page_title: ANADIGICS
section_title: Historical timeline
hierarchical_section_title: ANADIGICS / Historical timeline
caption_attribution_description: English: ANADIGICS Headquarters
context_page_description: ANADIGICS, Inc was a worldwide provider of semiconductor solutions to the broadband wireless and wireline communications markets. Founded in 1985, the name ANADIGICS is an acronym from the Company describing the product lines of Analog and Digital ICs. ANADIGICS’ high frequency RF and Mixed Signal IC devices enable many manufacturers of communications equipment. II-VI Inc. acquired Anadigics in 2016.
context_section_description: Founded 1985 by Ron Rosenzweig, George Gilbert, and Charles Huang targeting military market
  1988 Pioneered commercial applications for GaAs ICs
  1993 1st GaAs IC Company to receive ISO9000 Certification .
  February 1997; Company Announced their first dual-band power amplifier .
  October 1998; New President & CEO Bami Bastani joins the Company.
  March 1999; First dual band power amplifier IC (patented)
  July 1999; began production at the world's first 6-inch analog GaAs Wafer FAB 
  August 1999; opened remote Design Center – Richardson, Texas, USA
  November 1999; opened Newbury Park, California, USA Design Center EETimes Article
  January 2000; opened international design center in Camberley, UK.
  August 2000; opened design center in Rehovot, Israel
  April 2001; acquired Telcom Devices, Camarillo, CA
  January 2002; opened Sales & Applications Representative Office in Seoul, Republic of Korea
  June 2002; opened Design & Applications Center in Aalborg, Denmark
  October 2002; opened Taiwan Branch, Hsinchu City, R.O.C.
  April 2003; Acquired RF Solutions, Norcross, Georgia, USA
  September 2003; opened Taiwan Applications Center, Taipei, R.O.C.
  October 2003; Acquired Tavanza Division of Celeritek, and opened office in San Jose, California, USA
  July 2004; opened Representative Office in Shanghai, People's Republic of China
  March 2005; ANADIGICS Korea Representative Office became ANADIGICS Korea Branch Office
  January 2005; receives ISO 14001:1996 Certification
  April 2005; ships 25 Millionth InGaP HBT WLAN Power Amplifier
  September 2007; expands research and development group through acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor's RF Design Team
  August 2008; nominated for EDN China Innovation Award
  January 2009; Mario A. Rivas joins the company as CEO
  May 2009; won China Telecommunication Technology Innovation Award
  November 2009; won two EDN China Innovation Awards for AWT6222 and AWT9966
  March 2011; CEO Mario Rivas resigns
  March 2011; Ron Michels is promoted to position of CEO
  2014 Anadigics Stock Prices dips below $1.00
  March 2016; ANADIGICS Acquired by II-VI for approx. $78M
caption: ANADIGICS former headquarters in Warren, NJ
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