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Chartered rewards suppliers and aims for lower breakeven point |
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Feb 20, 2006 at 05:40 PM |
Singapore's Chartered
Semiconductor Manufacturing foundry has distributed gongs to its manufacturing
materials, equipment and services suppliers during the company's annual Supplier
Day event on February 17, 2006, in Singapore.
Ebara Corporation,
Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd and National Oxygen Pte Ltd were named the top suppliers
for 2005. Applied Materials South East Asia Pte. Ltd. also received six awards:
four for achievements in continuous improvement programs in all of Chartered's
fabs, and two for individual outstanding engineering services support.
Tang Yong
"TY" Ang, Chartered's vice president of fab support operations,
commented: "2005 was a milestone year in which Chartered successfully
ramped Fab 7 into volume production and accelerated yield learning for 90nm
manufacturing. We are pleased to recognize our suppliers and value-chain
partners who were a key part of these achievements."
The company is
launching it 65nm generation and it working to further drive down the breakeven
utilization rate across its fabs. The winners were selected based on evaluation
criteria, which included quality, service, innovation, delivery and cost.
By Dr Mike Cooke
Equipment category
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Gold Supplier Award
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Ebara Corporation
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Silver Supplier
Award
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Tokyo Electron
Limited
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Most Improved
Supplier Award
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Ebara Corporation
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Outstanding Service Engineer Award
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Fab 2
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Applied Materials
South East Asia Pte. Ltd.
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Fab 3/Silicon
Manufacturing Partners (Fab 5)
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Applied Materials
South East Asia
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Chartered Silicon
Partners (Fab 6)
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Hermes-Epitek Corp.
Pte. Ltd.
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Fab 7
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Ellipsiz Singapore
Pte Ltd
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Outstanding Continuous Improvement
Program Award
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Fab 2
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Applied Materials
South East Asia
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Fab 3/Silicon
Manufacturing Partners (Fab 5)
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Applied Materials
South East Asia
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Chartered Silicon
Partners (Fab 6)
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Applied Materials
South East Asia
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Fab 7
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Applied Materials and
Novellus Singapore Pte Ltd (joint winners)
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Materials Category
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Gold Materials
Supplier Award
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National Oxygen Pte
Ltd
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Silver Materials
Supplier Award
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CABOT
Microelectronics Corporation
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Most Improved
Supplier Quality Award
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Rohm and Haas
Electronic Materials CMP Sdn. Bhd.
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Services Category
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Gold Service
Supplier Award
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Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd
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Silver Service
Supplier Award
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Hewlett-Packard
Singapore Pte Ltd
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Outstanding Service
Award - IT
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IBM Singapore Pte
Ltd
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Outstanding Service
Award - Facility
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Singapore Oxygen Air
Liquide Pte Ltd
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