' products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, single gate logic, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature sensors; power management devices, including LED drivers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage references along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, and motor controllers. The Company's corporate headquarters, logistics center, and Americas' sales office are located in Plano, Texas. Design, marketing, and engineering centers are located in Plano; San Jose, California; Taipei, Taiwan; Manchester, England; and Neuhaus, Germany. The Company's wafer fabrication facilities are located in Kansas City, Missouri and Manchester, with two manufacturing facilities located in Shanghai, China, another in Neuhaus, and two joint venture facilities located in Chengdu, China. Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in Fort Worth, Texas; Taipei; Hong Kong; Manchester; and Munich, Germany, with support offices located throughout the world. For further information, including SEC filings, visit the Company's website at http://www.diodes.com.

About Metroplex Technology Business Council

The Metroplex Technology Business Council (MTBC) is the innovation hub for North Texas' technology community and actively connects entrepreneurs, universities and corporations for significant technological advancements. Founded in 1994 as a non-profit organization with approximately 300 members, it includes technology businesses and providers from across the DFW Metroplex. The MTBC is a TITAN, focused on growing Talent, Innovation, Tech Titans, Advocacy and Networking. It promotes the Dallas region as the center of cloud computing and fosters a culture of innovation among major technology companies in the region. Events include monthly Tech Industry Luncheons, Cloud Computing Special Interest Group Events, CEO Forums, Tech Week in Austin and the annual Tech Titans Awards Gala event. More information about MTBC can be found online by visiting www.metroplextbc.org.

About TravisWolff

TravisWolff is an independent accounting and advisory firm that offers a full range of assurance, tax and consulting services to large, formal business enterprises. TravisWolff specializes in the technology industry as well as construction, energy/oil and gas, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and distribution, non-profit, professional services, real estate, and restaurant/retail/hospitality. Additionally, TravisWolff provides specialized services in the areas of business valuation, compensation and benefits planning, IT auditing (SAS 70), collaborative divorce consulting, employee benefit plan audits, estate planning, litigation services and forensic accounting. With more than 120 employees, TravisWolff has offices in Dallas and San Antonio and serves clients throughout Texas, along with their subsidiaries, operating companies and manufacturing facilities throughout the country and offshore. As a member of the Moore Stephens association, TravisWolff extends its services to the global market. TravisWolff is a registered firm with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). For more information, please visit traviswolff.com.

About Comerica Bank's Technology and Life Sciences Division

Comerica Bank's Technology and Life Sciences Division is one of the nation's leading technology banking practices, offering a wide range of financial services tailored to corporate customers, entrepreneurs and professionals. Veteran bankers provide credit and financial services and products to young, growing, professionally backed technology and life sciences companies, as well as their more mature counterparts. The Technology and Life Sciences Division serves all major U.S. technology centers from offices coast-to-coast and its headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif. Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), a financial services company that is among the 20 largest U.S. banking companies, with $57 billion in assets at March 31, 2010. For more information, visit www.comerica.com

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Company Contact:
Diodes Incorporated
Laura Mehrl
Director of Investor Relations
P: 972-987-3959
E: laura_mehrl@diodes.com
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