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Standard Products' Three U.K. Plants Achieve QS 9000 Status

12 January 1998

Standard Products' Three U.K. Plants Achieve QS 9000 Status

    DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 12 -- The Standard Products Co.
announced that its three automotive parts plants in the United
Kingdom have all been certified QS 9000.  QS 9000 is the U.S. automotive
industry's rigorous quality certification process.  The three facilities had
earlier achieved the international quality standard -- ISO 9001 at Huntingdon,
England, and ISO 9002 at Plymouth, England, and Maesteg, Wales.
    All of Standard Products' North American automotive plants have been
certified QS 9000, and one of subsidiary Holm Industries' five North American
plants recently was certified ISO 9002.
    Standard Products manufactures sealing, trim and vibration control systems
for the automotive original equipment industry in North and South America and
Europe.  Its Holm Industries subsidiary produces seals for residential
refrigerators, freezers, doors and windows.  Its Oliver Rubber subsidiary
manufactures tread rubber and equipment for the retread industry.

SOURCE  Standard Products Co.