SV TCL & Associates Probe Company China Japan Europe Rated One of the Highest Test Consumable Suppliers

SV TCL & Associates Probe Company (“SV TCL”), one of the world’s leading suppliers of high-performance probe cards, announced today that it has been named by VLSIresearch as one of the highest rated Test Consumable suppliers according to the findings from their 2014 Customer Satisfaction Survey.

Test Consumable products include probe cards, test sockets, and device interface boards. Numerous companies responded to the survey and SV TCL was regarded as one of the highest rated vendors, excelling particularly well in the Commitment and Partnering categories. In the overall 10 BEST Rankings which encompass semiconductor equipment suppliers, SV TCL’s high score would rank them in the #4 position.

“We are extremely proud of this recognition,” said Mr. Kevin Kurtz, President & CEO of SV TCL. “The high score demonstrates that SV TCL can compete right alongside our larger competitors simply because of our commitment and willingness to collaborate with our customers, especially on new and innovative products for emerging device applications like Copper Pillar and TSV.”

 “SV TCL received excellent ratings in this first-ever Test Consumable Supplier Rankings, performing very well relative to their equipment peers. As the IC industry evolves and test products increase in complexity, SV TCL is not only producing high quality products, but closely working in conjunction with its customers to meet these dynamic testing challenges.” commented G. Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSIresearch.

Probe cards are essential tools in the electrical testing of semiconductor wafers before they are diced, packaged and assembled in electronic products such as tablets, smart phones, computers and digital media players.