Kopin® Corporation
(NASDAQ: KOPN), one of the world’s largest
manufacturers of high-resolution microdisplays for consumer and military
applications, today announced that its U.S. display operations have
achieved a key milestone for quality management system –
certification to the International Organization for Standardization ISO
9001:2000 Standard.
“Our military and commercial customers place a
premium on our ability to consistently manufacture products that meet
the most rigorous performance standards,” said
President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. John C.C. Fan. “With
this certification, all of our primary manufacturing and engineering
locations around the world, including our HBT (heterojunction bipolar
transistor) operations and our Korean display facility, are now ISO
9001:2000 compliant. Our success in attaining this goal reflects our
strong commitment to delivering the world’s
highest quality display and HBT products.”
About ISO 9001:2000
ISO 9001:2000 specifies requirements for a quality management system
with the ultimate goal of enhancing customer satisfaction. The standard
provides a system of practices and principles for an organization to
consistently provide products that meet customer and applicable
regulatory requirements.
About the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
ISO, a non-governmental organization, is the world's largest developer
and publisher of International Standards. ISO is a network of the
national standards institutes of 157 countries, one member per country,
with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the
system.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation produces lightweight, power-efficient, ultra-small
liquid crystal displays and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs)
that are revolutionizing the way people around the world see, hear and
communicate. Kopin has shipped more than 30 million displays for a range
of consumer and military applications including digital cameras,
personal video eyewear, camcorders, thermal weapon sights and night
vision systems. The Company's unique HBTs, which help to enhance battery
life, talk time and signal clarity, have been integrated into billions
of wireless handsets as well as into WiFi, VoIP and high-speed Internet
data transmission systems. Kopin's proprietary display and HBT
technologies are protected by more than 200 global patents and patents
pending. For more information, please visit Kopin's website at www.kopin.com.
Kopin, CyberDisplay, and The NanoSemiconductor Company are trademarks of
Kopin Corporation.
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this news release may be considered "forward-looking"
statements under the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These include statements relating to Kopin’s
strong commitment to delivering the world’s
highest quality display and HBT products. These statements involve a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited
to, potential claims or liability that could arise as a result of the
Company's restatement of its financial statements; and other risk
factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company's periodic
reports and registration statements filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the 12
months ended December 30, 2006. You should not place undue reliance on
any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which
they are made. The Company undertakes no responsibility to update any of
these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstance
occurring after the date of this report.
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