(source: Glas-Weld press release)

Glas-Weld Systems, headquartered in Bend, Ore. has announced that it has been accepted to participate in a year-long training workshop for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

The Baldrige Award is given by the President of the United States to businesses-manufacturing and service, small and large-and to education and health care organizations that apply and are judged to be outstanding in seven areas:

The Baldrige program's goals are to increase public awareness of the need for a systems approach to improvement and sharing quality and performance improvement strategies.

Mike Boyle, president of Glas-Weld Systems stated, "It has been a lifelong goal of mine to become involved in a company that strives to meet the Baldrige criteria for quality and excellence. We will be working very hard over the next year to adapt and fine tune these criteria in order to continually improve our systems and processes. Our end goal is to make this philosophy a part of our every day business."

For more information about Glas-Weld Systems visit www.glasweld.com or call 800/321-2597.