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Toppan Photomasks Earns Freescale Semiconductor's 'Gold Performance Excellence Award'; Leading Supplier of Embedded Chips Praises Toppan's Technology and Service.


ROUND ROCK, Texas -- Toppan Photomasks, Inc. announced today that it received a "Gold Performance Excellence Award" for 2005 from Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. . Toppan Photomasks was the only global photomask An opaque image on a translucent plate that is used as a light filter to transfer an image from one device to another. See chip.  supplier to be recognized for exemplary performance in the areas of cost, quality, delivery, service and technology.

The Gold Performance Excellence Award also honors Toppan's ability to support Freescale's photomask needs worldwide. Freescale cited Toppan's role in enabling the chipmaker chip·mak·er  
n.
A manufacturer of electronic and integrated circuit chips.
 to move advanced 90nm designs into mainstream production in 2005. This is the second consecutive year that Toppan has received the award. Last year's award recognized the company's performance in meeting an extremely aggressive delivery schedule for photomasks at the 90nm design node at Freescale Austin Technology & Manufacturing Center.

"Success in this industry requires technical excellence, consistently reliable partnerships and dedication to exceed customer expectations. Toppan delivers on all three fronts," said Tom Linton Tom Linton plays guitar in the band Jimmy Eat World. Born August 8, 1975 in Mesa, Arizona, Linton formed Jimmy Eat World with childhood friends Jim Adkins, Mitch Porter, and Zach Lind. , Freescale's vice president and chief procurement officer A Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) is an executive role focused on supply management for an enterprise.

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. "This award spotlights Toppan's commitment to support Freescale's role as a leading supplier of embedded semiconductors."

"Toppan is dedicated to providing chipmakers around the world with the technology they need to produce the most advanced devices possible," said Dave Murray Dave Murray can refer to:
  • Dave Murray (musician), one of the guitarists in the heavy metal band Iron Maiden
  • Dave Murray (skier), a Canadian alpine skier who was one of the 1970s group of skiers known as the Crazy Canucks
, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Toppan Photomasks. "This award is a credit to everyone in our organization who helped meet the rigorous demands that a company of Freescale's stature requires. We look forward to building on this recognition and finding additional ways to support Freescale's technology leadership."

About Toppan Printing

Founded in 1900, Toppan Printing has branched into seven diverse business fields, including security cards, commercial printing, publications printing, packaging, industrial materials, electronics and optronics Optronics, or optoelectronics in its less abbreviated form, is the science and technology making use of optics and electronics. It is sometimes synonymous with photonics, however the latter has a lesser emphasis on electronics. . In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, Toppan posted revenues of 1,548.2 Yen billion (more than US$ 13 billion), an increase of 9.5 percent as compared to the previous fiscal year, and ended the year with approximately 36,000 employees. For more information visit www.toppan.co.jp.

About Toppan Photomasks

Toppan Photomasks, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

Notes:
In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
 of Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. a diversified global company with revenue in excess of $13 billion in fiscal 2006. Together with the photomasks business of Toppan Printing, the company forms the world's premier photomask provider. Utilizing operations within the industry's most advanced and largest network of manufacturing facilities, Toppan Photomasks offers a comprehensive range of photomask technologies and research and development capabilities to meet the increasingly sophisticated and divergent product-and-service requirements of the global semiconductor industry. Toppan Photomasks is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. For more information visit www.photomask.com.
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