Zarlink
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Zarlink Semiconductor TSX: ZL is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in networking, microwave and medical devices. Its head offices are located in Ottawa, Canada. It has development centres in Canada, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and Sweden, and fabrication facilities in the United Kingdom and Sweden. Their Plymouth site is shared with the semiconductor wafer fab of X-Fab, Zarlink having sold the building to X-Fab in 2002.
The company assumed its current form when it sold its Systems division (and original name) to entrepreneur Terry Matthews. Matthews took the division private under the original company name Mitel. Matthews had founded the company in 1973 with partner Michael Cowpland. They later lost control and were forced to sell their holdings in the company to British Telecom.
The odd name is derived from the phrase Tsar of Links to reflect its interest in networking products.
In June 2005, it was removed from the S&P/TSX Composite Index.
