Sunward Technologies receives Outstanding Quality Company of the Year award for their Philippine manufacturing facility.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1994--Read-Rite Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :RDRT RDRT Regional Disaster Response Team (Red Cross) ) announced that Sunward Technologies, a subsidiary company of Read-Rite, has received the award for Outstanding Quality from the Philippine Society for Quality Control for excellence in Quality Control. Sunward Technologies Philippines Inc., located in Metro Manila For the capital city of the Philippines, see . Metropolitan Manila (Filipino: Kalakhang Maynila) or the National Capital Region (NCR) (Filipino: Pambansang Punong Rehiyon , received announcement of the Outstanding Quality Company of the Year Award for 1993 in early October. The award was received at opening ceremonies of the National Quality Forum on Oct. 18th in Manila. Sunward was selected for the Outstanding Quality Company award based on: -- Recognition for quality products and services delivered. -- They have an effective quality system in place. -- National recognition for generating employment for the Filipino workforce. -- Employee satisfaction. The Philippine Society for Quality Control is an internationally recognized organization highly committed to promoting quality as a culture and way of life in industry, government, academia, non-government organizations and communities. They have influenced and guided the transformation of the Philippines into a world class country by being proactive in the practice of Total Quality Management (TQM (Total Quality Management) An organizational undertaking to improve the quality of manufacturing and service. It focuses on obtaining continuous feedback for making improvements and refining existing processes over the long term. See ISO 9000. ). The major considerations for evaluating whether companies have, to a large extent, institutionalized in·sti·tu·tion·al·ize tr.v. in·sti·tu·tion·al·ized, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·ing, in·sti·tu·tion·al·iz·es 1. a. To make into, treat as, or give the character of an institution to. b. TQM are: Customer Satisfaction, Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. Excellence, Quality Assurance of Products and Services, Quality Results and Strategic Planning and Information Analysis. Sunward joins such prestigious Philippine companies as Avon Manufacturing, Johnson & Johnson, Motorola, Intel and Texas Instruments in being recognized for the Outstanding Quality Company award. Read-Rite and Sunward Technologies manufacture and market data recording heads and headstack assemblies for the most technologically advanced segments of the small form factor Winchester disk drive and quarter-inch-cartridge tape drive markets. Read-Rite Corp. was founded in 1983. Headquartered in Milpitas, the company manufactures products here, as well as in Thailand and Malaysia. Read-Rite's joint venture with Sumitomo Metal Industries Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (住友金属工業株式会社 , Read-Rite SMI (1) (Storage Management Initiative) The initiative developed by the SNIA in 2003 to create a single standard interface for storage management technologies used by multiple vendors and networking communities. Corp., is located near Osaka, Japan. The company maintains a sales and customer support office in Singapore. Sunward Technologies is headquartered in San Diego, with their principal manufacturing facilities located in Manila, The Philippines. CONTACT: Read-Rite Corp., Milpitas Steve Stone, 408/262-6700 |
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