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Aurora Electronics' Sacramento, Calif. facility awarded ISO 9002 certification.


IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 1995--Aurora Electronics Inc. (ASE (Adaptive Server Enterprise) A relational DBMS from Sybase that runs on Windows NT/2000, Linux and a variety of Unix platforms. ASE is a comprehensive and robust data management product with a long history dating back to the late 1980s. :AUR AUR Acute Urinary Retention
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) Tuesday announced that its Sacramento, Calif. facility, a part of the company's Century Computer Marketing Division, has been awarded 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.
 9002 quality certification.

ISO 9002 is an internationally accepted quality standard, and Aurora's certification is a clear declaration of a comprehensive and well functioning quality management system within the company.

Aurora/Century is a leading supplier of PC-related parts, products and services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and service organizations worldwide. The division's Sacramento facility concentrates on computer equipment repair and inventory management services.

Products repaired include system logic boards; flat panel displays; hard, floppy and tape drives; CD-ROM drives CD-ROM drives, which today typically means a CD-RW drive that is a combo CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW drive, come in a variety of speeds. The original drive (1x) transferred data at 150KB per second. ; laser printers; controllers, power supplies and monitors. Inventory management services include parts warehousing, distribution, inventory liquidation, advance exchange and more.

"We have a responsibility to provide our customers with the highest levels of service and workmanship possible, and this certification underscores the seriousness with which we look upon this obligation," said Bill McMahon, president of Aurora/Century.

"Passing the certification process on our first attempt -- something only about a half of the firms seeking certification accomplish -- further illustrates the commitment to excellence of each and every one of our employees. We're proud to be able to offer our customers yet another guarantee of quality."

Founded in 1984, Aurora/Century's divisional headquarters are located in Marina del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
  • Del Rey, California, a census-designated place in Fresno County, California
  • Del Rey, Los Angeles, California, a small district in the west side of Los Angeles
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, Calif. Additional facilities are located in Memphis, Tenn., Hull, Canada, Birmingham, England and Hoofddorp, the Netherlands. For product and service information, call 800/827-0999.

Aurora Electronics provides computer OEMs and service organizations with products and materials management Materials management is the branch of logistics that deals with the tangible components of a supply chain. Specifically, this covers the acquisition of spare parts and replacements, quality control of purchasing and ordering such parts, and the standards involved in ordering,  services which support the worldwide installed base. With headquarters in Irvine, the company has facilities located throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe and Canada.

CONTACT: Aurora Corporate Communications

Gwen Carlson, 619/552-1213, ext. 2400
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