Zygo Names SCHNEEBERGER as a 2019 outstanding supplier in quality performance

Zygo Corp. has named SCHNEEBERGER Inc. as a 2019 Outstanding Supplier in Quality Performance. SCHNEEBERGER, a leading innovator in linear technology, was one of only a handful of companies able to qualify for the elite award.

Zygo awarded SCHNEEBERGER its Preferred status after rating the company for excellence across a range of key metrics, including quality and on-time delivery, quality performance, on-time performance, and financial criteria. SCHNEEBERGER also fulfilled numerous other considerations, ranging from instituting Kanbans to flexible capacity, responsiveness, and cost-down efforts. The result was Zygo’s award of its 2019 Outstanding Supplier in Quality Performance and a Preferred status designation to SCHNEEBERGER.

“We are extremely proud to receive this select honor from and the ongoing work with Zygo, the world leader in optical metrology instruments. For SCHNEEBERGER, this award underscores both the promise in linear technology — Essentials for the Best — and our systems-awareness approach to delivering top-quality high-precision innovative products, unsurpassed reliability, and world-class service to design engineers and OEMs,” said E.V.P. and general manager Linda Aylward.

Founded in Switzerland in 1923, Schneeberger manufactures high precision linear guideways, including ball, needle and cross-roller bearings, miniature guideways, ball and roller Monorail guideways with integrated linear encoder options and has also become a world class supplier of multi-axis, linear motion systems to the Semiconductor, Flat Panel, Metrology, Electronics, and Life Science industries. Vertical integration of Mineral cast technology, providing superior damping characteristics compared to traditional granite base and gantry structures, has enabled SCHNEEBERGER to produce platforms that meet customer performance specifications that were previously unachievable. www.schneeberger.com.