Oak Industries' Tele Quarz Awarded QS 9000 Certification

21 October 1999
Oak Industries' Tele Quarz Awarded QS 9000 Certification
    WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 20 -- Oak Industries Inc.
today announced that Tele Quarz GmbH, a member of its Oak Frequency Control
Group ("OFCG"), has received the automotive industry's QS 9000 certification.
Tele Quarz, Europe's largest manufacturer of frequency control products, is
one of the first manufacturers of frequency control products in the world to
receive QS 9000 certification.
    QS 9000 is a set of quality system requirements adopted by members of the
automotive industry and imposed on its suppliers.  Based on the ISO 9000
requirements, it is a more stringent set of requirements, with the goal of
continuously improving product quality, cost and cycle time.  Tele Quarz,
which received ISO 9001 certification in 1998, is a leading supplier of
precision quartz crystals for automotive electronic system applications.  Tele
Quarz crystals now comply with the stringent QS 9000 standards, with field
failure rates approaching 1 ppm -- 1 failure in 1 million supplier parts.
    "I am extremely proud of Tele Quarz on reaching this significant
milestone," stated Jamie Bader, President of OFCG.  He added, "Achieving QS
9000 certification recognizes Tele Quarz's efforts to meet customer demands
for higher quality and more reliable technology through continuous
improvements to quality management."
    OFCG is a leading supplier of quartz-based crystals, oscillators and
filters for use in wireless, wired telephony, military, satellite and other
communications applications.  Information regarding OFCG's products is
available on the web sites http://www.telequarz.de and http://www.ofc.com or via e-mail
through info@telequarz.de or sales@ofc.com.
    Oak Industries Inc. is a leading manufacturer of highly engineered
components that it designs and sells to manufacturers and service providers in
the communications and other selected industries.  Oak's communications
components consist primarily of frequency control devices used in wireless
base stations and telecommunications applications, connectors for broadband
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networks and DWDM fiber-optic components for high bandwidth telecommunications
networks.  Information regarding Oak Industries Inc. is available at
http://www.oakind.com.