PHILIPS SEMICONDUCTORS (PHIILS.), INC.

Philips Semiconductors is an international production center for the assembly, testing, packaging and distribution of discrete semiconductors. Its product application widely covers consumer, automotive, telecommunication, data processing and other general industrial application. It is under the Philips Semiconductor Division of Royal Philips Electronic.

Philips is divided into four Business Fulfillment Groups (BFG), with each group further broken to several Line Operating Teams (LOT) acting as “Mini Companies”. Support Groups are matrixed to service BFG. Both BFG and LOT function as self-directed teams and are accountable for financial and operational results. This structure allows for flexibility and responsiveness to customer requirements.

Its modern plant located in LISP I, Cabuyao, Laguna, occupies 30,000 square meters and employs over 4,000 staff. Continuous quality and productivity improvement is rigorously practiced via the Philips Business Excellence (PBE) model.

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS (PHILS.), INC.

Texas Instruments (Phils.), Inc. (TIPI) is a manufacturing site of Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated. As a manufacturing site, TIPI assembles, tests and packages semiconductor devices or integrated circuits (ICs) that come in various pin types and applications: ball grid array (BGA), quad flat pack (QFP), plastic lead chip carried (PLCC), plastic dual in-line package (PDIP) and flipchip.

Built in 1980 by the Dallas-based TI, TIPI has acquired about 20.2 hectares of land area, approximately one-half of the entire PEZA-Baguio. Currently, the company has a total gross space of 344,000 square feet of which manufacturing and administrative spaces occupy 213,000 net square feet. It has a headcount of 2,000 that comprise the administrative, engineering and production specialist population.

Its products are used in the following: telecommunications, automotive, notebook computers, DSP solutions, graphics, ATM data encryption, modems, image processing, multimedia, audio speech processing, decoders and networking. Its productivity is the highest among similar TI plant in the world. TIPI currently manufactures 70% of all cell phone microchips in the world.

Recognition for Commitment to Quality Management

CITY GOVERNMENT OF MAKATI

Makati City, a local government unit, is considered as the Mecca of businessmen and tourists in Metro Manila. It has a workforce of over 8,000 employees. The City is composed of two (2) districts, further divided into 33 barangays. It has more than 480,000 inhabitants, which is about 5.1% of the National Capital Regin (NCR). Its population is relatively young, with 30% of them aged 14 years and below.

Acknowledged as the country’s business and financial capital, Makati boasts of 42,692 business establishments, wherein 31.8% are service-oriented ventures, which in turn, generate the highest income for the city. With DISCIPLINE, COURTESY, LOYALTY and HELPFULNESS as their CORE VALUES, the city government workforce is committed to pursue excellence. In fact, the city government has adopted the slogan “Paglingkuran ang Bayan” to communicate its dedication to deliver an effective and efficient quality service to its constituents.

PSI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

PSi Technologies is one of the dominant players in high volume contract assembly and final testing of various power semiconductor packages. Established in 1988, it is located at the FTI Complex in Taguig, Metro Manila and has 4,000 employees.

The company prides in the strength of its shareholder group. The group includes the RFM Corporation, investment firms Namura/Jafco Investments Ltd. and Merill Lynch Direct Investments. The group’s solid financial resources ably support strategic directions that provide PSi with enhanced opportunities to forge long-term company-client business partnership.

PSi’s quality milestone is a key factor to the company’s success in providing excellent services. Certification from ISO 9002, Military Standard 195000, Mil-PRF-38535 and 19500 (the only subcontracting company united in both QPL and QML in the world), SAC level 2, AEC-A-100 by Automotive Electronics Council, Motorola’s Quality System, Texas Instrument’s SSQA and QS 9000 are proof of PSi’s constant commitment to people to provide customers with the best quality products.

ASTEC POWER, INC.

ASTEC Power Inc. (Philippine Branch) is one of the eight manufacturing arms of ASTEC Power (USA) specializing on DC-DC and AC-DC switching power supplies used primarily for PC, printers, network servers, multimedia projectors, telecommunications, and industrial controllers. From a workforce of less than 500 people when it started in 1994, the company now has around 3,500 employees to support its operations. Assembly processes include Auto-Insertion/SMD, wave soldering and final assembly.

It has its own cable assembly to support its main production lines and is capable to manufacture a power supply with an output power of as low as 25 watts to as high as 1250 watts. API’s main mission is to be the customer’s first choice facility through flexibility, best manufacturing quality, competitive cost and reliable delivery.