Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells rectifiers and bar code printers in Asia, the United States, Europe, and internationally. It offers discrete devices, including bridge rectifiers, diodes, DIACs and thyristors, ESD protection products, MOSFETs, and transistors; power ICs comprising amplifiers and comparators, analog ICs, linear voltage regulators, switching regulators, voltage references, hall effect sensors, and lighting ICs; and wide bandgaps, such as GaN transistors. The company also engages in the import and export business; and customization of design, integration, and marketing of label papers and other parts. Its products are used in a range of applications in the electronics industry, including automotive, computer, consumer, industrial, telecom, and photovoltaic. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in New Taipei City, Taiwan.