news release TI DLP MFG'G EARNS ISO-9002
Maybe now they can increase their DLP engine production for DHTs.
Then PJTV could catch up with demand.
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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS' DIGITAL LIGHT PROCESSING
MANUFACTURING EARNS WORLDWIDE ISO-9002
QUALITY DESIGNATION
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 1998--Texas Instruments'
(NYSE:TXN.N) Digital Imaging group -- which has responsibility for the
manufacture and marketing of TI's unique and innovative Digital Light
Processing technology -- has been awarded ISO-9002 certification for
quality assurance.
"This certification assures our customers that we have a
world-class quality standards," said Dean Clubb, president of TI's
Digital Imaging group. "At the same time, it recognizes the
outstanding teamwork and cooperation between the DLP manufacturing
team and the quality group in establishing those standards."
"This certification is extremely important to DLP because it
shows the progress we are making towards achieving our goal of
delivering consistently superior quality products to our customers,"
said Bob England, senior vice president of TI's Digital Imaging
group, "Increasingly, companies around the world are looking for this
kind of evidence of commitment to quality as part of their purchasing
decision process: the existence of an internationally-recognized
standard such as ISO-9002 allows buying organizations to save
substantial time, effort and money in qualifying potential
suppliers."
In presenting the certification during a ceremony on 30th January
1998 in the South Building at TI's Dallas, Texas, headquarters, Bob
Lackland, president of the Electronic Industry Quality Registry, told
the DLP manufacturing team, "It takes three strong components to earn
this certification -- procedures, processes and people. The fact
that you've earned ISO-9002 certification means you have all three in
place. You have your procedures documented, you have your processes
in place and you have good people to run them."
The certification culminated a year-long effort headed by a
seven-member cross-function team that began working toward
certification in January 1997.
Russ Howell, manager of Component Operations for the Digital
Imaging group, congratulated the team, adding, "This is a true
milestone for us and the DMD 1/8the Digital Micromirror Device which
at the heart of TI's Digital Light Processing technology 3/8. We have
been in a development mode for several years and this is verification
that we are in full commercial production."
Established in 1985, TI' extensive quality efforts extend beyond
ISO 9000 to encompass more than ten quality system standards defining
TI requirements and key methods of producing semiconductors. TI's
aggressive quality strategy has been recognized worldwide for its
success. TI's Semiconductor Group has won the Deming Prize, the
European Quality Award and the first ever Singapore Quality Award.
TI's Defense Systems and Electronics Group won the Malcolm Baldrige
Award in 1992.
ISO 9000 is a series of three international standards and
guidelines on quality management and assurance that were first
published in 1987 by the International Standards Organization in
Geneva, Switzerland. The standards do not specify how a firm's
quality processes must occur, but they do mandate that a company
define appropriate quality standards, document its processes and
demonstrate that it consistently adheres to both. The standards
require that a quality system be in place to ensure that the company
has the capabilities and systems to provide its customers with the
assurance of quality products and services.
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Notes to Editors: Photos of presentation of ISO certification
available from Buddy Price at 972/661-0495.
Texas Instruments Incorporated is a global semiconductor company
and the world's leading designer and supplier of digital signal
processing solutions, the engines driving the digitization of
electronics. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company's
businesses also include calculators, productivity products, controls
and sensors, metallurgical materials and digital light-processing
technologies. The company has manufacturing or sales operations in
more than 25 countries.
Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at
ti.com.
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