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Test Research, Inc. Honored with ASE Outstanding Supplier Award for 2024
April 15, 2025 | TRIEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
Test Research, Inc., is proud to announce that it has been recognized with the Outstanding Supplier Award from ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. This honor celebrates TRI’s decade-long collaboration with ASE and reflects a shared commitment to innovation, quality, and sustainable growth.
For the past 10 years, TRI has consistently delivered innovative and cutting-edge solutions to meet ASE’s evolving needs in semiconductor and advanced packaging production. TRI’s commitment to providing high-quality solutions has played a key role in helping ASE maintain its leadership as the world’s number one Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT) provider.
“It is a great honor for TRI to receive the ASE Outstanding Supplier Award,” said Jim Lin, Vice President of TRI. “This recognition reflects over a decade of mutual growth, shared values, and continuous innovation between TRI and ASE. We’re proud to contribute to ASE’s leadership in the semiconductor industry, and we look forward to continuing this meaningful partnership.”
TRI is committed to further innovation, continued excellence in optical inspection, and the development of new technologies to meet the challenges of the evolving semiconductor and packaging industries.
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