Credence Garners VLSI Research's 10 BEST Award for the Second Consecutive Year.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 28, 1996--Credence Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. ), a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) for the semiconductor industry, today announced they were once again rated one of the world's best test and material handling companies. VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. Research's annual customer satisfaction survey awarded Credence its second consecutive 10 BEST award. The list is a principal industry indicator of the success with which manufacturers meet their customer's needs. "Another milestone. It is truly gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to again be awarded this honor," said James T. Healy, President of Credence. "Over the last year we have focused on customer service issues by introducing Virtual Classroom and expanding our customer support centers here at headquarters and in our Oregon facility. Credence's commitment to providing the highest level of customer service is reflected in our second consecutive 10 BEST award." Survey sponsor VLSI Research Inc specifically noted Credence's commitment to its customers and the strong competition for these awards. "With the booming test and material handling market, competition to be among the 10 BEST was particularly keen this year," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the survey. "The ATE industry is intensely competitive and genuinely global," added Credence's Healy. Reflecting this demographic diversity the winners of the 10 BEST awards include five North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. companies, three Japanese and two European suppliers. In determining the 10 BEST recipients, VLSI Research Inc compiles statistics from more than 54,000 questionnaires. The double-blind survey is conducted in six languages -- English, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, German and French -- and completed by semiconductor companies throughout the world. Users of semiconductor capital equipment are asked to rate their suppliers in eight categories which exemplify ex·em·pli·fy tr.v. ex·em·pli·fied, ex·em·pli·fy·ing, ex·em·pli·fies 1. a. To illustrate by example: exemplify an argument. b. a supplier's relationship with its customers. These eight categories include three measures of equipment performance and five measures of customer support: (1) product performance; (2) uptime; (3) quality of results; (4) process support; (5) software support; (6) technical leadership; (7) service after sales, and; (8) overall commitment to supporting customers' needs. VLSI Research Inc, founded in 1976, is a market research company located in Silicon Valley and is generally recognized as the leading company covering semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The company has performed these annual customer satisfaction surveys for eight years. The principal focus of these surveys is to provide a report card on individual suppliers in order to promote improved customer relationships and to identify those issues and trends which are most sensitive to customers' needs. Credence Systems Credence Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: CMOS), is a manufacturer of test and analytical equipment for the global semiconductor industry. Founded in 1978, it is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol CMOS. Corporation is a leading manufacturer of automatic test equipment (ATE) that serves a broad spectrum of the worldwide semiconductor industry's testing needs. Credence offers a wide range of products with test capabilities for digital, mixed-signal, and memory semiconductors. The Company utilizes its proprietary CMOS technologies to redefine test with products that are designed to solve its customers' business problems through technology while meeting the increasingly demanding performance requirements of today's ATE market. The Company is headquartered in Fremont, California For the unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, see . Fremont (IPA: /ˈfriːmɒnt/) is a city in California that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: , with manufacturing in Beaverton, Oregon Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley. As of May 2006, its population is estimated to be 84,270,[1] 9.1% more than the 2000 census figure of 76,129. and Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . Credence is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CMOS and can be found on the World Wide Web at http:/www.careermosaic.com/cm/credence/. CONTACT: Agency Contact: The Loomis Group, Inc. Bruce Bedortha, 415/882-9494 (Director of Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most ) E-mail: bruce@loomisgroup.com or Company Contact: Credence Systems Corporation Connie Graybeal or James Healy, 510/657-7400 E-mail: connie_graybeal@credence.com |
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