Ipoh, Malaysia – Carsem, a leading provider of turnkey packaging and test services to the semiconductor industry, announced today that it has received a 2009 Supplier Excellence Award from Supertex, Inc. for assembly and test services that were provided by the Carsem factory located in Suzhou, China. The award is based on Supertex's exacting standards in the areas of yield, quality and delivery performance.

The award was presented to Carsem by Mr. David Har, Supertex’s QA Engineer. Mr. Har stated, "Supertex's "2009 Excellent Award" recognizes suppliers who, in 2009, had significantly contributed to Supertex’s success through outstanding achievement and continuous improvement in term of quality, delivery and yield performance. We wish Carsem will maintain the high standard and can receive this award again in the years to come.”

Mr. Peter Yates, Carsem’s Group Managing Director added, "We are honored to receive this award for excellence from Supertex and are proud of our Suzhou factory team’s performance. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Supertex well into the future."