NIKON CORPORATION RECEIVES
INTEL’S PREFERRED QUALITY SUPPLIER AWARD
BELMONT, California, March 18, 2008 – Nikon Corporation
was named a recipient of Intel Corporation’s 2007 Preferred
Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing
products and services deemed essential to Intel’s success.
The company is awarded for its efforts supplying Intel with lithography
scanners for TD and HVM. Nikon Corporation and 34 additional
PQS award winners will be honored at a celebration in Burlingame,
California on March 18.
“Nikon Corporation is delighted to be recognized by Intel as a Preferred
Quality Supplier, which we believe reflects our commitment to continuous support
of Intel's technology needs, flawless ramp support, and systematic improvements
in equipment availability. This is a credit to our worldwide Nikon team who
contributed to this achievement and Intel people who helped our team,” said
Mr. Ushida, president, Precision Equipment Company.
“Intel congratulates Nikon on achieving the Preferred
Quality Supplier Award in 2007,” said Janice Golda, director
of Lithography Capital Equipment Development, Intel Corporation. “Nikon
has provided excellent support to Intel to integrate new lithography
technology, smoothly ramp new factories, proactively support
equipment reuse, and flexibility in adapting to our dynamic needs.
We look forward to continuing to grow our relationship as we
jointly address future lithography challenges.”
The PQS
awards are part of Intel’s Supplier Continuous
Quality Improvement (SCQI) process that encourages suppliers
to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify
for PQS status, suppliers must score 80 percent on a report card
that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality,
availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals.
Suppliers must also manage and deliver on a challenging improvement
plan and a quality systems assessment. Additional information
about the SCQI program is available at http://supplier.intel.com/quality.
Intel will also recognize PQS award winners with an advertisement
in the U.S., Europe and Asia editions of The Wall Street Journal
on March 18, 2008.
About Nikon
Since 1980, Nikon Corporation has been revolutionizing
lithography with innovative products and technologies. The company
is a worldwide leader in lithography equipment for the microelectronics
manufacturing industry with more than 7,800 exposure systems installed
worldwide. Nikon offers the most extensive selection of production-class
steppers and scanners in the industry. These products serve the
semiconductor, flat panel display (LCD) and thin-film magnetic
head (TFH) industries. Nikon Precision Inc. provides service, training,
applications and technical support, as well as sales and marketing
for Nikon lithography equipment in North America. For more information
about Nikon, access our website at http://www.nikonprecision.com.
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Contact:
Bernie Wood
Director of Marketing
Nikon Precision Inc.,
(650) 413-8533 phone
bwood@nikon.com
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