June 23, 2011…Seoul Semiconductor (SSC), a provider and innovator of LED technology, is the winner of the Assodel Awards 2011 in the category of LED. The award of the Italian Association for Electronics Suppliers (Associazione Nazionale Fornitori di Elettronica), an important European industry event, was presented on June 17th, 2011 at the Gala Assodel in San Siro, Italy.

"We are very proud of this official recognition from our Italian partners, this confirms our business strategy to focus on customers and customer satisfaction", says Manuel Zarauza, Managing Director of Seoul Semiconductor, who accepted the award. "A fair cooperation with manufacturers, distributors and partners is and remains the basis of our everyday work. That’s why we focus on our core business, in particular the development and manufacturing of high-performance and innovative LEDs."

Since 2003 the Assodel award has been given annually to manufacturers in the electronics industry who are honored for their excellent quality in collaboration and distribution. The award is presented in nine regular categories of active components, passive components, connectors, electromechanics, LEDs, visualization, RF & wireless, power, and instrumentation. Additionally, there’s an award for lifetime achievement. This year, the winners are based on reviews of the electronics industry, mainly distributors, but companies from the field of design or construction were taken into account as well. Seven criteria have to be met including technical, commercial and logistics support, in addition to communication, quality of products and business relationship as well as distribution policy.