Hunter Highlights Vol. 135

Hunter Quality Management is Certified by DaimlerChrysler

Oliver Kern (right, foreground) the DaimlerChrysler executive responsible for QMW 1.0 is pictured here with Hunter’s St. Louis assembly plant manager Tony Campanella during the recent quality management audit. On-site inspections of Hunter’s quality management processes in the St. Louis and Mississippi production plants, product design and engineering, and training areas were part of the audit.

For a third consecutive evaluation period, Hunter has earned the DaimlerChrysler AG Certificate for Quality Management for Workshop Equipment 1.0. According to the Stuttgart-based Service Engineering branch of DaimlerChrysler, Hunter earned the “maximum” or “...almost maximum number of points awarded for each of the individual [evaluation] process elements.” Hunter’s 2007 score of 93 percent eclipsed its previous record score of 91 percent in 2004. Fifty percent is required to pass. The QMW 1.0 program extends the DaimlerChrysler’s process of continuous improvement of quality to its equipment and service providers. Hunter became the first U.S. company to earn the Certificate in 2000 and remains the only company outside of Germany to have done so.

Autopromotec 2007 — Bologna, Italy

Drawing industry professionals from throughout the world the biennial Autopromotec Exhibition is a key venue for Hunter’s International Sales and Marketing staff. Attendees will find a full range of Hunter export products on display at the exhibit of Pogliani & Rivolta S.p.A., the distributor of Hunter products in Italy. The 2007 exhibit was one of largest and most diverse displays of Hunter equipment ever shown at the event.