Ithaca, New York – Kionix, a leading supplier of silicon-micromachined MEMS inertial sensors to the global electronics industry was recently certified as a SONY Green Partner, a designation that distinguishes Kionix for its leadership and responsible citizenship relative to environmental policies and business practices.
According to Eric Eisenhut, Kionix’s Vice President for Sales and Marketing, SONY Green Partner status will help Kionix grow its business relationship with SONY and SONY’s subcontractors as well as broadly assist Kionix’s growth as a vendor to the electronics industry.
SONY, the world’s premier electronics company, has set industry-recognized high standards for best practices in design, marketing, manufacturing, and environmental procedures.
As a SONY Green Partner supplier, Kionix has demonstrated its on-going compliance with these requirements for environmental sustainability.
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Kionix’s environmental policy makes environmental considerations a priority in all of its business planning and decision making.
The policy assures compliance with both the spirit and intent of global laws and regulations, assesses the environmental impact of products, processes and operations, focuses on pollution prevention and reduction of waste and encourages suppliers, contractors and vendors to act in accordance with its environmental standards.
Kionix pioneered high-aspect ratio silicon micromachining based on research originally conducted at Cornell University, and today enjoys a global reputation for MEMS product design, process engineering, and quality manufacturing.
Consumer electronics companies utilize Kionix's technology for motion-based gaming, user-interface functionality in mobile handsets, personal navigation and hard disk drop protection in mobile products.
The MEMS products are further diversified into the automotive, industrial and health care sectors.
The Company offers single-, dual- and tri-axis accelerometers, gyroscopes and unique combination sensors among its MEMS inertial sensors.
For more information, visit http://www.kionix.com or http://www.rohm.com.