Article: Perrin Manufacturing pins big hopes on ISO 9000. (Perrin Manufacturing Co.)

It becomes first plastic plant in state to get certification

To be, or not to be, "ISO 9000 certified"?

For greater numbers of Southland manufacturers, that is the question -- a sometimes expensive question, in terms of time and money.

Taking the plunge, City of Industry-based Perrin Manufacturing Co. has become the first plastic injection-molding plant in the state to become ISO 9000-certified.

"It means, for the first time, we document (on paper) our manufacturing process, the way we do things," said Patrick Perrin, president of Perrin Manufacturing, which makes paper towel dispensers of the type seen in commercial or industrial bathrooms, and ...

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