TWENTY FIVE GEORGIA COMPANIES RECEIVED AWARDS FROM GOV. ZELL MILLER APRIL 2 FOR MEETING ISO 9000 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS QUALIFICATIONS WHICH HE TERMED “THE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING SEAL OF APPROVAL IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE.”
THE AWARDS WERE GIVEN DURING A LUNCHEON HELD AT THE GEORGIA TECH CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS & QUALITY (CISQ) DURING WHICH MR. MILLER CALLED 1995 “A BANNER YEAR FOR GEORGIA EXPORTS.”
HE SAID THAT THE STATE’S EXPORTS REACHED $12.4 BILLION, UP 21% FROM 1994, AND WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR 240,000 STATE JOBS. THE GOVERNOR PRAISED FIRMS THAT EXPORTED BECAUSE THEY NOT ONLY MEET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, BUT KEEP UP WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO COMPETE ABROAD.
WAYNE CLOUGH, PRESIDENT OF GEORGIA TECH, GAVE MR. MILLER A MODEL OF GEORGIA TECH’S “RAMBLING WRECK” FOR HELPING “TO PREPARE GEORGIA INDUSTRY FOR TOMORROW’S WORLD.” MR. MILLER THEN EXCUSED HIMSELF FROM A LUNCHEON TO MEET WITH FORMER GOV. GEORGE BUSBEE AND CHINESE CLIENTS HE ASSURES ME MAY DO SOME BUSINESS HERE.”
THE CENTER WAS STARTED IN 1991 AND IS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE.
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