Mar 18,2008

TOKYO, Japan, March 17, 2008 . Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co., Ltd. (NDK) was named a recipient of Intel Corporation's 2007 Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel's success. The company is awarded for its efforts supplying Intel with crystals and oscillators. NDK and 34 additional PQS award winners will be honored at a celebration in Burlingame, California on March 18.

“We are very proud of receiving this prestigious PQS award for a second consecutive year. We think that we are very fortunate to receive continuous kind and warm guidance from Intel. So we believe that a real winner of PQS award is the Intel people, who make Intel a strong world leader in the industry,” said Toshiaki Takeuchi, chairman and representative director, chief executive officer, NDK and chairman, NDK America, Inc.

“NDK has supported our mobile platform ramps flawlessly by providing world class, cost effective, innovative crystal solutions for every generation of Intel's Wireless LAN products,” said Michael Amick, operations manager, Mobile Wireless Group.

The PQS awards are part of Intel's Supplier Continuous Quality Improvement (SCQI) process that encourages suppliers to strive for excellence and continuous improvement. To qualify for PQS status, suppliers must score 80 percent on a report card that assesses performance and ability to meet cost, quality, availability, delivery, technology and responsiveness goals. Suppliers must also manage and deliver on a challenging improvement plan and a quality systems assessment. Additional information about the SCQI program is available at http://supplier.intel.com/quality/.

Intel will also recognize PQS award winners with an advertisement in the U.S., Europe and Asia editions of The Wall Street Journal on March 18, 2008.

About NDK
NDK, established in 1948, is the world's leading manufacturer of quartz crystal electronic components, including Crystal Units, Crystal Clock Oscillators, TCXOs, VCXOs, OCXOs, MCFs and SAW filters. Our high quality products are found in an array of electronics devices in a broad range of industries. With design enters located in the Japan, US and Europe, we are ready to provide frequency control solutions worldwide. Net sales in FY2007 will be US $748 million (estimated). Please visit our website www.ndk.com for more information.

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