Texas Instruments names new managing director in the Philippines

Bing Viera to retire after 16 years of leadership

CLARK FREEPORT, Philippines, Sept. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced Mohammad Yunus as the company's new managing director of TI's operations in the Philippines.

Yunus joined the Philippines team in Clark in 2012 and has been leading Clark Assembly, Test, Bump, Probe and Packaging operations. He joined TI in 2001 and has served in a variety of key manufacturing roles, most recently as the quality director for TI's worldwide manufacturing operations.

Bing Viera, who led TI's operations in the Philippines since 1997, will retire from TI at the end of this year.

"Bing was instrumental in TI's expansion into the Philippines and has created a world-class A/T team over the last 16 years," said Kevin Ritchie, senior vice president of TI's Technology & Manufacturing Group. "We genuinely appreciate his numerous contributions to TI's operations in this important region."

TI has been operating in the Philippines for more than 30 years and operates two of the company's assembly/test (A/T) facilities in Baguio and the Clark Freeport Zone.