Ipoh, Malaysia – Carsem, a leading provider of turnkey packaging and test services to the semiconductor industry, announced today that it has received Microsemi Corporation's Best Supplier of The Year Award for 2009 for assembly and test services that were provided by the Carsem factory located in Suzhou, China. The award is based on Microsemi’s supplier program that measures key metrics such as, on-time delivery, yield, customer service, quality, competitiveness, responsiveness and technology.

Mr. Asaf Silberstein, Microsemi's Vice President of Operations stated, "Carsem is one of Microsemi’s strategic vendors performing mainly integrated circuit assembly and test services. Carsem had demonstrated great service and support, enhanced the technology offering to Microsemi and were part of our unique high end solutions development for some of Microsemi’s new products. Carsem's outstanding on-time delivery performance, high quality of services, flexibility, and dedication has led Carsem to win Microsemi’s the Best Supplier award for 2009."

Mr. Peter Yates, Carsem's Group Managing Director added, "We are truly honored to receive this prestigious award from Microsemi and are very proud of our Suzhou factory team’s performance. We look forward to further strengthening our partnering relationship with Microsemi well into the future."