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Taiwan foundries populate Freescale’s Supplier Excellence Awards |
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Jun 28, 2007 at 10:20 AM |
 Having previously introduced a fab-lite strategy that depends on an increasingly closer relationship with its foundry partners, it is not surprising to see two major Taiwanese foundries pick up Supplier Excellence Awards at Freescale's supplier day ceremony.
TSMC received the Continuous Improvement Award for wafer foundry services, while UMC received The Breakthrough Supplier Award that, according to Freescale, recognizes a new supplier that demonstrated outstanding early effectiveness in working with the company. Freescale noted that in 2006 UMC ramped to become a key wafer foundry for Freescale.
"To meet and exceed our customers' demands, we strive to collaborate with suppliers who bring the best value, year after year," said Tom Linton, (pictured) vice president and chief procurement officer for Freescale. "Today, we want to thank all of our suppliers around the world and especially recognize our top suppliers who serve as examples of excellence."
Supplier of the Year Award went to Teradyne, a supplier of test equipment. Teradyne received the Continuous Improvement Award from Freescale last year.
Gold Performance Excellence Awards went to Air Liquide, Hitachi Chemical Co., Senju Metal Industry Co. and Toppan Photomasks.
Nominations are made by Freescale's Global Procurement Organization and are based on suppliers' performance ratings in several categories such as quality, competitiveness, delivery, service and technology. Freescale's executive team reviews the nominations and makes the final selection of the top suppliers.
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