EXHIBIT 99C
PRESS RELEASE
IMS WINS VLSI RESEARCH'S 10 BEST AWARD AS NUMBER ONE PURE TEST COMPANY FOR
AN UNPRECEDENTED 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1997
IMS CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CONSIDERED FINEST IN THE TEST INDUSTRY AS
INDEPENDENTLY MEASURED BY CUSTOMERS.
Integrated Measurement Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMSC) today announced that, for
the fourth consecutive year, it has received the VLSI Research Inc. 10 BEST
Award for Test and Material Handling Equipment in Customer Satisfaction. These
awards are presented annually to semiconductor manufacturing equipment suppliers
who achieve overall excellence in ratings by their customers.
Jerry Hutcheson, CEO of VLSI Research, commented that, "IMS CONTINUES TO BE
AMONG THE TOP RANKED TEST COMPANIES. THEY HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR ABILITY TO
BUILD STRONG CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS, MEET CHANGING CUSTOMER NEEDS AND TO STRIVE
FOR EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION AND SUPPORT. WE AT VLSI RESEARCH
CONGRATULATE IMS ON ITS #1 RATING IN THE TEST INDUSTRY".
IMS prides itself on its leadership role in customer service and support.
Regarding the company's selection as #1 in pure test, Keith Barnes, IMS'
President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, "WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATIFIED AT
THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE AND RECOGNITION FROM OUR CUSTOMERS. THE VLSI
RESEARCH CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT FORUM FOR OUR
CUSTOMERS TO INDEPENDENTLY RATE OUR PERFORMANCE IN SEVERAL CATEGORIES OF
SERVICE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE 10 BEST AWARD VALIDATES OUR COMPLETE COMMITMENT TO
QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION".
IMS HAS WON 5 VLSI RESEARCH 10 BEST AWARDS IN THE PAST 5 YEARS. Integrated
Measurement Systems has appeared in the VLSI Research's 10 BEST List over the
last 5 years beginning in 1992, and has been the #1 rated pure test company for
the past 4 years in a row. The 10 BEST awards have been presented by VLSI
Research since 1988. IMS and other semiconductor manufacturing equipment
suppliers compete in the category called Suppliers of Test and Material Handling
Equipment.
Below is this year's award winner data:
1997 USERS' RATINGS
SUPPLIERS OF TEST & MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT
Rating On a 10 BEST
Company Scale of 10 Appearances
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INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. 8.36 5
Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd. 7.74 2
Teradyne, Inc. 7.71 9
Hewlett-Packard Company 7.67 6
Advantest 7.43 9
Tokyo Electron Limited 7.29 4
Schlumberger ATE 7.29 6
Electroglas, Inc. 7.16 6
LTX Corporation 6.37 7
Ando Electric., Ltd. 6.07 1
IMS SCORES HIGH IN PRODUCT PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY. In compiling data for the
10 BEST Customer Satisfaction awards, VLSI Research sends more than 50,000
questionnaires in six languages to semiconductor
companies worldwide. Users of semiconductor capital equipment were asked to rate
their suppliers in eight categories which exemplify a supplier's relationship
with customers and the users satisfaction with that relationship. IMS finished
in the top position in seven of the eight categories. These categories included
three measures of equipment performance, for which IMS received an 8.3 for
Product Performance and 8.6 for Quality of Results, and five measures of
customer service including process support, software support, technical
leadership, service after sales and the vendor's overall commitment to support
its customers' needs.
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ABOUT INTEGRATED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. (IMS)
IMS is a recognized world leader in the manufacturer, sales and service of a
diverse, quality product line of Engineering Test Stations and Virtual Test
Software which provide cost-effective solutions to reduce the time required to
test and verify complex electronic circuits. IMS markets and supports its
products globally through U.S. sales offices, independent international
distributors and dedicated sales personnel employed by affiliated companies. IMS
is an award winning company in customer service and support. For the past four
years, IMS has been rated #1 pure test company in VLSI Research's 10 BEST
Customer Satisfaction Survey of Test and Material Handling Equipment Companies.
IMS is listed on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol IMSC. For more
information, contact IMS at 9525 S.W. Gemini Drive, Beaverton, Oregon 97008.
Telephone: (503) 626-7117 or (800) 879-7117 or visit our Web site at www.ims.com
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ABOUT VLSI RESEARCH, INC.
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the high technology electronics industry in general and in the semiconductor
industry in particular. Besides the annual 10 BEST List of Suppliers of
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