DRS Technologies Opens New Manufacturing Facility.Business Editors PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2000 DRS Technologies DRS Technologies, Inc. (commonly known as DRS; formerly known as Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc.) is a supplier of defense electronic products and systems to the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, aerospace and defense prime , 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. : DRS DRS Drives (street suffix) DRS Dispute Resolution Service DRS Doctorandus DRS Department of Rehabilitative Services DRS Direct Registration System (securities) DRS Department of Rehabilitation Services ) announced today the opening of a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, 60 miles east of Pittsburgh and 46 miles (76.6 km) west-south west of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The population was 27,906 at the 2000 census. . DRS built the 130,000 square-foot facility for its DRS Laurel Technologies unit, in order to achieve operating efficiencies from the consolidation of three plants, increased production capacity to accommodate current programs and a capacity for new program growth. The new facility provides an expanded environmental stress screening Environmental stress screening (ESS) refers to the process of exposing a newly manufactured product or component (typically electronic) to stresses such as thermal cycling and vibration in order to force latent defects to manifest themselves by failure during the screening process. capacity, more efficient 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, and an enhanced ability for the company to readily respond to advancements in production technology. At a ribbon cutting ceremony A ribbon cutting ceremony is a public ceremony conducted to inaugurate the opening to the general public of a new building or business. Often, it is conducted in just the manner the name suggests: by tying a ceremonial ribbon across the main entrance of the building, which held on Friday, May 19, attended by the Honorable John P. Murtha, 12th Congressional District, Pennsylvania, several dignitaries from the U.S. military, other customers and DRS employees, Mark S. Newman, DRS Technologies' chairman, president and chief executive officer, remarked, "From its inception in 1993, the vision of DRS Laurel Technologies was to become a manufacturing center of excellence, and a company that could earn the respect and loyalty of its customers by delivering a 'best value' product of the highest quality. Today, DRS Laurel Technologies is the world's leading producer of Naval combat display workstations, last year generating revenues of $91 million and employing 330 skilled and dedicated people in the region. It is also a significant producer of rugged computer systems for a major U.S. Army program and a reliable, cost-efficient contract manufacturer for major defense and industrial companies. We consider this facility essential to enhancing our competitive position for producing electronic systems on a global scale." DRS Laurel Technologies provides a full range of electronic manufacturing services, from small-volume prototype production to high-volume systems integration work for the defense, aerospace and commercial industries. DRS Laurel Technologies is certified to AS-9000, ensuring that its quality assurance system meets all the requirements for the AS-9000 Quality System Standard, established by the Aerospace Industries Association and the American Society for Quality American Society for Quality (ASQ), formerly known as American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), is a knowledge-based global community of quality control experts, with nearly 100,000 members dedicated to the promotion and advancement of quality tools, principles, and Control. This new quality standard contains the ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9001 Quality System Standard, in addition to industry-specific qualifiers and other requirements unique to the aerospace marketplace. Through this certification and its earlier certification to ISO-9002, DRS Laurel Technologies ensures that its procedures and work processes consistently provide high-quality electronic manufacturing services for its customers. DRS Technologies provides leading edge products and services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Focused on defense electronics, the company develops and manufactures a broad range of mission critical products, from rugged computers and peripherals to systems and components in the areas of communications, data storage, digital imaging, electro-optics, flight safety and space. Additional information is available on the company's web site at www.drs.com. |
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