Cymer Receives Outstanding Equipment Supplier Award from NEC Roseville
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Cymer, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI - news) the world's leading supplier of illumination sources essential for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography, today announced that it has received a 1999 Outstanding Equipment Supplier Award from NEC Electronics Inc. The award acknowledges Cymer's excellence in product quality, continuous improvement and comprehensive support over the past year for its 5000 Series KrF excimer lasers installed at NEC's advanced semiconductor fabrication facility in Roseville, Calif.
Gary George, director of equipment engineering for NEC's Roseville fab, noted, ``At NEC, we strive for excellence in manufacturing and partner with the best suppliers to ensure our operations are world-class. Cymer has demonstrated tremendous dedication and commitment to quality in supplying products and services to NEC. In fact, Cymer's DUV excimer light source solutions provide the high reliability and productivity that NEC demands to help enable the Roseville fab to run at benchmark levels. Therefore, we commend Cymer's efforts and recognize them with this well-deserved award.'
NEC presents this award to encourage and strengthen its supplier relationships and improve overall communication between both parties. As part of this, suppliers must go through a rigorous selection process that is based on criteria in the combined areas of equipment performance, process (quality, stability and throughput), service, spares and communication.
``We are extremely pleased to be honored by NEC, a long-standing customer and a global semiconductor technology leader,' said Robert Akins, Cymer's president and chief executive officer. ``Meeting the stringent criteria of this award program validates our ongoing efforts to provide maximum value to our customers. Our value proposition entails offering advanced DUV illumination technology at a low cost of ownership, while maintaining high quality and reliability standards that are backed by a comprehensive service and support program. NEC's award acknowledges our ability to continuously deliver the performance and commitment our customers have come to expect from Cymer.'
NEC's Roseville plant is one of the largest and most advanced fabrication facilities in the world. Employing over 1500 people at the site, NEC is able to locally develop and produce advanced ASIC, memory and microprocessor products for its customers. The Roseville facility sets industry standards for high-caliber, high-capacity production. The 709,000-square-foot-facility features state-of the-art process technologies and class one cleanrooms coupled with stringent safety and environmental controls.
Cymer, Inc. is the leading provider of excimer laser illumination sources, the essential light source for deep ultraviolet (DUV) photolithography systems. DUV lithography is a key enabling technology, which has allowed the semiconductor industry to meet the exact specifications and manufacturing requirements for volume production of today's advanced semiconductor chips. Further information on Cymer may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, on the Internet at cymer.com or by contacting the company directly.
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