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- Title Lockheed Martin Awards QP Semiconductor Preferred Supplier Status
- Date2010/02/16
QP semiconductor recognised by Lockheed Martin Corporation for excellence in engineering design support, delivery and customer responsiveness
Santa Clara, CA, February 16, 2010 - QP Semiconductor today announced it has been given Preferred Supplier status by Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT). This recognises QP Semiconductor as a qualified supplier, allowing Lockheed to expand its business relationships with QP Semiconductor for all of Lockheed Martin's subsidiaries and locations.
The award is for maintaining 100 percent quality performance and 100 percent on time delivery during the past two years in support of multiple Lockheed Martin programs. Additionally, the company demonstrated excellent communication with Lockheed Martin as well as consistent annual growth.
“QP Semiconductor’s dedication to excellence coupled with their responsiveness and cooperation with Lockheed Martin makes them an outstanding performer,” said Teresa Scanlan, director of Risk Management and Technology Development at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. “They are a clear choice for the Preferred Supplier Program.”
QP Semiconductor has supported Lockheed Martin on multiple programs leading to receipt of preferred supplier status. This most recently includes the complete re-engineering and on-time delivery of three custom circuit designs. A custom chipset enabled a major Lockheed program to avoid substantial cost increases and schedule delays threatened by obsolescence and diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS) conditions.
“This award clearly affirms our integrated circuit design expertise in analog, logic and memory, as well as quality and service responsiveness,” said Russ Johnson, president of QP Semiconductor. “It also sets our course toward achieving a far more strategic relationship using our product families to support Lockheed’s core and adjacent markets. With over 400 products successfully re-engineered and 3500 DSCC listings, we are alone in our category with the depth and breadth of products and services needed by companies like Lockheed Martin.”
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CONTACT:
Jim Townsend Director, Marketing QP Semiconductor
jtownsend@qpsemi.com
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About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2008 sales of $42.7 billion.
About QP Semi
QP Semiconductor, an e2v company, is the only semiconductor company offering a full range of technologies, circuit design and manufacturing capabilities providing exact replacements and extending the life of classic integrated circuits (ICs). Its market focus is extending the life of both new and existing military/aerospace electronics systems. With a proven ability to bring semiconductor products back to life for over 20 years, it is the largest fabless semiconductor manufacturer serving the mil/aero and high reliability industries and is among the largest makers of high-reliability hermetic ICs. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California with sales representation internationally. For more information, please visit “www.qpsemi.com”.
About e2v
e2v’s objective is to be a global leader in the design, supply and ongoing service & support of specialised components and sub-systems that enable the world’s leading systems companies to deliver innovative solutions for medical & science, aerospace & defence, and commercial & industrial markets.
e2v is organised into four divisions:
- High performance electron devices and subsystems for applications including: defence electronic countermeasures, radiotherapy cancer treatment, radar systems, safety and arming devices, industrial heating, satellite communications amplifiers, digital television transmitters and high power RF systems.
- Advanced CCD and CMOS imaging sensors and cameras for applications including: space, science and life science imaging, industrial process control, intra-oral and panoramic dental X-ray systems and military surveillance.
- Specialist semiconductors, including logic, memory and microprocessors (in partnership with Freescale Semiconductor) for: high reliability mission-critical programmes in avionics, telecommunications and defence, sensor data acquisition, and high speed data conversion. Integral to the product range are assembly & test and obsolescence mitigation services.
- A range of professional sensing products for applications including: environmental safety, x-ray spectroscopy, automotive alarm & security systems and fire, rescue & security thermal imaging.
For the year ended 31 March 2009, e2v achieved sales of £233m and is listed on the London Stock Exchange. In October 2008 e2v acquired QP semiconductor, a leading US-based designer and supplier of specialty semiconductor components used in military and aerospace applications, establishing e2v’s first US manufacturing base.
The Company is headquartered in the United Kingdom and has approximately 1700 employees in production facilities across Europe and North America. e2v also operates a global network of sales and technical support offices, supported by local distributors and resellers.
Further information is available from www.e2v.com