Thalwil, Switzerland -- July 6th, 2007 -- u-blox AG, the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, announced today that it has successfully gained ISO 9001: 2000 certification, confirming its strong commitment to quality.

ISO 9001 is the internationally recognized standard for business quality management, encompassing all of the processes that organizations use to create and control the products and services that they provide. It provides a rigorous framework for instituting and optimizing processes that helps improve quality, productivity and efficiency by examining all processes of a company.

"ISO 9001: 2000 certification reflects our process driven approach to innovation, production and change management," said Jean-Pierre Wyss, u-blox Executive Vice-President, Production and Finance. "This emphasis translates into improved product quality and reliability, optimized cost structures, greater on-time delivery and ultimately, greater customer satisfaction".

Thomas Seiler, u-blox CEO, added: "This standard is a customer-focused measure of quality that tells our customers that they can be confident they are working with a reliable GPS provider operating with the very best practices and processes in the industry. We take great pride in this achievement."

 

About u-blox

u-blox is an international company headquartered in Switzerland, with sales organizations in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Founded in 1997, u-blox develops leading positioning technology, products and services based on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), including GPS and Galileo, for the automotive and mobile communications markets. For more information, please visit www.u-blox.com.

u-blox Contacts

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