Richardson Electronics, Ltd

Electronic News, August 3, 1998 by Bernard Levine, Heidi Elliott, Ann Steffora

Richardson Electronics, Ltd. (LaFox, Ill. USA) said its offices in Sesto Fiorentino, Italy, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, have achieved ISO 9000 certification. Richardson Electronics Italy Srl achieved ISO 9002 certification through an audit by Rina-Quager. Richardson Electronics Benelux (Amsterdam) achieved both ISO 9001 certification for its medical X-ray tube reloading station and ISO 9002 certification for its medical distribution warehouse in the same office. TUV Product Service GmbH performed the Amsterdam office's quality systems audit.

Also, The Eimac Division of Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) named Richardson Electronics, Ltd. as its representative for the sale of its entire product line to selected international territories.

The areas covered in this new agreement are Central and South America, as well as the Pacific Rim countries of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. For more than two decades Richardson has been an authorized worldwide distributor of Eimac power grid tubes. Richardson will now act as a commissioned representative and distributor in the newest agreement between the companies.

Previously, customers in these territories were handled by CPI directly or by other agents assigned by CPI. The Eimac Division of Communications & Power Industries, Inc. manufactures power vacuum electron devices for radio and television transmitters, as well as for radar, industrial heating and processing, medical and scientific applications, located in San Carlos, Calif.