WHITE DEER, PA - March 4, 2009 – Thermal Product Solutions, A Division of SPX Corporation has received Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award recognizing their significant contributions to Intel in 2008. TPS supplies Intel with epoxy curing, IHS, and pre-bake ovens, deemed essential to Intel’s success. TPS and 25 additional suppliers are recognized as 2008 PQS award winners.
“TPS is very honored to receive Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier award. We are extremely proud to have a strong partnership with Intel and we look forward to growing that relationship by always challenging ourselves to continuously improve,” said Gary Carpenter, acting president, TPS, a division of SPX.
“Congratulations to Thermal Product Solutions for winning Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier award in 2008. TPS demonstrated outstanding customer orientation and excellent support of their manufacturing equipment,” said Ron Rinfret, Assembly Capital Equipment Development director, 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.
About TPS
TPS, a proud member of the SPX family of companies, is a long established leader of thermal processing equipment and a proven leader in thermal products for the semiconductor, photo voltaic, and pharmaceutical industries with established product lines, such as, Gruenberg, Tenney, Blue M, Lindberg/MPH and Lunaire. TPS is headquartered in White Deer, Pennsylvania.
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