Infineon Technologies AG announced recently that Toyota Motor Corporation’s Hirose Plant has awarded the “Excellent Quality Award” for the company for delivering outstanding CAN transceiver product quality during 2014. Mr. Natsuki Tokubuchi, Head of Automotive business of Infineon Technologies Japan, received this award during a ceremonial act. Toyota develops and manufactures state-of-the-art electronic components for its vehicle fleet at its Hirose Plant.
“It is a great honour for Infineon to receive the ‘Excellent Quality Award’ from Toyota Motor Corporation’s Hirose Plant. Infineon is committed to zero defect and will continue to strive for the quality standards entrusted to us,” said Mr. Natsuki Tokubuchi.
On average, every car produced today uses about 15 CAN transceivers. The Control Area Network (CAN) is a common communication protocol for the interconnection of electronic control units (ECUs) within vehicles. CAN transceivers, such as those of Infineon, transmit and receive data. They are key contributors for the data exchange within a car and connect the respective ECUs in automotive powertrain, body and safety applications.
This is the seventh time that Infineon has received a Toyota Zero-Defect quality award recognizing the outstanding quality of its CAN transceivers that the company has been supplying to Toyota for more than a decade. Out of a total of seven times, this is the fifth time that Infineon has received the “Excellent Quality Award”, awarded to suppliers who have delivered zero-defect quality during one year. In addition, Infineon received the 2009 “Best Quality Award” awarded to suppliers who have achieved zero defects for three years running and the 2010 “Honor Quality Award” awarded to suppliers who have achieved zero defects for four years running or longer.