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STMicroelectronics
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<p>STMicroelectronics <a href="/facts/Naamloze_vennootschap/MWbsMEAj">NV</a> (commonly referred to as ST or STMicro) is a European <a href="/facts/Multinational_corporation/qrMQSMTb">multinational</a> <a href="/facts/Semiconductor/zFf3mGTE">semiconductor</a> contract manufacturing and design company. It is the largest of such companies in <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a>. It was founded in 1987 from the merger of two state-owned semiconductor corporations: <i>Thomson Semiconducteurs</i> of <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>/<a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a> and <i>SGS Microelettronica</i> of <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a>. The company is incorporated in <a href="/facts/The_Netherlands/y8xn5stT">the Netherlands</a> and headquartered in <a href="/facts/Plan-les-Ouates/4QEUjpqU">Plan-les-Ouates</a>, <a href="/facts/Switzerland/LcGuxeTe">Switzerland</a>. Its shares are traded on <a href="/facts/Euronext_Paris/Bogl5XQm">Euronext Paris</a>, the <a href="/facts/Borsa_Italiana/sXpTH4HQ">Borsa Italiana</a> and the <a href="/facts/New_York_Stock_Exchange/XgSV32lk">New York Stock Exchange</a>. </p>