[The Jolt] Intel honours 26 suppliers

Global- Intel Corporation announced 26 recipients to its Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award in 2008 for their commitment to quality and performance excellence.

To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must attain a score of at least 80% on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. Secondly, suppliers must be able to manage and deliver on a challenging improvement plan and a quality/business systems assessment, before finally demonstrating basic compliance to the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct and Intel's Green Sustainability Program, said Intel.

The PQS winners for 2008 and their products and services provided to Intel are as follow:

• AceCo Precision Manufacturing supplies fab spares and refurbishment
• Asyst Technologies, Inc. supplies automated material handling systems
• Cisco Systems, Inc. supplies networking hardware infrastructure, IP telephony and enterprise collaboration products
• Dow Corning Corporation supplies electronic adhesives
• FUJIFILM Electronic Materials supplies advanced chemistry and equipment for semiconductor device manufacturing
• Ibiden Co., Ltd. supplies flip-chip substrate packages
• KES System & Service (1993) Pte Ltd. supplies burn-in boards, TIUs, and BIB/TIU/UBID maintenance
• Linde Electronics, a Member of the Linde Group, supplies ultra-high purity gases and chemicals and onsite services
• Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. supplies multilayer ceramic capacitors, inductors, ferrite beads and wireless modules
• Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corporation supplies substrates and printed circuit boards
• Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. supplies sputtering targets for physical vapour deposition applications
• Praxair Electronics supplies electronic process and bulk gases, sputtering targets and spare parts management
• Richtek Technology Corporation provides power management solutions
• Rofin-Baasel supplies laser mark equipment
• Rosendin Electric provides electrical construction services
• Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. provides security services
• Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. supplies soldering materials
• Skanska provides construction management
• Tektronix, Inc. supplies validation test equipment
• Thermal Product Solutions, a Division of SPX Corporation, supplies epoxy curing, IHS and pre-bake ovens
• Tokyo Electron Limited supplies semiconductor production equipment
• TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. supplies amplifiers, RF switches and front end module for WLAN products
• Tyco Electronics supplies CPU sockets, connectors and passive components
• Verizon Business supplies network telecommunications and cellular services
• VWR International, LLC provides distribution of global sourcing and supply chain management solutions
• Xstrata Recycling, Inc. provides HVI component scrap processing

"Companies must not only achieve ever improving traditional measures of product quality [but] also understand and mitigate their impact on the environment. This year's recipients of the Preferred Quality Supplier award have risen to this new level of challenge in their respective industries and have also shown their ongoing commitment to build an affordable, innovative and agile supply chain," said Craig Brown, vice president of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group and director of materials.

"The enduring commitment to industry-leading innovation, affordability and speed separates these suppliers from their peers and is critical to delivering increased value to our customers," Robert Bruck, vice president of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group and general manager of Technology Manufacturing Engineering said.

Fred Briggs, executive VP for customer service and program management at Verizon Business said, "This award underscores our commitment to deliver expertise and performance for Intel as well as all our multinational customers worldwide who work with Verizon Business."

Recognition events in Tokyo and Santa Clara, Calif will be held in March to honour the PQS award winners.