Texas Instruments honors 16 companies for supplier excellence

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Apr 06, 2011, 08:00 ET

DALLAS, April 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) today announced 16 recipients of the company's 2010 Supplier Excellence Award (SEA). The annual award recognizes outstanding service and support in areas including cost, environmental responsibility, technology responsiveness, assurance of supply and quality.

"Our suppliers play an important role in support of our business, and we expect them to deliver the highest levels of quality and performance," said Rob Simpson, vice president of Worldwide Procurement and Logistics at TI. "We congratulate the SEA winners for their accomplishments and continued commitment to help TI meet the needs of its customers and grow."

The 16 SEA recipients, selected from TI's worldwide supplier base of more than 12,000 companies, include:

Accretech (Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd) – Probe equipment
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. – Gas equipment and molecules
Altos Design Automation Inc. – Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software
Applied Materials, Inc. – Capital equipment, including equipment extractions
Avis Rent a Car System, LLC – Car rentals
Covalent Materials Corporation – Silicon wafers
Elektro-Grassl GmbH – Electrical installations
Kinpo Electronics, Inc. – Contract manufacturer
MK Electron Co., Ltd. – Solder ball
Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronic Co., Ltd. – Subcon A/T
NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. – FCBGA organic substrate
Rokko Systems Pte Ltd – Saw singulation systems
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) – Wafer foundry
Specialty Optical Systems, Inc. – Lamps and general industrial products
SUSS MicroTec – Coaters for wafer processing
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Toppan Electronics Division – Photomasks

For the past 28 years TI has honored businesses that deliver superior service and support through the SEA program. The awards serve as a key vehicle for communicating standards and expectations to those supplying materials, equipment and services to TI.

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SOURCE Texas Instruments Incorporated