NATEL EMS Holds Second Annual Star Supplier Awards

CHATSWORTH, Calif., Oct. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- NATEL EMS recognized 12 of its premier microelectronics suppliers with the NATEL EMS Star Supplier Award during IMAPS 47th Annual International Symposium. The awards presentation was held at the Town & Country Resort and Conference Center in San Diego, CA.

The Star Supplier Award recognizes the significant contributions of NATEL EMS microelectronics suppliers to NATEL EMS' quality of product, rapid growth, and performance achievement. Award winners were chosen by the NATEL EMS team of purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing and logistics executives. Hi-Rel Products, LLC was awarded the grand prize, and all but one of this year's winners were first time Star Supplier Award winners.

"We couldn't make amazing things happen without amazing suppliers," said Sudesh Arora, President of NATEL EMS. "The Star Supplier Awards recognize those suppliers who not only delivered on our expectations, but exceeded them and helped us grow. We look forward to continuing these relationships, and to growing our business with these suppliers in the future."

2014 Star Supplier Award winners included the following companies.

In the opinion of NATEL EMS, these companies represent the best of the best in the microelectronics industry. Selection criteria include quantitative and qualitative metrics like quality, spend, delivery, and ease of doing business. Specifically, award winners met a +98% quality metric, a +95% delivery metric, and did more than $25K in annual business with NATEL EMS.

ABOUT NATEL EMS

NATEL EMS is a major independent manufacturer of a wide variety of electronic products, providing low to high volume production for its customers. As one of the largest and oldest privately held EMS companies in the U.S., NATEL EMS is known for solving tough engineering problems that result in high-reliability, high-quality electronics for customers in medical, defense, transportation and industrial fields. NATEL EMS is favorably positioned among mid-tier EMS manufacturers to "make amazing things happen." NATEL EMS holds and maintains industry specific certifications that include AS9100, ISO 13485, and ISO/TS 16949. Its MIL-PRF-38534 (DSCC) Class H and K certifications certify NATEL's expertise in designing and manufacturing microelectronic assemblies for space and mission-critical defense programs placing it in an elite group of defense and aerospace industry manufacturers. NATEL EMS, headquartered in Chatsworth, CA, has manufacturing locations in California, Nevada, Ohio and Mexico. To learn more, visit www.NatelEMS.com or on Twitter, @NATEL.

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