DALLAS, Oct 27, 2010 (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, today announced that the Company received the Best Environmental Practice Award for Large Companies at the Northwest Business Environment Annual Awards 2010 ceremony in Manchester, United Kingdom. Diodes is now eligible to represent the North West in the European Business Environment Awards.

The Environmental Award presented to Diodes at a ceremony hosted by ENWORKS and the Northwest Regional Development Agency, recognized the Company's more than 53% reduction in the carbon footprint of Diodes' Oldham based semiconductor wafer fabrication plant in less than 4 years, taking it from 30,660 to 14,418 tons of CO₂ equivalent.

Kirsten Motyl, Quality, Health & Safety and Environmental Manager at Diodes, said, "This award reflects the Company's total commitment to addressing environmental issues, and the entire workforce's hard work in undertaking initiatives both large and small. This is another example of the Company's relentless effort and determination to create a manufacturing industry of which we can be proud."

Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diodes Incorporated, remarked, "Diodes' Zetex operations began setting targets for reducing its carbon footprint long before the issue had really gained worldwide focus. The achievements today are impressive, as this award reflects the entire Diodes' Zetex team's continued hard work and commitment to making significant environmental improvements that bring benefits to business." For more information, visit our Company's website at http://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 Dallas, Texas. Design, marketing, and engineering centers are located in Dallas; 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 a joint venture facility located in Chengdu, China. Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in 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.

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