IBIDEN Receives Intel’s Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement Award

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IBIDEN  Co.,  LTD.  Has   been  recognized  as  one  of  eight  companies receiving  Intel  Corporation’s  prestigious  Supplier Continuous  Quality  Improvement  (SCQI)  award  for their performance in 2015. IBIDEN Co., LTD. has demonstrated exceptional performance to goals and extraordinary,  industry-leading  commitment  across  all  critical  focus  areas  on  which  we  are  measured: quality,  cost,  availability,  technology,  customer  service,  labor  and  ethics  systems  and  environmental sustainability.  This  award  is  Intel’s  highest  honor  for  its  suppliers,  acknowledging  truly  world-class performance.  IBIDEN  Co.,  LTD.  provided  substrate  packaging  materials,  deemed  essential  to  Intel’s success.    

 “Ibiden is highly honored to be awarded the Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) award  for  the  second  consecutive  year,  and  our  fourth  time  overall.    Ibiden  is  constantly  striving  to provide the best technology, quality, and cost, as expected by    Intel. These efforts are the most important driving forces in elevating our level of R&D, quality, and productivity. Ibiden will continue challenging ourselves to set and achieve higher goals that contribute to Intel`s success.” Tsuyoshi Nishida, Executive Vice President, Representative Director of IBIDEN Co., LTD

“Intel  is  pleased  to  award  Ibiden  the  Supplier  Continuous  Quality  Improvement  award,  our highest supplier recognition award, for the second year in a row. Ibiden had another year of exceptional quality and on time delivery performance," said Carolin T. Seward, vice president and director of Global Supply Management in the Technology and Manufacturing Group at Intel. "Ibiden further reduced lead times on critical parts, and supported some of our most complex technical development to help enable part of Intel’s strategy.    We are pleased to recognize Ibiden for the diligent support they provided us all year, and we expect them to continue performing at these world class levels through 2016 and beyond.” The  SCQI  award  is  part  of  Intel’s  Supplier  Continuous  Quality  Improvement  program,  which encourages  Intel’s  key  suppliers  to  strive  for  excellence  and  continuous  improvement.  To  qualify  or SCQI, suppliers must score at least 95 percent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, technology, environmental, social and governance goals. Suppliers must also achieve 90 percent or greater on a challenging improvement plan and demonstrate solid quality andbusiness   systems.  

A  celebration  to  honor  SCQI  award  winners  was  held in  Santa  Clara,  California  themed “Delivering the Future Together”, which illustrates the outstanding contributions this supplier has made in 2015.

About IBIDEN Co., LTD.

IBIDEN Co., LTD. is a Japanese company with more than 100 years history. The IBIDEN Group consists of 40 subsidiaries and 3 affiliates. IBIDEN Group is managing businesses centering around electronics and ceramics. In the electronics business, the company designs and manufactures plastic packages and printed-wiring boards that are used for personal computers and smart phones as well as contributing to the development of telecommunication equipment which the world is  expecting.  In the ceramics business, IBIDEN produces Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) that purifies the exhaust gas of diesel cars, and also produces  graphite  specialty  products  used  for  semiconductor  and  solar  cell  manufacturing  devices.

IBIDEN  designs  and  manufactures  the  products  that  reduce  the  global-environmental  load  with long-established ceramic technologies.