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NMMI Rewards AP Technoglass Quality Teamwork

2 February 1999

NMMI Rewards AP Technoglass Quality Teamwork for Third Consecutive Year

    NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 1 -- Automotive glass supplier AP
Technoglass took two top quality awards home to its Elizabethtown, Kentucky
fabricating plant after the 1998 NMMC Supplier Quality Awards Ceremony held
November 17 at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel.  AP Technoglass Vice President
of Sales & Marketing Hideki Takase accepted both The Quality Master Award and
the Zero Defects Award.  Noting this was AP's third consecutive Quality Master
Award and second consecutive Zero Defects Award, he said:  "Meeting Nissan's
stringent standards over the years demonstrates our Associates understanding
of -- and dedication to -- consistent quality."
    AP's QS 9000 Certified Kentucky plant supplies car sets for Nissan's
Sentra Sedan.
    NMMC's Quality Master Awards are computed on a combined rating scale based
on evaluations from engineering, manufacturing, product quality, inventory
control and purchasing.  Zero Defects awards are earned by suppliers who
achieve an annual defect rate of fewer than five parts per million.
    In addition to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, AP has a facility in
Bellefontaine, Ohio, and is building a new fabricating plant in Jalisco,
Mexico.