STMicroelectronics, headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland, near Geneva, is a multinational electronics and semiconductors firm. The company was created in 1987 by the merger of two government-owned semiconductor companies: "Thomson Semiconductors" in France and "SGS Microelettronica" in Italy. It is known as "ST" and is the most profitable semiconductor chip producer in Europe. While the corporate headquarters and EMEA regional offices of STMicroelectronics are in Geneva, the holding company, STMicroelectronics N.V., is based in the Netherlands.
The company's US headquarters are located in Coppell, Texas. The headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region is in Singapore, while Japan and Korea's activities are in Tokyo. The company's China regional headquarters are based in Shanghai.
ST In situations where microelectronics has a positive impact on people's lives, microelectronics technology can be discovered. Automobiles and key fobs, big manufacturing machinery and data center power supplies, washing machines and hard drives, cellphones and toothbrushes all use ST chips with the newest developments. We help our clients make their devices smarter, more energy-efficient, connected, safer, and more secure.