Intel Honors 16 Companies with Its Most Prestigious Supplier Award.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2004

Intel Corporation today announced the 16 winners of the company's most prestigious award for suppliers, the Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award, for outstanding commitment to quality and performance excellence in 2003. The SCQI recognizes companies that provided products and services deemed essential to Intel's business success. This select group will be honored at a ceremony in Burlingame, Calif. on March 23.

The 2003 SCQI winners are: Asymtek, A Nordson Company; Disco Corporation ; Fujimi Corporation; George Fischer Piping Systems, Ltd.; IBM Corporation; Ibiden Co., Ltd.; Kelly Services, Inc.; Kester; Nidec Corporation; Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.; Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. (SMIC); Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation; TDK Corporation; Tokyo Electron Limited; and Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd.

"Intel established the Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement program in 1987 to engage suppliers in a joint effort for continuously improving product and service quality," said Robert J. Baker, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group. "I'm proud to recognize the 16 suppliers for their achievements in 2003 that exemplify excellence in their areas of service, and contributions to Intel. I believe they are well positioned for future challenges."

"We are pleased to recognize the winners of Intel's Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement award and to thank them for their contributions to Intel's success over the last year," said Sunlin Chou, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Technology and Manufacturing Group. "These companies gave us the highest levels of quality, delivery, innovation, and customer satisfaction. Ten of the suppliers are repeat winners reflecting their consistently high performance."

The SCQI awards are part of Intel's Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement process, which encourages Intel's 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, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. Additional information about the SCQI Program is available at http://supplier.intel.com/quality/.

Intel will also recognize SCQI winners with an advertisement in U.S., European and Asian editions of The Wall Street Journal today.

SCQI winners provide Intel with the following:

-- Asymtek, A Nordson Company supplies automated fluid dispensing

equipment

-- Disco Corporation supplies wafer saws

-- Fujimi Corporation supplies CMP slurries

-- George Fischer Piping Systems, Ltd. supplies thermoplastic 

piping systems

-- IBM Corporation supplies notebooks, desktops, workstations,

servers

-- Ibiden Co. Ltd. supplies substrate packaging materials

-- Kelly Services Inc. supplies staffing services

-- Kester supplies interconnect and thermal interface materials

-- Nidec Corporation supplies fan heat sink products

-- Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd. supplies active heat sinks

-- Senju Metal Industry Co. Ltd (SMIC) supplies surface mount

materials

-- Shinko Electric Industries Co. Ltd. supplies substrate

packaging materials, heat spreaders and IC assembly

-- Sumitomo Mitsubishi Silicon Corporation supplies polished and

epitaxial silicon wafers

-- TDK Corporation supplies multilayer ceramic capacitors, RF,

inductor and EMI components

-- Tokyo Electron Limited supplies semiconductor capital

equipment

-- Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. Ltd. supplies photoresist and developer

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