OREANDA-NEWS. April 20, 2011. Tokyo Electron Limited has received Intel Corporation’s prestigious Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award recognizing extraordinary commitment to quality and exceptional performance to Intel’s goals. This award, given to eight suppliers, is Intel’s highest honor for its suppliers acknowledging world-class, outstanding performance. In 2010, Tokyo Electron Limited provided semiconductor production equipment deemed vital to Intel’s success.

“Tokyo Electron (TEL) is truly honored to receive Intel’s prestigious SCQI award. This achievement is a testament to the hard work and commitment to excellence embraced by TEL employees worldwide. Looking forward, we will continue to challenge ourselves to push even harder to improve our performance and provide Intel with the very best value in products and services. I want to extend my most sincere appreciation to Intel for honoring us with this esteemed award,” said Hiroshi Takenaka, president and CEO, Tokyo Electron Limited.

“Intel is very pleased to congratulate Tokyo Electron Limited for winning the 2010 SCQI award, our highest level of achievement. TEL has demonstrated world-class performance in safety and technology development, affordability, and supply chain velocity in support of Intel’s most advanced technologies,” said Robert Bruck, vice president of Intel’s Technology and Manufacturing Group and general manager of Technology Manufacturing Engineering. “TEL continues to exceed Intel’s expectations by demonstrating their strong customer orientation, year after year, resulting in their 11th consecutive Intel supplier quality award. We look forward to TEL’s continued leadership in innovation and operational excellence on future Intel technologies.”

The SCQI award is part of Intel’s Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement program, which encourages Intel’s key suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for SCQI status, suppliers must score at least 95 percent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, technology and environmental, social and governance goals. Suppliers must also achieve 90 percent or greater on a challenging improvement plan and demonstrate solid quality and business systems. Additional information about the SCQI program is available at http://supplier.intel.com/quality.

A celebration to honor SCQI award winners was held in conjunction with Intel’s Supplier Day in Scottsdale, Arizona. In addition, there is an announcement on Intel’s website at http://intel.com/.

About Tokyo Electron Limited
TEL is a leading global supplier of semiconductor production equipment in the areas of coater/developers, thermal processing, etch systems, surface preparation systems, chemical vapor deposition, wafer probe systems, gas cluster ion beam clusters, and advanced inspection metrology.