Avant Technology Recently Awarded New ISO Certification 
    

Austin, TX- December 16, 2008  

Our manufacturing subsidiary, Avant Technology recently renewed its commitment to quality with a new ISO 9001:2000 Management System certificate by SRI Quality System Registrar for the production, contract manufacturing, and marketing of a complete line of memory solutions.  

According to A. Joseph Falcsik, SRI’s Vice President, Certification: “We are pleased to acknowledge that Avant Technology has demonstrated effective implementation of a management system.  ISO 9000 certification provides evidence to customers, suppliers, employees, and their community of their commitment to producing a quality product (service) and providing customer satisfaction.” SRI, (Dec. 8, 2008) “ISO 9001:2000 Certification Earned By Avant Technology”. Press Release, Retrieved on December 16, 2008.    

ISO 9001:2000 recognizes companies that employ these practices: link business objectives with operating effectiveness, demonstrate effective implementation of documentation and records management, have a commitment to customers, establish clear policies, have good planning and resource management, show efficient process control, measurement and analysis (SRI, 2008).

SRI Quality System Registrar is an internationally accredited registrar for management systems standards, such as ISO 9001, AS9100, ISO/TS 16949, ISO 13485, and environmental management systems standards such as ISO 14001.  SRI also provides public training for auditing, implementing, and maintaining these standards. www.sriregistrar.com.