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Entela, Inc. QSRD Grants ISO 9000/QS-9000/TE Supplement/ISO 14000 Certifications

June 11, 2001 Launch

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - Entela, Inc. Quality System Registration Division (QSRD), an
accredited third -party quality system registrar based in Grand Rapids, Mich., recently granted
registration certificates to the following facilities whose quality management systems were
assessed and found to be compliant with the ISO 9000 quality standards and/or the QS-9000
automotive requirements and/or the Tooling and Equipment Supplement (TE Supplement) and/or
ISO 14000 environmental management standards requirements.

Companies must undergo a rigorous audit of their policies and procedures, operations, management
and personnel to achieve registration to these standards. Facilities earning ISO 9001 registration
have product design and manufacturing responsibilities. Those holding ISO 9002 registration
certificates are manufacturing sites. QS-9000 contains all of ISO 9000's 20 quality elements in
addition to three automotive-specific requirements. The TE Supplement contains requirements in
addition to the QS-9000 requirements. This supplement pertains to the Tooling and Equipment
industry and applies to both ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 registered companies.

(Editors Note: Companies are listed alphabetically, followed by facility city and state in bold,
and the standard(s) to which they were found compliant and certified).

Clarion Technologies, South Haven, MI & Greenville, MI, ISO/TS 16949
Delta Steel Products, Delta, OH, ISO 9002
Eagle-Picher Automotive, Traverse City, MI, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Eagle-Picher Automotive, Mt. Pleasant, MI, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Exide Technologies, Bristol, TN, ISO 9001; ISO/TS 16949
Great Lakes Precision Machine, Niles, MI, ISO 9002
Griffiths Rubber Mills, Portland, OR, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Huron Automatic Screw Company, St. Clair Township, MI, ISO 9001
I Green Industry Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9002
Irvin Automotive Products, Inc., Greenwood, MS, ISO 14001
Island Critical Care, Stratford, PE, Canada, ISO 9002
Mollertech L.L.C., Shelby Township, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
National Products, L.L.C., Kingsbury, IN, ISO 9002
NSS Technologies, Inc., Canton, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
PAC CNC, Allendale, MI, ISO 9002
Reliable Molded Products, Sterling Heights, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Textron Fastening Systems-Automotive Solutions, Rockford, IL, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Thierica Electrical Controls, Grand Rapids, MI, ISO 9001
TI Group Automotive Systems, Sanford, FL, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Lear Corporation, Roscommon, MI, ISO 14001
Rica Auto Parts Co. Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 14001
TRW Chassis Systems, Fenton, MI, ISO 14001

Updated Certificates

"Updated certificates" are certificates that were set to expire, but have been reissued.
All information remains the same except for the expiration date.

Accu-Cut Diamond Tool Co., Inc., Norridge, IL, ISO 9002
Aerospace Products International, Memphis, TN, ISO 9002
Alco Plastics, Inc., Romeo, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Allsteel, Inc., Milan, TN, ISO 9002
Anderson Technologies, Grand Haven, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Autotron Products, Longmont, CO, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Bestway Systems, Inc., Bay City, MI, ISO 9002
Cargotainer, Adrian, MI, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Cascade Die Casting, Grand Rapids, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Casco Plastics, Inc., Chesterfield, MI, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Commercial Tool & Die, Inc., Comstock Park, MI, ISO 9002
Dart-Wits Manpower Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9002/QS-9000
DBM Technologies LLC, Owensboro, KY, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Dekko Engineering, Lucas, IA, ISO 9002
Eagle-Picher Automotive, Hamilton, IN, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Findlay Industries De Mexico S. De R.L. De C.V., Piedras Negra, Mexico, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Findlay Industries, Inc., Dublin, VA, ISO 9001/QS-9000
FlexFab Division-Hastings, Hastings, MI, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Gallagher-Kaiser Corporation, Detroit, MI, ISO 9001/QS-9000/TE Supplement
Grahl Industries, Coldwater, MI, ISO 9001
Hisen Metal Industrial Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9002
Kent Manufacturing, Grand Rapids, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Lake Michigan Wire Technologies, Inc., Muskegon, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Lear Corporation, Fenton, MI & Northwood, OH, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Libralter-Alpine Plastics, Sterling Heights, MI, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Manufacturers Products Company, Warren, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Monarch Hydraulics, Inc., Newaygo, MI, ISO 9001
Northern Industrial Manufacturing Corp., Harrison Twp., MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Packaging Concepts & Design, Madison Heights, MI, ISO 9002
Plastic Dress-Up Service, Inc., Lenox, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Progauges Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9001/QS-9000
Rapid Die & Engineering, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, ISO 9001
Resortes Y Productos Metalicos S.A. DE C.V., Mexico City, Mexico ISO 9002/QS-9000
Serigraph Inc., West Bend, WI, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Shou Chi Industrial Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9002/QS-9000
Solar Corporation., Libertyville, IL, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Sturgis Molded Products, Sturgis, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
Taiwan Calsonic Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9002
Tesco Engineering, Inc., Auburn Hill, MI, ISO 9002/QS-9000
TRW Chassis Systems, Fayette, OH, ISO 9001/QS-9000
TRW Chasses Systems, Jackson, MI & Livonia, MI, ISO 9001/QS-9000
Viking Products, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, ISO 9002
Wells Manufacturing Corp., Reynosa, Mexico, ISO 9001/QS-9000
YCI Industrial Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9002
Ying Ming Industry Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9002/QS-9000
Yung Hwa Machinery Industrial Co., Ltd., Taiwan, R.O.C., ISO 9002/QS-9000


Upgraded Certificates

"Upgraded certificates" are certificates which have been upgraded from ISO 9000 to ISO 9000
with QS-9000 compliance, from ISO 9002 to ISO 9001 (as noted), or upgraded to the
TE Supplement (as noted).

Atlantis Plastics, Jackson, TN, ISO 9002, Upgraded to QS-9000
Global Felx Co. Ltd., Suzhou, China, ISO 9001, Upgraded to QS-9000
Middleville Tool & Die Company, Middleville, MI, ISO 9002, Upgraded to QS-9000
Newcor, Technologies Division, Troy, MI, Upgraded to ISO 9002

Entela, Inc. QSRD offers ISO 9000, QS-9000, ISO/TS 16949, TE Supplement, ISO 14001,
TL 9000 registration, and VDA 6.1 services. Regularly scheduled surveillance audits are
conducted to ensure continued conformance to the standards. Entela, Inc. QSRD is a
subsidiary of Entela, Inc. Entela, Inc. provides Global Conformity Assessment Services
to International, North American and European Standards, Engineering Services, FMVT®
(Failure Mode Verification Testing) and Materials, Product and Systems Testing and Failure
Analysis. In addition to its Grand Rapids, MI headquarters, Entela also has facilities in
Detroit, MI; Boston, MA; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Hong Kong and Taipei, Taiwan. For
more information on Entela, call 1-800-888-3787 or visit our website at www.entela.com.

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