Arrow Supplier Wins Prestigous Baldridge Award.MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 1999-- STMicroelectronics, Inc.-Region Americas, Carrollton, Texas Carrollton is a city in Texas, partially in Dallas County, partially in Denton County, and partially in Collin County. As of 2005, census estimates the city's total population to be 122,699.[1] Carrollton is a suburb of Dallas. , a supplier to Arrow Electronics Arrow Electronics NYSE: ARW is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Melville, New York. This company specializes in products and services of electronic components and computer products. , Inc., received the highest level of national recognition for quality available to U.S. companies, the 1999 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. This award, named after a former commerce secretary and created in 1987 as part of the national quality improvement campaign, promotes an understanding of excellence, greater awareness of quality as a crucial competitive element, and the sharing of quality information and strategies. "We're delighted that one of our suppliers was presented this prestigious award," said Fran Scricco, Arrow's President and COO. "ST's commitment to excellence reflects on Arrow's choice of suppliers and our own standard of excellence." "In 1997, STMicroelectronics was awarded the European Quality Award The European Quality Award is now referred to as the EFQM Excellence Award. This distinction is awarded annually by the European Foundation for Quality Management to the organisation that is the best proponent in Europe of Total Quality Management. , and, earlier this year, the Singapore Quality Award. The Malcom Baldridge Award is further recognition of the rigorous standards ST sets for all its activities," said STMicroelectronics President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Pasquale Pistorio. STMicroelectronics is a global independent semiconductor company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a broad range of semiconductor integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. and discrete devices A discrete device (or discrete component) is an electronic component with just one circuit element, either passive (resistor, capacitor, inductor, diode) or active (transistor or vacuum tube), other than an integrated circuit. used in a wide variety of microelectronic applications, including telecommunication systems, computer systems, consumer and automotive products, and industrial automation and control devices. STMicroelectronics supplies such components to Arrow Electronics, the world's largest distributor of electronic and computer components to industrial and commercial customers. Arrow Electronics is the world's largest distributor of electronic components and computer products, with 1998 sales of $8.3 billion. Headquartered in Melville, New York Melville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, 14,533 people resided there. , Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 600 suppliers and 175,000 original equipment manufacturers and commercial customers through more than 200 sales facilities and 26 distribution centers in 35 countries. Detailed information about Arrow's operations can be found at www.arrow.com. |
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