Advantest Achieves 19th Consecutive Year on VLSI Research's Annual 10 BEST Supplier Lists
2007年6月19日 - 7:19AM
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World's leading semiconductor companies rate Advantest best in
"Build Quality" and "Product Performance" among Test companies and
best in "Process Support" and "Spares Support" among Material
Handling companies SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 18 /PRNewswire/ --
Advantest Corporation (TSE:6857TSE:NYSE:TSE:ATE), the world's
leading supplier of semiconductor test equipment, announces it is
on VLSI Research Inc's 10 BEST list for the 19th consecutive year,
a significant industry achievement. Based on direct customer
feedback from surveys representing 95 percent of the world's total
semiconductor market, VLSI Research, the leading semiconductor
market research firm, ranks Advantest among the 10 BEST companies
in two market segments: "Test Equipment" and "Material Handling
Equipment." Among all of the 10 BEST Test Equipment suppliers,
Advantest earned the highest ratings for Build Quality and Product
Performance, and among the suppliers for Material Handling
Equipment, the company attained the highest scores for Process
Support and Spares Support. In addition, Advantest earned its
personal best ratings in Usable Throughput in Test, and for Quality
of Results in Material Handling. The world's market leader in
Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) with a long history of technology
leadership as well, Advantest is further distinguished for its
ability to sustain product excellence and customer service on a
global basis, as indicated by 19 years of positive customer
responses in VLSI Research's 10 BEST survey. Advantest also earned
the highest possible score of five out of five stars in VLSI
Research's supplier star ratings in November, 2006. Advantest
develops and manufactures test solutions for SoC, logic and memory
semiconductor devices and is the only ATE company that provides
completely integrated test cell solutions. Test cells, comprised of
testers, handlers, device interfaces and software, are all designed
in-house by Advantest and provide the industry's highest levels of
interface integrity, compatibility and performance. R. Keith Lee,
president and CEO of Advantest America, Inc., comments, "We're
pleased and gratified by the response of our customers and
appreciate their trust and confidence in Advantest for almost two
decades. Advantest is committed to providing the highest
performance test solutions, as well as the most completely
integrated solutions in ATE. Beyond our high-performance products
and services, Advantest is also focused on helping our customers
succeed by giving them every competitive advantage we can offer by
sharing years of accumulated experience, knowledge and insight."
"Advantest has consistently met customer needs over and over again.
The company's efforts to maintain high standards in R&D,
product design, and service are obviously valued and appreciated,"
says VLSI Research CEO G. Dan Hutcheson. "Advantest is a superbly
managed, innovative global leader in the semiconductor industry,
and it's a pleasure to note their 19 consecutive years among the 10
BEST." 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 of Advantest America, Inc., +1-212-850-6670, Web
site: http://www.advantest.com/
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