White Electronic Designs receives ISO 9001:2000 / AS9100B Certification for its quality management system

White Electronic Designs Corporation (NASDAQ:WEDC) today announced it has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 / AS9100B certification, demonstrating the company's conformance with internationally accepted quality standards for the commercial, defense and aerospace market segments.

"The aircraft and aerospace industries are quickly embracing AS9100B as a means of improving quality and on-time delivery within their supply chain," said Hamid Shokrgozar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for White Electronic Designs Corporation. "We are very proud to offer the added assurance of the ISO 9001:2000 / AS9100B certification to our customers."

AS9100B consists of the requirements of the ISO 9001:2000 standard plus additional requirements that are common within the aerospace industry, including: configuration management, provisions for planning and measurement of key characteristics, material traceability, control of process nonconformities and first article inspection.

In addition to ISO 9001:2000 / AS9100B status, WEDC has received Class K certification for its Phoenix, Arizona facility, the highest reliability level prescribed by MIL-PRF-38534. In 2007, the company received the James S. Cogswell Award, the most prestigious honor in the industrial security field.