Viasystems Receives EMS Honors

    ST. LOUIS--April 5, 2001--Viasystems Group, Inc. today announced that their electronics manufacturing services (EMS) facilities in Beaverton, Oregon and Orange County, California received three Service Excellence Awards in the medium-sized company category at this year's EtoniX 2001 trade show held in Anaheim, California. Co-sponsors, Technology Forecasters, Inc., Alameda, California, and Circuits Assembly magazine, Marietta, Georgia, honored Viasystems' two facilities in three out of five categories: Technology, Dependability/Timely Delivery and Value for Price.
    Each year, research analysts from Technology Forecasters interview a minimum of seven customers per each EMS entry. The customers rate their EMS providers in five categories. EMS companies find the third-party interview approach provides objective insight to their manufacturing and management strengths as well as areas requiring improvements. Winners were honored during a ceremony held during NEPCON West 2001 Trade Show.
    "Service Excellence Awards act as testimony to our commitment at Viasystems to provide our customers with best in class in all categories," said Barry L. Brigman, president, Viasystems Americas. "Each of our facilities strive to provide the utmost in customer satisfaction."