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MacDermid Alpha Recognized by Vivo with Dual Awards for Quality and Delivery Excellence
January 29, 2026 | MacDermid AlphaEstimated reading time: 1 minute
MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions is honoured with both the Excellent Quality Award and the Best Delivery Award by its long-term partner Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
Vivo presented the awards at its 2025 End-of-Year Business Partners Quality Communication Conference, recognizing suppliers for excellence in quality performance, delivery reliability, operational responsiveness, and supply chain resilience. Mr. Arrow Zhang, Regional Sales Manager for the South China commercial team, represented MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions and accepted the awards on the company’s behalf.
For the sixth consecutive year (2020–2025), MacDermid Alpha has received Vivo’s Best Delivery Award, underscoring the company’s consistently high on-time delivery performance, rapid order confirmation and response speed, and a resilient supply model supported by diversified production and capacity layouts. This performance is reinforced by robust contingency planning and effective crisis management processes that ensure uninterrupted supply for Vivo’s high-volume manufacturing operations. In 2025, MacDermid Alpha was also awarded the Excellent Quality Award, making it the only supplier in Vivo’s chemical materials category to receive both honors in the same year. In Vivo’s internal supplier rating system, MacDermid Alpha achieved a perfect score of 100 across all five evaluation categories: Quality, Delivery, Cost, Technology, and Collaboration.
“Being recognized by Vivo for both quality and delivery excellence reflects the operating discipline, consistency, and customer focus that define how MacDermid Alpha supports its customers globally,” said Marc Lin, General Manager, Commercial Greater China at MacDermid Alpha. “Achieving six consecutive Best Delivery Awards, alongside recognition for quality performance, demonstrates our commitment to meeting their exacting standards and supporting their manufacturing operations with reliable, high-performance material solutions.”
MacDermid Alpha supports Vivo with solder pastes, solder bars, solder wire, and flux solutions, enabling reliable product performance, manufacturing consistency, and scalable production across Vivo’s manufacturing operations.
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MacDermid Alpha Highlights Integrated Materials Platform at Productronica China 2026
03/13/2026 | MacDermid Alpha Electronics SolutionsMacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions will showcase its integrated materials platform at Productronica China 2026 (March 25–27, Shanghai New International Expo Center), demonstrating how coordinated, system-level materials strategies enhance reliability, stabilize processes, and advance sustainability across electric vehicles (EVs), automotive, consumer, and high-performance computing applications.
Element Solutions Inc Completes Acquisition of Micromax® Business
02/03/2026 | Element Solutions Inc.Element Solutions Inc (ESI) announced the completion of its acquisition of the Micromax conductive pastes and inks business, effective February 2, 2026. Micromax will operate within MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, part of ESI’s Electronics segment.