Intel Honors 29 Companies With Its Preferred Quality Supplier Award

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 22, 2004 -- Intel Corporation today announced that 29 companies will receive Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding commitment to quality and performance excellence. These suppliers provided products and services deemed essential to Intel's business success in 2003. These companies exceeded high expectations and tough performance goals to distinguish themselves from the thousands of suppliers that worked with Intel last year. Winners will be honored at a ceremony in Burlingame, Calif. on March 23.

Award winning suppliers are: Air Products and Chemicals Inc.; Alphasem; Analog Devices Inc.; Arch Chemicals Inc.; Asahi Kasei EMD Corporation; Chaun Choung Technology Corp. (CCI); Delta Design Inc., A Cohu Company; Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co. Ltd.; Dow Corning Corporation; Etron Technology Inc.; Henkel Technologies; Hewlett- Packard Company; Hon Hai/Foxconn; JSR Corporation; Mitsui Chemicals Inc.; Moses Lake Industries (Tama Chemicals); Munters Corporation; Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. / NTK Technologies Inc.; Nichicon Corporation; Nikon Corporation; NPTest Holding Corporation; ON Semiconductor Corporation; Securitas; Shin-Etsu Handotai Group; Tektronix Inc.; United Van Lines, LLC; VWR International; Wieson Technologies Co., Ltd.

"Each year Intel recognizes those suppliers who have earned our prestigious quality performance awards," said Gidu Shroff, Intel vice president and director of materials. "The Preferred Quality Supplier award is Intel's way of recognizing excellence in both supplier performance and capability. These 29 suppliers represent performance leaders in their respective industries and each has played a meaningful role in Intel's success by demonstrating excellent performance in meeting continuously increasing quality, technology, volume, responsiveness and cost expectations. We congratulate them and are proud to be associated with the 2003 PQS award recipients."

"Our Preferred Quality Supplier award winners this year have achieved significant results in innovation, affordability and operational excellence," said Jai K. Hakhu, Intel vice president, Technology and Manufacturing Group, and general manager, Technology Manufacturing Engineering. "These suppliers have consistently exceeded our expectations, are role models for our industry and are extremely well positioned to meet the future challenges ahead."

The PQS award, Intel's second-highest supplier award, is part of Intel's Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement process that encourages suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must score at least 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 also will recognize PQS award winners with an advertisement in the U.S., European and Asian editions of The Wall Street Journal on March 23.

The PQS winners provide Intel with the following:

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. supplies gases, equipment, chemicals and services

Alphasem supplies die sort and die attach equipment

Analog Devices, Inc. supplies analog integrated circuits

Arch Chemicals, Inc supplies wet chemicals

Asahi Kasei EMD Corporation supplies photodefineable polyimides

Chaun Choung Technology Corp. (CCI) supplies thermal solutions

Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Co., Ltd. supplies wet clean stations, scrub systems, single wafer cleaning systems

Delta Design Inc., A Cohu Company supplies semiconductor test handling equipment

Dow Corning Corporation supplies thermal interface materials

Etron Technology Inc. supplies LPSRAM, PSRAM and LPSDRAM

Henkel Technologies supplies die attach adhesive and underfill

Hewlett-Packard Company supplies computing platforms, enterprise storage, and services

Hon Hai/Foxconn supplies motherboard assembly, connectors, chassis, cables, thermal solutions

JSR Corporation supplies photoresist and CMP pads

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. supplies pellicles and ICROS tape

Moses Lake Industries (Tama Chemicals) supplies high purity chemicals

Munters Corporation supplies rotor concentrator and thermal oxidizer

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. supplies ceramic capacitors, ferrite beads, inductors, and other passive components

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd./NTK Technologies, Inc. supplies substrate packaging materials

Nichicon Corporation supplies aluminum capacitors

Nikon Corporation supplies lithography exposure equipment and measuring instruments

NPTest Holding Corporation supplies IC validation, characterization and manufacturing test products and services

ON Semiconductor Corporation supplies power semiconductors

Securitas supplies security services

Shin-Etsu Handotai Group supplies silicon wafers

Tektronix Inc. supplies test and measurement equipment

United Van Lines, LLC supplies transportation services

VWR International supplies distribution of scientific supplies

Wieson Technologies Co., Ltd. supplies systems connectors and thermals

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