Rockwell Collins Names Laserage as President's Award and Connector/Cable Assembly Commodity Co-Supplier of the Year 2001
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (May 1, 2001) - Rockwell Collins selected Laserage Technology of Waukegan, Ill. as winner of the 2001 President's Award and the Connector/Cable Assembly Commodity Co-Supplier award. The presentations were made at Rockwell Collins' Annual Supplier Conference on April 24th.
"Laserage has built a strong relationship with Rockwell Collins in the past 17 years, showing its willingness to work as partners in development and design of products," said David Young, Vice President, Material and Supply, while presenting the award. "They have attained a nearly 100 percent quality rating in each of the past three years while creating a more sturdy and economical assembly. Laserage has effected Lean strategies in their business, such as reducing floor space in order to reconfigure to a more efficient working area. This has resulted in reducing cable assembly lead-time from 9 weeks to 1 week."
Rockwell Collins, with headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, designs, produces, markets and supports communication and aviation electronics for commercial, military and government customers. The business employs approximately 16,000 people worldwide.
Laserage Technology Corp. is a custom laser processing facility with over 35 industrial lasers, including CO2 lasers to 2500W and Nd: YAG lasers to 400W, single and multiple-beam lasers. Services include laser welding of most metals and laser machining, cutting and drilling of metals, plastics, ceramics, and composite materials. Custom flat ribbon cable, wire harness and fiber optic cable assembly services include high reliability applications. A complete metallurgical lab, R&D and engineering capabilities, and an ISO 9002 registered company wide TQM/JIT program support prototyping through production services.
The Rockwell Collins President's Award is chosen from a field of 1200 vendors and recognizes Laserage's ongoing efforts to "Focus on Excellence" in all areas of their business.
Pictured above from (L to R) areŻ Herm Reininga (VP Operations, Rockwell Collins); Rebecca Sursa (Sales, Purchasing, Laserage); Leandra Marshall (Inside Sales, Purchasing, Laserage); Michael Capp (Cables Coordinator, Laserage); Clay Jones (President, Rockwell Collins); and Dave Young (VP Material & Supply, Rockwell Collins).
