Texas Instruments honours 16 companies for supplier excellence

“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.