Intel awards suppliers for outstanding services
Intel Corporation has announced twenty-six recipients of its annual awards.
Eighteen companies have been awarded with the '2013 Intel Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award', which recognises commitment to performance excellence and continuous improvement.
"Every year, the world appears faster and more complex. It was especially true last year for supply chain as the market dynamics heightened the pressure on our agility, velocity, affordability and innovation," says Jacklyn Sturm, vice president, Technology and Manufacturing Group and general manager of Global Sourcing and Procurement at Intel.
"We could not be successful without the Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier Award winners travelling with us, aligning their strategic capabilities and improvement plans to deliver exceptionally strong performance on all fronts, from technology innovations to corporate responsibility. Thank you for your exemplary commitment to your customers," continues Sturm.
"Intel is delighted to recognise our Preferred Quality Suppliers for their industry-leading performance in 2013 in the areas of technology, affordability, velocity and sustainability," adds Robert Bruck, vice president and general manager of Technology Manufacturing Engineering at Intel. "The close collaboration with these suppliers has been one of the crucial factors in enabling Intel to extend our industry-leading silicon, packaging and test technologies, and in enhancing value and responsiveness to our customers."
The PQS award is part of Intel's Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) program that encourages suppliers to innovate and continually improve. To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must exceed high expectations and uncompromising performance goals while scoring at least 80 percent on an integrated report card that assesses performance throughout the year. Suppliers must also achieve 80 percent or greater on a challenging continuous improvement plan and demonstrate solid quality and business systems.
In addition to the PQS award, Intel recognised one supplier with the 'Supplier Achievement Award', which is a focused recognition for extraordinary accomplishments in one or more key performance areas. This year's winner was acknowledged for significant contributions to Intel's success by delivering on challenging volume expectations and for demonstrating robust working hours management and extensive monitoring of its own global supply base.
Intel also awarded eight companies with the 'Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award'. These companies set themselves apart from the thousands of suppliers that work with Intel by demonstrating industry-leading commitment across all critical focus areas on which they are measured: quality, cost, availability, technology, customer service, labour and ethics systems, and environmental sustainability.
This honour, which recognises outstanding commitment to broad performance excellence, distinguishes these suppliers as world class within Intel's greater supply chain. This group of suppliers makes major contributions to Intel's technology leadership, affordability and customer responsiveness. Providing products and services deemed essential to Intel's business success, the 2013 winners help Intel "Deliver the Present and Create the Future," which was the theme of the award ceremony in Santa Clara, California.
"Intel is pleased to recognise these truly exceptional suppliers for their outstanding performance and commitment in 2013," says William Holt, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group. "Their world-class velocity and innovation define them as role models for continuous improvement, and we appreciate their efforts across all critical focus areas this year."
The SCQI award is part of Intel's SCQI program, which encourages Intel's key suppliers to strive for best-in-class levels of excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for SCQI status, suppliers must exceed the highest expectations and aggressive performance goals while scoring at least 95 percent on an integrated report card that assesses performance throughout the year. Suppliers must also achieve 90 percent or greater on a challenging improvement plan and demonstrate outstanding quality and business systems.
The winners of the PQS, Achievement and SCQI awards are listed below and were honoured by Intel for the following products or services:
Preferred Quality Supply (PQS) Award Winners
Applied Materials - for wafer fab capital equipment, mask capital equipment, fab automation SW and services
Amkor Technology Inc. - for wafer probe, wafer bump, assembly, final testing
ASML - for semiconductor lithography equipment
Daifuku Co. Ltd. - for automated transport and storage of WIP
Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co. Ltd. - for wafer cleaning and anneal equipment and services for semiconductor manufacturing
Fujifilm Electronic Materials - for formulated chemicals, developers, precursors, slurries and advanced photoresists
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc. - for deposition and thermal film manufacturing equipment
KLA-Tencor Corporation - for process control capital equipment and services
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc. - for chemicals for semiconductor device manufacturing
Nikon Corporation - for semiconductor lithography systems for technology development and high-volume manufacturing
Shin Etsu Handotai Co. Ltd. - for silicon wafers
Siliconware Precision Industries Co. Ltd. - for semiconductor assembly and test services
Siltronic AG - for polished and epitaxial silicon wafers
Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd. - for ceramic capacitors, inductors, filters
Tokyo Electron Limited - for coater developers, dry etch, wet etch, thermal systems and test systems
Tosoh Quartz Inc. - for quartzware for semiconductor wafer processing equipment
Tosoh SMD Inc. - for sputtering targets for physical vapour deposition
Veolia Environment - for waste management services
Supplier Achievement Award Winner
ModusLink Global Solutions Inc. - for integration and supply chain services for Intel customer products
Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) Award Winners
Cabot Microelectronics Corporation - for CMP slurries and CMP pads
Daewon Semiconductor Packaging Industrial Co. Ltd. - for plastic injection molded shipping tray, BDTR
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation - for dry etching, ashing, metrology and advanced packaging systems
JSR Corporation - for advanced photoresists, packaging materials and CMP consumables
Moses Lake Industries (Tama Chemical) - for plating, lithography, cleans and reagent chemicals
Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. - for multilayer ceramic capacitors, inductors and electromagnetic interference components
Senju Metal Industry Co. Ltd. - for soldering material (solder sphere, flux, paste, bar, wire)
SUMCO Corporation - for 200mm and 300mm epitaxial and polished silicon wafers
