DENSO Earns ISO 14001 Certification at 35 Facilities Worldwide
27 April 2000
DENSO Earns ISO 14001 Certification at 35 Facilities Worldwide
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., April 26 Thirty-five DENSO facilities
worldwide have earned ISO 14001 certification thus far. Nine others are
currently undergoing the certification process.
ISO 14001, a totally voluntary worldwide standard of excellence for
environmental management, promotes the establishment and certification of
environmental management systems (EMS) that proactively identify and address
issues of potential environmental significance.
Tony Takeuchi, president of DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO's
North American headquarters, said, "By voluntarily adopting ISO 14001, DENSO
is making a commitment that it will not only comply with environmental
regulations, but that it will also implement a series of measures to lessen
its potential impact on the environment."
Currently, 14 of the 21 companies in the North American DENSO Group, are
certified.
North American DENSO companies already certified include:
* DENSO International America, Inc., Southfield, Mich.;
* DENSO Manufacturing Michigan, Inc., Battle Creek, Mich.;
* DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee, Inc., Maryville, Tenn.;
* DENSO Sales California, Inc., Long Beach, Calif.;
* DENSO Mexico, S.A. de C.V., Apodaca, Nuevo Leon;
* Michigan Automotive Compressor, Inc., Jackson, Mich.;
* Purodenso Company, Jackson, Tenn.;
* Associated Fuel Pump Systems Corporation, Anderson, S.C.;
* American Industrial Manufacturing Services, Inc., Murrieta, Calif.;
* ASMO North Carolina, Inc., Statesville, N.C.;
* ASMO Greenville of North Carolina, Inc., Greenville, N.C.;
* ASMO Manufacturing, Inc., Battle Creek, Mich.;
* ASMO Appalachian Corporation, Mt. Airy, N.C.
* Automotive Motors of Thomasville, Inc., Thomasville, N.C.
Takeuchi added, "DENSO's participation in the voluntary ISO 14001 process
is part of a focused worldwide corporate goal of environmental protection and
preservation set by its management in early 1997."