Toppan Photomasks Receives Freescale Semiconductor's 'Gold Performance Excellence Award' for Third Straight Year
Toppan Is One of Four Suppliers and the Only Maskmaker To Win Top Honor from Leading Supplier of Embedded Chips
Toppan Photomasks, Inc. announced today that it received a "Gold Performance Excellence Award" for 2006 from Freescale Semiconductor for the third consecutive year. Toppan was the only global photomask supplier to be recognized for outstanding performance in five critical areas, and one of only four suppliers overall to receive the award.
The Gold Performance Excellence Award will be presented during Freescale's Supplier Day, Wednesday, June 27, at the Grande Lakes Orlando Conference Center, Orlando, Fla. The award event is held in conjunction with the Freescale Technology Forum.
"We understand the commitment and execution it takes to maintain a superior level of performance excellence in the areas of technology, quality, cost, delivery and service throughout the year, and it is especially noteworthy when it occurs three years in a row, and across our global business units," said Tom Linton, Freescale's vice president and chief procurement officer. "This award recognizes Toppan's continuing contributions to our success, and we look forward to outstanding performance throughout 2007."
"Receiving the Gold Performance Excellence Award from Freescale again is further confirmation of Toppan's commitment to our customers' success through sustained worldclass operational performance and service," said Dave Murray, president and CEO of Toppan Photomasks. "This honor is shared by everyone in our organization who helped meet the requirements of this leading chipmaker and valued partner. We appreciate this recognition and join Freescale in the expectation of continued outstanding performance and business results."
About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The privately held company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2006 sales of $6.4 billion (USD). www.freescale.com
About Toppan Printing
Founded in 1900, Toppan Printing has branched into seven diverse business fields, including security cards, commercial printing, publications printing, packaging, industrial materials, electronics and optronics. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007, Toppan posted revenues of ¥1,557.8 billion ($13.2 billion) and ended the year with approximately 36,000 employees. For more information visit www.toppan.co.jp.
About Toppan Photomasks
Toppan Photomasks, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. a diversified global company with revenue in excess of $13 billion in fiscal 2007. Toppan Photomasks is part of the Toppan Group of photomask companies. As the world's premier photomask provider, the Toppan Group operates the industry's most advanced and largest network of manufacturing facilities and offers a comprehensive range of photomask technologies and research and development capabilities to meet the increasingly sophisticated and divergent product-and-service requirements of the global semiconductor industry. Toppan Photomasks is headquartered in Round Rock, Texas. For more information visit www.photomask.com.
Company Contact
Tom BlakeToppan Photomasks, Inc.
Tel: (512) 310-6562
tom.blake@photomask.com