Mar 5 2009
The Linde Group's Electronics business area has received Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award recognizing their significant contributions to Intel in 2008. Linde Electronics supplies Intel with ultra-high purity gases and chemicals and provides onsite services, deemed essential to Intel’s success. Linde Electronics and 25 additional suppliers are recognized as 2008 PQS award winners.
“Linde is deeply honored to receive the PQS award from Intel for a second consecutive year. The award recognizes that the Linde team has continued to perform to the highest levels of quality and reliability in serving Intel’s gas, chemical, and service needs across the world,” said Noel Leeson, head of Linde Electronics, the global electronic materials and services business of The Linde Group. “The dedication of the team and the relentless focus of all our people on continuous improvement will ensure that we maintain the standards that won us the PQS award and that we will successfully navigate the current economic difficulties.”
“We are pleased to recognize Linde Electronics for providing exemplary materials and services to Intel. Linde continues to work proactively with Intel on outstanding support of our gas and chemical supply chains. It is reassuring to know that we can rely on Linde's performance and long term partnership,” said Anne Pritchard, Fab 20 senior staff engineer, Intel Corporation.
The PQS award is part of Intel’s Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) program 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/business systems assessment. Furthermore, the 2008 awardees had to demonstrate basic compliance to the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct and Intel’s Green Sustainability Program. Additional information about the SCQI program is available at http://supplier.intel.com/quality/scqi.htm.
Celebrations will be held in Tokyo, Japan and Santa Clara, California during the month of March 2009 to honor the PQS award winners. In addition, there will be an online advertisement launch and acknowledgement on Intel’s website.