Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 28, 1990 TAG: 9003280078
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: GEORGE KEGLEY BUSINESS EDITOR
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The ITT Electro-Optical Products Division in Roanoke County and Hubbell Lighting Division at Christiansburg will receive certificates of merit in manufacturing.
Awards will be presented April 26 at the annual Productivity Award Workshop and Conference at the Radisson Mark Plaza Hotel in Alexandria. U.S. Sens. John Warner and Charles Robb of Virginia will be the hosts for the awards banquet.
The awards will be given in four categories: manufacturing, private sector service, state and federal agencies and local agencies.
A record 40 applications were submitted for the awards, established by a U.S. Senate resolution in 1982. The applications are coordinated by the Virginia Productivity Center at Virginia Tech and judged by an 18-member board.
Finalists in manufacturing are Abex Corp., Friction Products Division, Winchester; Ross Laboratories, Altavista; and AT&T Microelectronics, Richmond.
Service finalists are Wiley & Wilson, Lynchburg architects and engineers; AT&T Network Operations, Oakton; and the Wytheville newspaper.
State and federal agency finalists are the state Transportation Department, Naval Sea Support Center Atlantic, Portsmouth, and Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base. Radford schools was the only finalist in local agencies west of Lynchburg.
Of the 15 states with an established award program, Virginia has "by far the most widely implemented and highly developed," said Catherine Brooks, chairman of the state program. Brooks is director of quality management for Sprint International at Reston.
David B. Luther, senior vice president and quality director of Corning Inc., will give the keynote address at the conference. D. Scott Sink, director of the Productivity Center, will conduct a workshop on quality and productivity management on April 25.
by CNB