DALLAS — Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) today announced 17 recipients of the company’s annual Supplier Excellence Award. The winners were selected from TI’s global supplier base as a result of exceptional performance and continued improvements in areas such as cost, environmental responsibility, technology, responsiveness, assurance of supply and quality.

“To be chosen from over 14,000 suppliers worldwide is a significant accomplishment,” said Rob Simpson, vice president, Worldwide Procurement and Logistics, Texas Instruments. “TI values the contributions of all its suppliers, but is especially proud of these award recipients for their commitment to excellence and efforts to deliver the highest quality and value to TI and its customers.”

The 2009 TI Supplier Excellence Award winners include:

* Cisco — network hardware and software
* Cross-Link Electric & Construction Corporation — facilities, electrical and civil contractor
* Headway GmbH – contract labor
* Jiangyin Changdian Advanced Packaging Co., Ltd. (JCAP) – bump and wafer level chip scale packaging services
* Kinpo Electronics, Inc. – calculator contract manufacturing
* Kluh Security GmbH – security and medical service
* Nippon Micrometal Corporation (NMC) — bonding wire and solder ball
* Photronics, Inc. – photomasks
* Rokko Systems Pte Ltd – assembly capital equipment
* Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd. – tape substrate
* Small Precision Tools (SPT) – capillaries for assembly process semiconductor bonding tools
* Specialty Optical Systems, Inc. – lamps, other misc.
* SUMCO Corporation – silicon wafers
* Technology Service Professionals, Inc. (TSP) – IT services
* Teradyne Inc. – automated test equipment (ATE test)
* time:matters, a company of Lufthansa Cargo – transportation, express courier services
* T-Mobile – cellular service

For the past 27 years TI has honored businesses that deliver superior service and support through the SEA program. Given annually, the awards serve as a key vehicle for communicating standards and expectations to those supplying materials, equipment and services to TI.