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March 11, 2016 | IBIDENEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
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.
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