ASML receives Intel’s Preferred Quality Supplier Award for 2014

ASML has been recognized as one of 19 companies receiving Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for its performance in 2014. This supplier has demonstrated industry-leading commitment across all critical focus areas on which they are measured: quality, cost, availability, technology, customer service, labor and ethics systems and environmental sustainability. ASML is recognized for its significant contributions providing Intel with semiconductor lithography equipment, deemed essential to Intel's success.

"We are delighted to be selected again by Intel for a Preferred Quality Supplier award for 2014," said Sunny Stalnaker, executive vice president, Sales & Customer Management, ASML. "This is our sixth consecutive Intel PQS award, and is a testament to the strong relationship between our two companies. In 2014, we worked very hard to ensure high productivity and reliability on our NXT immersion platform, while at the same time made significant progress on the industrialization of EUV. We appreciate Intel's acknowledgment of these efforts."

"ASML's technical expertise helps to enable lithography development, allowing Intel to continue to extend Moore's Law, and ASML has made important progress in 2014 towards demonstrating the viability of EUV technology," said Janice Golda, director of Intel's Lithography Strategic Sourcing group. "ASML has worked closely with Intel and has demonstrated responsiveness to Intel technology and manufacturing requirements. I am pleased to support the award of Preferred Quality Supplier for ASML in 2014."

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% on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, technology, environmental, social and governance goals. Suppliers must also achieve 80% or greater on a challenging improvement plan and demonstrate solid quality and business systems. Additional information about the SCQI program is available at www.intel.com/go/quality.

A celebration to honor PQS award winners was held in Santa Clara, California themed 'Innovating to Deliver Smart and Connected Devices, which illustrates the contributions this supplier has made in 2014. In addition, there was an announcement on Intel's website at www.intel.com.