ARKADELPHIA,
ARKANSAS OCTOBER 23, 2001 –
The seventh annual Arkansas
Quality Award (AQA)
celebration was held October
23 at the Statehouse
Convention Center in Little
Rock. Governor Mike Huckabee
honored Scroll Technologies
with the "GOVERNOR’S
QUALITY AWARD". The
governor hosted the major
awards ceremony attended by
approximately 450 business and
civic leaders from throughout
the State of Arkansas. The
selection process was based on
the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award criteria. Scroll
Technologies had also been
recognized nationally in 1999
by Industry Week Magazine as
One of North America’s
"10 BEST PLANTS".
In
addition to the prestigious
Governor’s Quality Award, 32
other organizations were
presented the Quality
Achievement Award, the Quality
Commitment Award, or the
Quality Interest Award
depending on their level of
accomplishment. As
well as the recognition, each
organization receives written
feedback citing strengths and
areas that need improvement in
its quality management
program.
The Arkansas
Quality Award program was
created through a special
partnership between the State
of Arkansas and the private
business community. The
program’s goal has been to
encourage as many Arkansas
organizations as possible to
engage in continuous quality
improvement and to provide
significant recognition at its
awards celebration for
Arkansas organizations that
have demonstrated achievements
in the implementation of
quality principles and
practices. Based on the broad
representation of Arkansas
organizations attending the
October 23rd
celebration, the program has
met with statewide acceptance
by organizations who
understand the value of
quality in today’s
workplace.
"This
award process has been
designed to promote the use of
quality management principals.
The result is an improved
competitive position for
Arkansas business and industry
and an improved economic
climate for the state,"
said General Manager Rick Izor.
"For me personally, it is
a wonderful opportunity to
show special recognition for a
unique team of hard working
people at our plant in
Arkadelphia. This is really
their success story".
A team of AQA
examiners evaluated each
nominee. Businesses reported
performance metrics and
practices in such categories
as leadership, strategic
planning, customer and market
focus, information and
analysis, human resource
focus, process management and
business results. This
evaluation comes after a very
thorough application process
that requires many weeks of
preparation.
"Scroll
Technologies’ commitment to
this business improvement
process also includes special
volunteers from its
leadership, said Rick Izor.
Janna Gillespie and Dwayne
Parker devoted many hours as
AQA Examiners. These two
individuals exemplify the
quality and continuous
improvement efforts of Scroll
Technologies".
Scroll
Technologies compressor
manufacturing facility of
Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the
most advanced production plant
of its kind in North America.
Developed to set new standards
of excellence in the heating,
ventilating and air
conditioning industry, Scroll
Technologies is a joint
venture between Bristol
Compressor and Carrier’s
Carlyle Compressor companies.
The scroll compressor
manufactured here is sold
exclusively through these
partners as the Infinity for
Bristol and Millennium for
Carrier Carlyle. Bristol
Compressor is a division of
York International (NYSE:YRK)
and Carrier Carlyle is a
division of Carrier
Corporation, which is part of
United Technologies (NYSE:UTX)
. Carrier Corporation and York
International are two of the
largest HVAC equipment
manufacturers in the world.
"Our
owners have provided us with a
flexible, yet technically
advanced environment, where
the free flow of ideas and the
relentless pursuit of root
cause analysis is the normal
course of business each
day," said Izor.
"Together, this team will
enable us to achieve our
vision to lead compression
technology through people,
products and customer
satisfaction."
Formed as a
joint venture on May 3, 1995,
Scroll Technologies is
recognized as one of the
leaders in scroll compression
technology. The business
serves domestic and
international customers with
its state-of-the-art scroll
compressor. The plant and
headquarters are located in
Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
The
Chairman of the Board of the
Arkansas Quality Award program
is Dr. Doyle Williams,
Dean, Sam
Walton College of Business
Administration, University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
Organizations and companies
interested in participating in
the Arkansas Quality
Award program
should contact Arkansas
Quality Award Executive
Director Barbara Harvel at the
AQA office by
calling 501-373-1300 or
1-800-477-9330. The AQA office
is located at One
Chamber Plaza
in Little Rock or visit their
web page at
www.arkansas-quality.org.
