ADIC Manufacturing Facility Earns ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certifications; Standards for Environmental Management, Health, and Safety Part of ADIC's Progressive Business Practices.REDMOND, Wash. -- Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC), the leader in Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions for the open systems market, today announced its Denver manufacturing facility has been certified See certification. as meeting the requirements for ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001 and OHSAS OHSAS Occupational Health and Safety Management System OHSAS Occupational Health & Safety Assessment Series OHSAS Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (UK) 18001 standards. The certifications are part of ADIC's ongoing effort to ensure that its facilities and practices meet all appropriate US and international environmental, health, and safety management standards. ISO 14001 is a voluntary standard developed to promote a common, international approach to environmental management and emphasize resource efficiency and cleaner production Cleaner production is a preventive, company-specific environmental protection initiative. It is intendend to minimize waste and emissions and maximize product output.[1] . Meeting the requirements for ISO 14001 requires implementation of environmental policies, planning, training, awareness, and operational control. End users buying products from ISO 14001 certified facilities can be assured they have been manufactured in accordance with internationally accepted standards of environmental management and with minimal impact on the environment. The OHSAS 18001 standard is a comprehensive Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Management System specification designed to promote a safe and healthy environment. Compliance with the OHSAS 18001 standard enables ADIC to reduce potential risks for employees, partners, and customers, manage liability, and stay in compliance with legal requirements. "Earning both the ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications demonstrates ADIC's innovative and forward-thinking approach to business," says Don Martella, Vice President of Quality at ADIC. "Practicing higher environmental and safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. is the responsible way to do business, and enables us to better serve our customers, partners and employees." ADIC is also ISO 9001 certified for its quality management system. About ADIC Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Nasdaq:ADIC) is a leading provider of Intelligent Storage(TM) solutions to the open systems marketplace. ADIC is the world's largest supplier of automated tape systems using the drive technologies most often employed for backing up open system, client-server networks.(a) The Company's data management software, storage networking appliances, and disk-based backup and restore solutions provide IT managers innovative tools for storing, managing and protecting their most valuable digital assets in a variety of disk and tape environments. ADIC storage products are available through a worldwide sales force and a global network of resellers, OEMs and partnerships, including Apple, Cray (Cray, Inc., Seattle, WA, www.cray.com) A supercomputer manufacturer founded in 1972 as Cray Research, Inc., by Seymour Cray, a leading designer of large-scale computers at Control Data. In 1976, it shipped its first computer to Los Alamos National Laboratory. , Dell, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. , Fujitsu-Siemens, HP, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Sun. Further information about ADIC is available at www.adic.com. (a) Market Share: Gartner Dataquest, Tape Automation Systems Market Shares, 2003, F. Yale, April 2004. ADIC, Scalar scalar, quantity or number possessing only sign and magnitude, e.g., the real numbers (see number), in contrast to vectors and tensors; scalars obey the rules of elementary algebra. Many physical quantities have scalar values, e.g. , and FastStor are registered trademarks, and Intelligent Storage is a trademark, of Advanced Digital Information Corporation. All other trade or service marks mentioned in this document should be considered the property of their respective owners. |
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