CLINTON, New York, Indium Corporation was named a recipient of Intel Corporation’s 2007 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel’s success. The company is awarded for its efforts supplying Intel with solder thermal interface materials. Indium Corporation and 34 additional PQS award winners will be honored at a celebration in Burlingame, California on March 18.

Indium Corporation President, Greg Evans, said, “I am proud of everyone on the Indium Corporation team who works daily to meet Intel's requirements in terms of quality, delivery, and responsiveness, and of those who support our efforts with analysis, raw materials, and reporting. It speaks well of our dedication to excellence, continuous improvement, and customer support. I am also thankful to the Intel team for their support and guidance.”

“Congratulations to Indium Corporation in earning their first Preferred Quality Supplier award from Intel,” said Jeff Selvala, Assembly Test Global Materials director, Intel Corporation. “This significant accomplishment is reflective of their strong commitment and execution in availability, technology, quality, and customer service. We look forward to Indium Corporation’s continued support providing materials of the highest quality.”

The PQS awards are part of Intel’s Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) process that encourages suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must score 80 percent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. Suppliers must also manage and deliver on a challenging improvement plan and a quality systems assessment. Additional information about the SCQI program is available at http://supplier.intel.com/quality.

Intel will also recognize PQS award winners with an advertisement in the U.S., Europe and Asia editions of The Wall Street Journal on March 18, 2008.