2008
Wolfson produces its billionth chip
Wolfson’s WM8350 AudioPlus™ Smart Power solution wins Portable Design’s 2008 Editor’s Choice Award
Michael Ruettgers becomes Chairman at Wolfson
2007
New Wolfson AudioPlus™ strategy for growth
Wolfson aquires Sonaptic Ltd
Duke of Edinburgh presents Andrew Viterbi with James Clerk Maxwell Award sponsored by Wolfson
Wolfson aquires Oligon Ltd
Dave Shrigley becomes CEO at Wolfson
2006
Personality of the Year at techMARK for David Milne
Company of the Year at the Growing Business Awards
Entrepreneur of the Year for David Milne
WM8985 wins Semiconductor Product of the Year at Elektra 06
David Milne awarded CEO of the Year at Scottish Plc Awards
Wolfson awarded Plc of the Year at Scottish Plc Awards
Queens Award for Enterprise: Innovation
WM9713 wins best technology award at PLC awards
Opened Indian liaison office in Bangalore
Introduced new power efficient Class D technology for portbale applications
2005
Expand Asian operations by opening new offices in Osaka (Japan) and Singapore
Annual revenues exceed $100M
Market capitalisation exceeds $500m
Opened office on Shanghai
Awarded ISO 14001 environmental certification
2004
Logistics hub opened in Malaysia
First products launched for VOIP devices
European Supplier of the Year Award
Opened US East coast office in Boston
Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade
New Company of the Year Award
WM9712L wins Analogzone’s Product of the Year Award
Introduced first Class D technology products
2003
Introduced first integrated Audio and Touchscreen CODEC for PDAS
Opened sales office in China
Publicly quoted on the London Stock Exchange(WLF.L)
Achieved Tech Ttrack 100 Status
CEO of The Year Award for David Milne
Introduced first dedicated multi-media phone product
2002
Winner of Fabless Semiconductor Association Outstanding Financial Performance Award
Catalogue reaches 50 products
Re-registration from a Private Limited Company to a Public Limited Company
2001
Shipped 40 millionth product
Opened sales offcice in Japan
1999
Opened sales offices in US and Taiwan
Introduced first Audio products
1996
Introduced first imaging products
1995
Strategic decision to become a fabless semiconductor company
1984
Wolfson Microelectronics Ltd founded as an analogue/mixed-signal design house
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