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STATS ChipPAC Receives Intel's Preferred Quality Supplier Award
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UNITED STATES -- (MARKET WIRE) -- March 27, 2007 -- SINGAPORE -- 3/28/2007 -- STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
was named a recipient of Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier
(PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services
deemed essential to Intel's success. The company was recognized for its
efforts supplying Intel with full turnkey packaging and test services.
STATS ChipPAC and 43 additional PQS award winners will be honored at a
celebration in Burlingame, California on March 27.
"We are proud to be recognized as a Preferred Quality Supplier. We embraced
Intel's Quality Operating System Plus (QOS+), not just as a quality
program, but as the foundation of our mindset, the spirit and principles
which guide and drive continuous improvement in our Company. Our dedication
and commitment to QOS+ has resulted in increased performance levels across
all our factories worldwide and positioned STATS ChipPAC to deliver the
best quality and services to our customers," said Tan Lay Koon, President
and CEO, STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
"We applaud STATS ChipPAC for their outstanding performance in 2006 and are
pleased to recognize them for their significant contributions through
Intel's PQS award," said Craig Brown, Vice President, Technology and
Manufacturing Group, Director of Materials, Intel Corporation. "STATS
ChipPAC's strong commitment to focus on cost, quality, continuous
improvement and consistent performance were key factors in helping them win
this award."
The PQS award is part of Intel's Supplier Continuous Improvement (SCQI)
process that encourages suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous
improvement. To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must score 80 percent on
a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality,
availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. Suppliers must
also manage and deliver on a challenging improvement plan and a quality
systems assessment. Additional information about the SCQI program is
available at http://supplier.intel.com/quality/.
Intel will also recognize PQS award winners on March 27, 2007 with an
advertisement in the U.S., Europe, and Asian editions of The Wall Street
Journal.
About STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
STATS ChipPAC Ltd. ("STATS ChipPAC" or the "Company") (NASDAQ : STTS )
(SGX-ST: STATSChP) is a leading service provider of semiconductor packaging
design, assembly, test and distribution solutions. A trusted partner and
supplier to leading semiconductor companies worldwide, STATS ChipPAC
provides fully integrated, multi-site, end-to-end packaging and testing
solutions that bring products to the market faster. Our customers are some
of the largest wafer foundries, integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) and
fabless companies in the United States, Europe and Asia. STATS ChipPAC is a
leader in mixed signal testing and advanced packaging technology for
semiconductors used in diverse end market applications including
communications, power, digital consumer and computing. With advanced
process technology capabilities and a global manufacturing presence
spanning Singapore, South Korea, China, Malaysia and Taiwan, STATS ChipPAC
has a reputation for providing dependable, high quality test and packaging
solutions. The Company's customer support offices are centered in the
United States (California's Silicon Valley, Arizona, Texas, Massachusetts,
Colorado and North Carolina). Our offices outside the United States are
located in South Korea, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, the
Netherlands and United Kingdom. STATS ChipPAC's facilities include those
of its subsidiary, Winstek Semiconductor Corporation, in Hsinchu District,
Taiwan. These facilities offer new product introduction support,
pre-production wafer sort, final test, packaging and other high volume
preparatory services. Together with our research and development centers in
South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Taiwan and the United States as
well as test facilities in the United States, this forms a global network
providing dedicated test engineering development and product engineering
support for customers from design to volume production. STATS ChipPAC is
listed on both the Nasdaq Stock Market and the Singapore Exchange
Securities Trading Limited. In addition, STATS ChipPAC is also included in
the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Index and the Straits Times
Industrial Index. Further information is available at www.statschippac.com.
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