This site was recognized for its product innovation for the second time, receiving the 'Product of the Year 2008' award for its GreenChip power supplies. GreenChip was selected from more than 100 products to receive the award, which is granted by the trade magazine 'Elektronik'. The site is a Sony Green Partner and has also received several awards and certifications recognizing its operational excellence:

• OHSAS 18001 certification
• ISO14001 certification
• 'Exemplary Health and Safety System' Award from the Bureau of Occupational Health and Safety, Hamburg

Volunteers from the BL Sound Solutions Beijing were awarded the 2009 Olympic Volunteer Award, presented by the Beijing Labor Union. The Beijing group has operated successfully for about eight years and, through the efforts of Franz Obenaus, COO, has established an excellent relationship with the local government. To recognize his contribution, Franz was awarded an honorary professorship at Beijing University. He is the first business representative from Austria to be awarded such an honor.

BL Sound Solutions was recognized for its quality management with the Austrian Quality Award 2008 in the category of Business Lines and Subsidiary Companies. It is the second time the group has won the award.

The City of Vienna sponsors a program, called “ÖkoBusinessPlan Vienna” (or Eco Business Plan Vienna), that serves to show that environmental protection saves money and is good for business. The program brings external advisers to corporate sites to evaluate environmental performance and make recommendations for improvement. NXP's Sound Solution site in Vienna participated in the 2007 program and, following the auditor's suggestions, optimized the cycle time of certain production steps, thereby saving energy, and optimized their waste logistics for recycling metal, plastic, EPS (Expanded Polysterene), and wood waste. At the end of the program, Sound Solutions' environmental performance was evaluated by a city commission. The site received high marks and was honored with an award.

October, BL Sound Solutions, which has offices in Vienna and Beijing, was selected as a finalist in the 2007 competition for the EFQM Excellence Award, Europe's most prestigious award for organizational excellence. Only 18 companies from around the world were named as finalists, representing Europe's best-performing organizations. The award recognizes industry leaders with an undisputable track record of progress and results for both financial and non-financial performance. This was the first time that BL Sound Solutions took part in the EFQM assessment process. It was also the first time the EFQM assessed a site outside of Europe.

The Caring Company is part of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, an umbrella organization that includes more than 300 NGOs providing more than 90% of Hong Kong's social-welfare services. The Council, along with its members, promotes service improvement, facilitates cross-sector partnership, and advocates equality, justice, social integration, and a caring society. In 2007, NXP Hong Kong was recognized for its contributions with a Caring Company award.

December 2007, in recognition for their contribution to national goals for energy efficiency and conservation,
and for their substantial efforts in mitigating climate change, NXP Semiconductors Cabuyao was awarded the
prestigious Don Emilio Abello Energy Efficiency Award. The award is granted by a national steering committee,
headed by the Secretary of Energy (who reports directly to the President of the Philippines), and was presented
in a special ceremony.

This site received the silver award at the Singapore HEALTH awards, a biennial event giving national recognition to workplaces with commendable health promotion programs.

SSMC in Singapore was presented with a Singapore Environment Achievement Award. The award, which is known locally as the “Green Oscar, ” recognizes organizations with strong management commitment in environmental challenges and social responsibility.

Singapore's Ministry of Manpower for the Manufacturing Sector recognizes organizations that use innovative ways to improve their work health and safety. SSMC has won the award, called the Workplace Safety and Health Innovation Gold Award, two years in a row.

NXP UK's work to build a strong employee focus was honored with an Investors In People (IIP) award in March 2007. IIP is a UK standard that measures how well a company improves the performance of its organization through its people. The external assessor gave NXP UK very positive feedback and observed that, “A new, more dynamic culture is slowly emerging, which is re-energizing the organization... people stressed that they really feel that they are NXP.”

NXP USA was recently recognized by the Second Harvest Food Bank, a food-rescue organization that services local communities nationwide, for its contributions. Betty Steen, an NXP employee in California, who has organized several successful food drives for Second Harvest, was presented with the “Most Valuable Volunteer” award.

NXP USA's human resources group, together with their local Community Action Teams (CAT teams), outlined their community efforts and submitted them to the 2007 Business Ideas Challenge (BIC) competition. The presentation was a success at the local competition and was selected to participate in the regional competition, which was held in Charleston, South Carolina.