National Oxygen Pte Ltd Wins Silver Materials Supplier Award from Chartered

National Oxygen Pte Ltd (NOX), a leading supplier of bulk and specialty gases, received a 2006 Silver Materials Supplier Award from Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries.
NOX won the award in the materials category in Chartered's annual rating of materials suppliers, who are evaluated based on quality, service, innovation, delivery and cost. NOX and other award winners were honored during Chartered's annual Supplier Day event held on March 16, 2007.

"Chartered extends its congratulations to NOX for winning our 2006 Silver Supplier Award in the materials category," said Leow Kim Keat, vice president of customer support operations and supply management organization at Chartered. "With the support and cooperation of our suppliers, we are able to continue to drive quality, service and productivity improvements. NOX's team has successfully demonstrated its commitment to helping Chartered meet these objectives."

"This is a great accomplishment to receive the award from Chartered, a distinguished customer, again this year. It is a proof of our commitment," said Shigeto Umatani, managing director, NOX. "This is indeed a celebration of excellence for our customer-facing teams. Our organization and business partners worked hard to make our customer successful and, by doing so, proved our value to Chartered."

About National Oxygen Pte Ltd : National Oxygen Pte Ltd, is a single source provider of bulk and specialty gases, gas handling equipment and high performance purification systems. The company also provides support services, engineering services and TGM to semiconductors and electronics firms. As a member of the Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation group, NOX is part of a worldwide industrial gas organization focusing on being the single source provider for global customer requirements.

NOX's media relations contact is:
Mr Gary Choo (General Manager)