Affiliations And Awards   AFFILIATIONS:   American Foundrymen's Society (AFS) Canadian Tooling Manufacturer's Association, Member since 1991 DieCasting Development Council (DDC), member since inception North American Die Casting Association, Charter Member since 1989 Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) AWARDS:   Chrysler Corporation annual PENTASTAR Award, receipient since 1990 Daimler-Chrysler Award for Significant Improvement Deploying CATIA/VPM Solutions GM Saturn Corporation & UAW Outstanding Achievement Award TESTIMONIALS:   Charles M. Waldon , President and C.E.O. of the J. L. French Corporation May 4, 1999. " ...I believe it is appropriate to recognize the superb effort your organization put forth to support our needs and our customer's needs as well...From the outset your design group was open to our unique ideas and adapted very well to dealing with a completely new customer under very tight time constraints...(the die) has proven to be very reliable under the rigours of our increasing demands...Every one of the nine tools was right on schedule...I also appreciate your service team of engineers and toolmakers who came to our facility to help train our tool room personnel in die assembly, die handling, and die set-up...We, here at J.L. French, are looking forward to the next challenge we can conquer together. " Sincerely, J.L. French Corporation (signed) Charles M. Waldon President & C.E.O. Randy Wolniewicz , Director of Die Engineering of Doehler-Jarvis October 10, 1996. " ...This is a letter of appreciation for the fantastic job that you, your staff and your employees have done on the die program. We appreciate the long hours that everyone in your organization has worked to pull the die deliveries ahead in order for Doehler-Jarvis to meet our customer's requirements. I have never worked with a group of individuals that are so committed to design excellence, customer satisfaction, the attention to details and quality if work...Once again this could not have been accomplished without the fantastic support of everyone within your organization and I want to congratulate everyone on this fantastic job!! " Sincerely, Randy Wolniewicz (signed) Director of Die Engineering Richard L. Smith , Tool Engineering Manager of Chrysler Corporation September 11, 1991. " Chrysler Kokomo Casting Plant would like to express our appreciation to all of you at EXCO Engineering...(you showed) professionalism during the initial concept stages, engineering, (and) die build as well as (in) the training you have provided....Thank you for your continuous support. We are confident that this type of program helped us both 'To Be The Best'. " Sincerely, Richard L. Smith (signed) Tool Engineering Manager (Chrysler Corporation) T. H. Norman , Director of Facilities, Equipment & Service Procurement at Chrysler Corporation December 23, 1992. " It is my pleasure to congratulate you and your employees for achieving Chrysler Corporation's QUALITY EXCELLENCE AWARD...You are receiving this award based on your demonstrated commitment to quality excellence for the commodities and services you supplied Chrysler. This distinction was earned by achieving superior levels of performance in the areas of: Quality and Customer Satisfaction, Delivery/Project Completion, Technology and Engineering Service, and Price....We at Chrysler are proud to have you as one of the team players in our efforts to continually improve and meet our mutual goal of defect-free products... " Sincerely, T. H. Norman (signed) Director Facilities, Equipment & Service Procurement (Chrysler Corporation)