Carl Zeiss SMT, the world's leading manufacturer of optical systems for chip fabrication, has honored M+W Zander Products with the 2008 Supplier Award. All suppliers were evaluated based on a criteria catalog containing the four main categories of quality, technology, logistics and pricing, as well as additional sub-criteria. M+W Zander had the best overall average.
M+W Zander Products provides high-quality products and customer-specific solutions that meet the maximum requirements of clean room and air conditioning technology. Together with Carl Zeiss SMT, the Stuttgart, Germany-based company develops customized precision air conditioning systems for the semiconductor industry. These systems are used in the mask repair and mask inspection systems of the Semiconductor Metrology Systems Division. President of M+W Zander Products Herbert Blaschitz: "Receiving the 2008 Supplier Award from Carl Zeiss SMT is a great honor. We are particularly proud that our good cooperation has received such recognition.”
Justus Felix Wehmer, Member of the Carl Zeiss SMT Board, also praised the good partnership: “Enabling the nano-age world – in step with us, M+W Zander Products also focuses on precision. The highly precise machines and systems measure temperatures with milli-Kelvin accuracy.
The Supplier Award has been presented to excellent suppliers once a year since 2006 for outstanding supplier and product performance.