Kason Corporation has received ISO 9001:2000 quality system certification for its Millburn, NJ,manufacturing plant.

"Kason is the only major U.S.-based screener manufacturer to be ISO-certified," says Christopher Stone, VP Manufacturing,adding, "The system has yielded the highest attainable quality at lower cost through improved materials monitoring,vendor screening, personnel accountability and other measures since it's implementation at the USA manufacturing facility in March 2001."

Recent ISO 9001:2000 standards contain a variety of upgrades,among them a greater emphasis on the role of top management and of customers in continual monitoring and improvement of the quality management system.