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Memory Devices and Modules
News Release from: Spansion
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 May 2007
Assembly and test specialist named best
supplier
A leading independent provider of semiconductor testing and assembly services, has been named Supplier of the Year by a memory specialist for its response to the client's wafer-sort requirements.
Flash memory specialist Spansion has announced that ChipMOS Technologies, a leading independent provider of semiconductor testing and assembly services, is Spansion's Supplier of the Year 2006 for its exceptional response to Spansion's growing wafer-sort requirements Spansion also named two companies, Solvay Chemicals and Kulicke and Soffa, as Best-in-Class suppliers for their collaborative spirit and technical support
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Jun 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Spansion presented the awards at a dinner on 17th April honouring the recipients.
2006 was the first year that Spansion combined its award process for wafer manufacturing and final manufacturing operations globally.
Spansion's World Class Supplier cross-site, cross-functional teams reviewed the suppliers, comparing them against their peers and choosing the best of the best to honour with awards.
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In addition to the Supplier of the Year and Best-in-Class awards, 17 companies received Achievement awards for their work with Spansion, which established the awards program to drive leadership in technology, quality and logistics processes.
"As a new and growing company, Spansion placed a lot of demand on our supplier base in 2006", says Jim Doran, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Spansion.
"Our suppliers are critical to our ability to manufacture and ship our products, and in ensuring that our end customers can rely on us".
"ChipMOS Technologies did an outstanding job of ramping to meet our wafer sort needs and offered us full, turn-key solutions".
"Assisting Spansion in being the world-class manufacturer of NOR Flash memory solutions brings both opportunity and challenge", says SJ Cheng, Chairman and CEO of ChipMOS Technologies.
"Spansion is focused on providing the best customer experience possible, and that's been our business goal as well".
"We're delighted that Spansion chose us for this honour in such a competitive environment".
Kulicke and Soffa, which supplies wire-bonding assembly equipment and materials, received Best-in-Class recognition for its assistance with Spansion's final manufacturing operations by providing Spansion with "exceptional" field-service engineering support and collaboration and "outstanding" equipment quality and reliability.
Solvay Chemicals was recognised as Best-in-Class for its "perfect" on-time delivery of fab materials and its attention to "impeccable quality" and reduction in total cost of ownership.
Solvay supplied wet chemicals to Spansion manufacturing sites.
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