YAVNE, ISRAEL | ORBOTECH LTD. (NASDAQ: ORBK) today announced that SPTS Technologies, an Orbotech company and supplier of advanced wafer processing solutions for the global semiconductor and related industries is named as one of the 2015 10 BEST Suppliers of Chip Making Equipment by VLSIresearch in the Focused Suppliers segment.“Establishing close relationships with our customers and consistently delivering on commitments are paramount in an industry where we’re continually pushing the boundaries of process technologies,” stated Kevin Crofton, President of SPTS Technologies and Corporate Vice President at Orbotech. “Achieving extraordinary customer satisfaction is the number one goal of everyone at SPTS. To be recognized as one of the 10 BEST suppliers by our customers is a real testament to the performance of our etch, deposition and thermal solutions and the exceptional support delivered by our global team.”
The survey, which is based on actual feedback from leading IC manufacturers worldwide, received feedback on 3,842 equipment suppliers who were rated among fifteen categories based on three key factors: supplier performance, customer service, and product performance. The 10 BEST Chip Making Equipment Supplier awards recognizes each supplier as a whole, regardless of product type, then categorizes as either Large or Focused based on average revenues across all its markets. The survey named SPTS a 10 BEST Supplier in the Focused segment, and further awarded SPTS a THE BEST Supplier in the Fab Equipment category.
G. Dan Hutcheson, CEO and Chairman of VLSIresearch Inc., commented, “SPTS received top marks from its customers, with their highest ratings in the categories of Field Engineering Support, Recommend Supplier, and Partnering. SPTS exemplifies the characteristics customers require from their suppliers, and their impressive commitment to customers is reflected in their ‘BEST’ supplier rankings.”
Crofton added, “We are extremely proud to have received such outstanding ratings from our customers, which has ranked us among the 10 BEST suppliers out of the 3,842 companies rated in the survey. We have an ongoing program of obtaining customer feedback and monitoring our own customer satisfaction scores. However, the VLSIresearch survey is an industry-wide publicly available opportunity for customers to provide feedback, which makes this recognition even more important and rewarding. We are grateful to our customers for publicly making us a 2015 10 BEST supplier.”
About VLSIresearch
VLSIresearch is a provider of market research and economic analysis on the technical, business, and economic aspects within semiconductor, nanotechnology, and related industries. VLSIresearch provides intelligence for faster and better decision making in the areas of semiconductors, photovoltaics, LEDs, manufacturing, materials, and critical subsystems. VLSIresearch was founded in 1976.
About Orbotech Ltd.
Orbotech Ltd. (NASDAQ:ORBK) is a global innovator of enabling technologies used in the manufacture of the world’s most sophisticated consumer and industrial products throughout the electronics and adjacent industries. The Company is a leading provider of yield enhancement and production solutions for electronics reading, writing and connecting, used by manufacturers of printed circuit boards, flat panel displays, advanced packaging, micro-electro-mechanical systems and other electronic components. Today, virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using Orbotech systems. For more information, visit http://www.orbotech.com/.
About SPTS Technologies
SPTS Technologies, an Orbotech company, designs, manufactures, sells, and supports etch, PVD, CVD and thermal wafer processing solutions for the MEMS, advanced packaging, LEDs, high speed RF on GaAs, and power management device markets. With manufacturing facilities in Newport, Wales, Allentown, Pennsylvania, and San Jose, California, the company operates across 19 countries in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. For more information about SPTS Technologies, please visit www.spts.com
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