Black Box Corporation Re-certified Under ISO 9001 International Quality Standard; 10th Straight Year of Certification.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2003 Black Box Corporation (Nasdaq:BBOX) today announced that its Lawrence, PA World Headquarters has been re-certified under the 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. 9001:1994 International Quality Standard. For its tenth consecutive year, the Company's Quality Management System (QMS (1) (Minolta-QMS, Inc., Mobile, AL) A manufacturer of laser printers founded in 1977 by Jim Busby. Initially involved with controllers for printing bar codes and labels, it entered the laser printer business in the mid-1980s and set numerous records. ) has passed the stringent auditing of its business processes which are required under the control of the ISO 9001:1994 Standards. James C. Anderson, Lead Auditor for Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., said, "Black Box has a very mature and well implemented QMS with a strong focus on process automation and measurements. Their management commitment to this program reflects its continued success." Commenting on the certification, Louis A. Gorga, BBOX Quality Manager, said, "At Black Box, our team is dedicated to providing high quality services and products to our clients. The discipline required under the ISO 9001:1994 Quality Standard provides a framework to achieve efficient management and execution of our business model to consistently achieve this objective." First released in 1987, ISO 9000 is a series of quality management system standards created by the International Organization of Standardization International Organization of Standardization, n.pr a nongove-rnmental federation of worldwide bodies that publishes international agreements covering a broad range of services and technologies to promote the use of common standards across the world. (ISO), which is a federation of 132 national standards bodies based in Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland. The American National Standards Institute See ANSI. (body, standard) American National Standards Institute - (ANSI) The private, non-profit organisation (501(c)3) responsible for approving US standards in many areas, including computers and communications. ANSI is a member of ISO. (ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. ) is the member body representing the United States. Black Box is the world's largest technical services company dedicated to designing, building and maintaining today's complicated network infrastructure systems. Black Box services 150,000 clients in 132 countries with 117 offices throughout the world. |
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