QuantumClean® Receives Supplier Service Appreciation Award from TSMC

DUBLIN, Pa., Jan. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- QuantumClean^®, the leading global provider of validated high-purity outsourced process tool parts cleaning, surface treatment, refurbishment, analytical and engineering services to the semiconductor industry, today announced that it has received TSMC's Fab 12 P4 & RDPC Supplier Service Appreciation Award for Excellence in Quality and Technical Support.

Accepting the award from TSMC's Technical Director was QuantumClean's Chief Operating Officer David Zuck. QuantumClean was the only outsourced process tool parts cleaning service provider at the ceremony to be recognized for "Excellence in Quality and Technical Support".   

"It is a great honor to be recognized by TSMC management for our efforts to support the 28nm ramp at Fab 12 P4 & RDPC," states Mr. Zuck.  "It was reported that the diligent efforts of QuantumClean's operations and engineering teams resulted in an improved PM (preventative maintenance) success rate, capacity expansion and cycle time reduction," Mr. Zuck concluded. 

"We are extremely gratified to be recognized for this prestigious honor and proud of our employees who earned TSMC's Supplier Service Appreciation Award," stated Scott Nicholas, QuantumClean's CEO & President. "It is pleasing to see QuantumClean's continual investment in people, research, systems, and facilities has created tangible value to a world-class customer such as TSMC," said Mr. Nicholas.

About Quantum Global Technologies, LLC
QuantumClean^® and ChemTrace^® are divisions of Quantum Global Technologies LLC, which is headquartered in suburban Philadelphia, PA, USA. 

QuantumClean^® is the leading global provider of high-purity outsourced process tool chamber parts cleaning and restoration services, tool part life extension and process tool part optimization solutions to the semiconductor wafer fabrication, OEM & OPM industries. Founded in 2000, QuantumClean^® operates technologically innovative Advanced Technology Cleaning Centers^® built on the premise of providing customers process improvement through consistently and verifiably cleaner parts^® that exceed industry standards, dramatically reducing customers' total cost of ownership. With fifteen cleaning centers located in seven countries, QuantumClean provides unsurpassed cleaning capability and convenience worldwide. 

ChemTrace^® is a recognized leading reference analytical testing laboratory primarily serving the semiconductor, solar and related industries by providing answers and solutions to its customers' micro-contamination related issues. Founded in 1993, ChemTrace^® also provides independent analytical verification of process tool part cleaning effectiveness for many of QuantumClean's leading-edge semiconductor fab, OEM and OPM customers with critical cleaning requirements.

For more about QuantumClean^® and ChemTrace^®, visit their websites at www.quantumclean.com and www.chemtrace.com .

About TSMC
TSMC is the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, providing the industry's leading process technology and the foundry segment's largest portfolio of process-proven libraries, IPs, design tools and reference flows. The Company's managed capacity in 2011 totaled 13.22 million (8-inch equivalent) wafers, including capacity from three advanced 12-inch GIGAFAB™ facilities, four eight-inch fabs, one six-inch fab, as well as TSMC's wholly owned subsidiaries, WaferTech and TSMC China, and its joint venture fab, SSMC. TSMC is the first foundry to provide 28nm production capabilities. Its corporate headquarters are in Hsinchu, Taiwan. For more information about TSMC, please visit http://www.tsmc.com.

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QuantumClean^®                                         
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SOURCE QuantumClean