AlliedSignal Environmental Catalyst wins Toyota's top-quality award.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 1995--AlliedSignal Environmental Catalyst (ASEC ASEC American Savings Education Council ASEC Authorized Sun Education Center (Sun Microsystems) ) has been awarded the "Toyota Award for Quality Performance-Superior Category"--the Japanese automaker's highest-level quality award for suppliers--in recognition of ASEC's record of exporting 100% defective-free catalysts to Toyota for the Japanese auto market. Tulsa, Oklahoma-based ASEC was the only one of more than 100 U.S. suppliers to receive the superior quality award. The award was presented last night during a meeting in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. of Toyota Motor Corporation's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Import Suppliers at the Hotel del Coronado The Hotel del Coronado is a luxury hotel in the City of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. It is one of the few surviving examples of an American architectural genre: the wooden Victorian beach resort. . The car maker recognized ASEC for its 1994 record of producing, exporting and delivering on "just-in time" schedules several hundred thousand "perfect-quality" automotive catalysts to Toyota for vehicles sold in Japan. Recognized as one of the world's largest makers of automotive catalysts, AlliedSignal's Purzaust(R) products combine platinum and other precious metals Precious Metals Valuable metals such as gold, iridium, palladium, platinum, and silver. Notes: Investing in precious metals can be done either by purchasing the physical asset, or by purchasing futures contracts for the particular metal. with proprietary chemicals that are coated on a fragile honeycomb honeycomb a mosaic of closely packed units with depressed centers giving a honeycomb appearance. honeycomb ringworm see favus. honeycomb stomach reticulum. cylinder, which then becomes the heart of the catalytic converter system that removes pollutants from auto exhausts. "This award is especially gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. ," said Edwin L. Yoder, vice president and general manager of ASEC. "Japan is a market that demands the highest quality, leading technologies, competitive pricing and superior service. This recognition from Toyota proves that American suppliers can successfully do business in Japan. "We have been supplying Toyota, as well as other leading Japanese automotive makers, for 21 years," Yoder added. "As a result, we've learned to work effectively with our Japanese partners and we've remained committed to their market. Two years ago, we received Toyota's 'Silver Award'. "Receiving the 'Superior Category' award reflects the benefits of ASEC's Total Quality Leadership program. Our TQL TQL Total Quality Leadership TQL Total Quality Logistics, Inc (Milford, OH) TQL Tree Query Language initiative has guided us through a series of continuous improvements-to the point where we can deliver defect-free products on a regular basis. "This accomplishment would not have been possible without another important ingredient: our partnership with Nikki-Universal, Ltd," Yoder added. This Tokyo-based company repackages bulk shipments from the Tulsa plant into twice-daily, "just-in-time" delivery shipments to the car maker's manufacturing facilities in Toyota City. ASEC has manufacturing operations in Tulsa, Florange, France and San Luis Potosi San Lu·is Po·to·sí A city of central Mexico northeast of León. It was founded in the late 1500s and is a mining, transportation, and industrial center. Population: 659,000. Noun 1. , Mexico. These ASEC facilities produce more than 16 million Purzaust(R) catalyst units annually for the global automotive market-including North America, Asia, Europe and South America. "We're winning on the basis of our technology, as well as our established commitment to the Japanese market," Yoder explained. "This is a tribute to every one of our people as well as the strong partnerships with our Japanese customers. ASEC is a leading producer of auto catalysts serving customers worldwide. CONTACT: AlliedSignal, Morristown, N.J. W.M. Corcoran 201/455-6062 |
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