Infineon Technologies is the global number one in the power semiconductor and module market for the seventh consecutive year. Despite the economically difficult market climate, Infineon even increased its market share in 2009. According to current IMS Research data, the global market for power semiconductors contracted by 21.5 percent to US Dollar 11 billion in 2009, from US Dollar 14 billion the previous year.

In spite of this development, Infineon’s market share increased to 10.7 percent. Infineon maintained its leadership in the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) with a market share up 1.3 percentage points to 24.3 percent and in North and South America where it was up 0.4 percentage points to 11.5 percent. In the highly competitive Asian market Infineon’s market share was up 1.1 percentage points to 8.9 percent.

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