Advantest Receives Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier Award
2007年3月28日 - 1:30AM
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TOKYO, March 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Advantest Corporation was
named a recipient of Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier
(PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and
services deemed essential to Intel's success. The company was
recognized for its efforts in supplying Intel with testers and
handlers for system on a chip (SOC), memory and mixed signal
devices. Advantest and 43 additional PQS award winners will be
honored at a celebration in Burlingame, California on March 27.
"Advantest is very gratified to be named a Preferred Quality
Supplier by Intel, a company that is recognized around the world
for innovation, vision and excellence, and we are privileged to be
part of Intel's continuing quality improvement efforts. Advantest
shares Intel's commitment to ongoing excellence and high standards
for conducting business," said Toshio Maruyama, Advantest
Corporation, president and CEO. "Congratulations to Advantest for
another consecutive PQS award. Once again they have demonstrated
their commitment to improving total cost through quality and
innovation," said Ashoke Seth, director, Intel Test Operation.
"Advantest products, support and new technologies help enable our
product roadmap and reduce cost. They are clearly deserving of this
prestigious award." The PQS award is part of Intel's Supplier
Continuous Improvement (SCQI) process that encourages suppliers to
strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for
PQS status, suppliers must score 80 percent on a report card that
assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality,
availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals.
Suppliers must also manage and deliver on a challenging improvement
plan and a quality systems assessment. Additional information about
the SCQI program is available at
http://supplier.intel.com/quality/. Intel will also recognize PQS
award winners on March 27, 2007 with an advertisement in the U.S.,
Europe, and Asian editions of The Wall Street Journal. About
Advantest Advantest Corporation is the world's leading supplier of
automatic test equipment to the semiconductor industry. Advantest's
SOC, logic, memory, mixed-signal and RF testers and device handlers
are integrated into the most advanced semiconductor fabrication
lines in the world. Founded in Tokyo in 1954, Advantest established
its North American subsidiary in 1982 and its European subsidiary
in 1984. More information is available at
http://www.advantest.com/. DATASOURCE: Advantest Corporation
CONTACT: Amy Gold, +1-212-850-6670, ; or Akira Ono, Web site:
http://www.advantest.com/
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