Micron Technology Announces ISO 14001 Certification in Avezzano.Business Editors, Technology Writers BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2000 Micron Technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MU) announced today the certification of the Avezzano, Italy fab 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. 14001 Environmental Management Systems Standard by KEMA KEMA Keuring Van Electrotechnische Materialen (Netherlands) Registered Quality, Inc. Avezzano is Micron's first, wholly-owned international site to achieve the ISO 14001 certification, demonstrating Micron's worldwide commitment to its environmental policies. Micron's wholly-owned international assembly and test facility in Singapore is currently aggressively pursuing the ISO 14001 certification. Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho, received its certification in 1997, and recently achieved its re-certification. ISO 14000 is the environmental equivalent to the ISO 9000 quality standards. Various countries and companies have implemented the ISO 9000 quality standards worldwide. Certification under ISO 14001 requires conformance with four basic elements: implementation of an environmental management system, assurance that procedures are in place to maintain compliance with applicable regulations, commitment to continual improvement, and commitment to overall prevention of pollution. KEMA is a worldwide full-service third party registrar accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. to ISO 9000, QS9000, and ISO 14001 by the RvA, as well as being a "Notified Body" for several areas of CE marketing, mandatory product certification of the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community . KEMA specializes in the electronics, information technology, and high technology manufacturing areas, and KEMA's clients number in the thousands worldwide. Micron Technology, Inc., and its subsidiaries manufacture and market DRAMs, very fast SRAMs, Flash, other semiconductor components, memory modules, graphic accelerators, and personal computer systems. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE) under the symbol MU. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its web site at www.micron.com. |
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