SilTerra Wins Prestigious Product Excellence Award

Kuala Lumpur, March 25, 2010 – Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. has been selected as the winner of the Product Excellence Award 2009. This award was presented at the Prime Minister's Industry Excellence Awards 2009 Ceremony organized by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. The CEO of Silterra, Dr. Kamarulzaman Mohamed Zin, received the award on bahalf of Silterra.

This award is in recognition of Silterra's leadership position and innovativeness for the Display Driver Integrated Chip (DDI), which is based on its High Voltage Technology (http://www.silterra.com/technology_highvoltage.html). Silterra fabricates these devices for the global market in its wafer foundry in Kulim Hi-Tech Park.

The evaluation on the award recipient was conducted earlier by a technical committee consisting experts from various government agencies and the private sector. The judging process evaluated various aspects which included: Product Performance and Quality, Technological Content, Local Content, Socio-Economic Impact and Product Achievement/Recognition. Silterra was competing in Category 4 - a category for local companies with annual sales above RM100 Million or foreign companies incorporated in Malaysia.

About Silterra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.:

Market demand driven, SilTerra Malaysia Sdn Bhd is a semiconductor wafer foundry offering major foundry compatible CMOS logic, high-voltage and mixed-signal/RF technologies down to 0.13-micron feature size. This includes complete, competitive contract manufacturing for fabless and IDM customers’ designs. SilTerra’s wafer fab has a design capacity of 40,000 eight-inch wafers per month. 

Environmentally vigilant, SilTerra delivers award winning, world-class performance to its customers seeking flexible capacity, competitive advantages and around the clock customer support. SilTerra is ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 certified. Founded in 1995, the company’s headquarters and factory are located in Malaysia’s Kulim High-Tech Park, and SilTerra has sales and marketing offices in San Jose (California) and Hsinchu (Taiwan). For additional information on SilTerra or its services, please visit www.silterra.com. 

Silterra Contact

Koh Meng Kong

Tel: +6-012-491-0425 (Cell phone)

Tel: +604-401-4166 (o)
Email: mengkong_koh@silterra.com

Lu Ping Chiang
Tel : +886-3-574-1587 (o)

Email: pingchiang_lu@silterra.com