CVI Recommended for ISO 9001:2000 Certification.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Following rigorous independent assessment, CVI Laser, LLC has been recommended to ISO 9001:2000 for the design, manufacture, and sales of precision optics, coatings, and assemblies. This prestigious award for quality is recognized worldwide and demonstrates CVI's ongoing commitment to an organizationwide quality management system conforming to ISO's stringent requirements.

CVI's quality system was assessed against the requirements of the standard by CICS, headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. During the assessment, CICS examined CVI's business processes, documents, data and records, interviewed employees and observed actual work practices at CVI's manufacturing, development and distribution facility in Albuquerque, N.M. CVI supports its quality system with management commitment, resources, measurement, analysis and improvement processes.

CVI Laser, LLC in Albuquerque, N.M., is proud to be recommended for ISO 9001:2000 certification. "This is a great achievement for our facility in New Mexico," said Jim Phelps, CVI's quality manager. "Our people have worked very hard for the past year to get the systems and processes in place to earn our ISO 9001:2000 certification. Our next step will be to earn certification in all of our manufacturing facilities. This includes our facilities on the Isle of Man and in South Korea."

Serving semiconductor, biotech, industrial, commercial and research industries, CVI combines 30 years of optics manufacturing expertise with precision machining and mechanical design to produce integrated opto-mechanical assemblies. "CVI Laser, LLC has been investing in our manufacturing facility here in Albuquerque, adding state-of-the-art interferometry equipment, upgrading our coating systems, certifying our clean rooms, and getting our processes in place to earn this ISO 9001:2000 certification," stated Mark West, vice president of operations.

CVI is a leading manufacturer of optical components, providing engineering, rapid prototype delivery, high-volume production, and system integration for challenging optical requirements. Headquartered in Albuquerque, N.M., CVI operates manufacturing facilities in New Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Korea with sales representatives and distributors located worldwide.

For further information, please contact Lynore Abbott, Marketing Communications Manager, 200 Dorado Place S.E., Albuquerque, NM 87123, by phone at 505-296-9541, by e-mail at [e-mail], or visit the CVI Web site at www.cvilaser.com.