Over 500 representatives from 140 companies worldwide supplying equipment, raw material, information technology, logistics, environmental and waste management, and various other products and services to ASE, were in attendance. Awards were presented to 24 suppliers who had demonstrated extraordinary performance in their support to ASE during 2015.

“Centering around this year’s theme, ‘Corporate Sustainability Management - Synergy for Creating a Brighter Tomorrow’, the ASE Group is committed to work with our suppliers to raise the global standards for a sustainable, innovative and ethical supply chain network,” said Dr Tien Wu, COO, ASE Group.

“We take this special occasion to mark our respect and appreciation for the excellent win-win relationship we have with all our supply partners,” he added.

From 2016, all global sites of the ASE Group will incorporate sustainability in the management and assessment of suppliers. In 2017, ASE will also include an ‘ASE Group Corporate Sustainability Award’ to its award categories. The award will be presented to the supplier that has demonstrated the best sustainability practices.

“The ASE Group is convinced that sustainable supply chains are critical to a business’ long term success. We continue to encourage our partners and work closely together to strengthen our supply chain through the establishment of strong corporate governance policies,” said S S Lee, General Manager, ASE Corporate Procurement.

“ASE hopes to be a role model in leading the semiconductor assembly and test industry to excel in ethical business conduct, employee health and safety, environmental protection and sustainable management practices,” he added.

This year, the annual awards ceremony was held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan with high level support from the government, local universities, international purchasing federation and related industry associations. The following is a list of the award recipients for the year 2015.