Carpenter's Mexican Distributor Receives ISO 9002 Registration.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WYOMISSING, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000 Carpenter Technology Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CRS CRS Course CRS Certified Residential Specialist (real estate certification) CRS Central Reservation System CRS Can't Remember Stuff (polite form) CRS Cost Reduction Strategy CRS Consumer Relations Specialist ) announced today that its specialty metals distributor in Mexico City Mexico City Spanish Ciudad de México City (pop., 2000: city, 8,605,239; 2003 metro. area est., 18,660,000), capital of Mexico. Located at an elevation of 7,350 ft (2,240 m), it is officially coterminous with the Federal District, which occupies 571 sq mi has achieved 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 registration. ISO is an international system of quality management standards increasingly sought after by businesses wanting to expand their base of domestic and international customers. The registration applies to the main warehouse and corporate office of Carpenter Aceros Fortuna, in Mexico City. Aceros Fortuna, acquired by Carpenter in 1993, operates nearly a dozen metals distribution facilities throughout Mexico. Quality assessor British Standards British Standards are the national standards of the UK. The standards body which produces them is BSI British Standards, a division of BSI Group. It is incorporated under a Royal Charter and is formally designated as the National Standards Body (NSB) for the UK. Institution Inc. performed the assessment. The majority of Carpenter's manufacturing and distribution locations in the U.S. and Europe are ISO 9002 registered. "We expect the remainder of Carpenter's Mexico operations to be registered within the next three years," says Antonio Castro, president of Grupo Carpenter, the parent corporation of Carpenter's Mexico operations. Carpenter manufactures and distributes specialty alloys, titanium and engineered products. Sales in fiscal year 1999 (ended June 30, 1999) were $1.0 billion. |
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