CHOMERICS Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation Announces ISO/TS16949 Registration
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WOBURN, MA, February 28, 2007 - Chomerics Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation (NYSE:PH) announced the ISO/TS16949 registration of its Webster Plastics business unit. Webster Plastics, a business unit of Chomerics, located in Fairport, New York, is a full-service custom plastic injection molding company operating a 75,000 sq. ft. facility housing 45 injection molding machines and a variety of secondary operations.
"The entire team in the Fairport plant performed exceptionally well in defining and developing a robust quality management system that is both process-oriented and focuses on continuous improvement of customer satisfaction,? according to John Beswick, Webster Plastics business unit manager. Webster Plastics provides engineered custom plastic injection molding solutions for transportation such as transmission components, engine housings, cylinder head covers, mechanical and electrical components. The automotive industry represents a significant percentage of its international customer base.
ISO/TS 16949:2002 is a worldwide automotive technical specification developed by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) - a group of the world's leading automotive manufacturers (General Motors, Daimler/Chrysler, Ford, BMW, PSA Citroen, Volkswagen, Renault, Fiat) and their respective trade associations. It is based on the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000, AVSQ (Italian), EAQF (French), VDA6 (German) and QS-9000 (U.S.) standards, all brought together in a single standard. ISO/TS 16949:2002 can be applied to company sites worldwide, wherever automobiles, or their parts and components are manufactured.
ABOUT CHOMERICS
Chomerics (Woburn, MA) is a global leader in development and application of advanced materials and solutions for emerging technologies in electronics, transportation and alternative energy systems. Chomerics is the first choice in EMI shielding and thermal management solutions for telecommunications, information technology, medical devices, automotive, military, commercial and consumer electronics industries. For details, visit www.chomerics.com.
CHOMERICS is a registered trademark of Parker Hannifin Corporation.
ABOUT PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION
With annual sales exceeding $9 billion, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company employs more than 57,000 people in 43 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 50 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.parker.com, or its investor information site at www.phstock.com.
