[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 4, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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     IN RECOGNITION OF THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF ANALOG DEVICES, INC.

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                         HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, January 4, 2005

  Mr. LYNCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Analog Devices, 
Inc., ADI, a Fortune 1000 and S&P500 Company with global headquarters 
in the 9th Congressional District, in the town of Norwood, MA, which 
will celebrate its 40th anniversary January 18, 2005.
  ADI, which is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing 
of semiconductors with a specialty in high-performance analog, mixed-
signal and digital signal processing integrated circuits, was founded 
in 1965 in Cambridge, MA, by Ray Stata and Matthew Lorber, both 
graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  During the intervening four decades, Analog Devices has grown to 
become the world's largest supplier of analog-to-digital and digital-
to-analog data converters, and is the world's largest supplier of 
analog amplifiers, which are used in every conceivable manner of 
electronic communications, consumer, industrial, automotive, medical, 
military and aerospace product. The company today has manufacturing 
and/or technology design centers in 12 countries and 10 States, 
including Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 
Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington.
  ADI has played a significant role in the sustained development of 
Massachusetts as a world-class technology region and is a significant 
economic growth engine within the Massachusetts economy. Analog Devices 
is:
  One of the 20 largest employers among Massachusetts' publicly traded 
companies;
  Among the Top 20 companies in the State measured by annual revenue;
  One of the Top 10 companies in the State measured by net earnings.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to add may own personal congratulations to Analog 
Devices on the significant milestone of its 40th year and thank the 
company for the technological and economic contributions it has made to 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and beyond.

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