David Vandervoet Named to Head Quality for TRW Space & Electronics Group.REDONDO BEACH Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1999--TRW Space & Electronics Group (S&EG) has appointed David B. Vandervoet vice president for Quality, with broad responsibilities for overseeing product quality, cost competitiveness and process improvement. "Today's markets demand that we balance TRW's traditional excellence in technology with sharply improved cost affordability for products developed over shorter cycle times, especially as we move into commercial lines of business," said Timothy W. Hannemann, S&EG executive vice president and general manager, in announcing Vandervoet's appointment. "Building even higher quality into every TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc product and process is essential in today's highly competitive marketplace. We intend to be recognized as a lean enterprise by aggressively reducing product development cycle time, waste and cost. Dave is a motivated mo·ti·vate tr.v. mo·ti·vat·ed, mo·ti·vat·ing, mo·ti·vates To provide with an incentive; move to action; impel. mo leader who can help us meet this quality challenge." A comprehensive approach to quality produces greater customer satisfaction, higher profitability and increased shareholder value, Vandervoet said. TRW Space & Electronics Group builds communications, scientific and defense spacecraft spacecraft Vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth's lower atmosphere. Since streamlining is not needed in the high vacuum of this environment, a spacecraft's shape is designed according to its mission (see ; produces, integrates and tests payloads; develops advanced space instruments and integrates experiments into spacecraft; and provides telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. products to commercial markets. S&EG is an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of TRW Inc., which provides advanced technology products and services for the automotive, space and defense, and information technology markets worldwide. The company's 1998 sales totaled nearly $12 billion. TRW news releases are available on the corporate Web site: http://www.trw.com. |
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