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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1989
"WISCONSIN SPECIALITY INDUSTRIAL FIRMS SUCH AS GLOBE-UNION, THE PILLAR CORPORATION, TWIN DISC, INC. AND HAMLIN, INC. MAINTAIN OFFICES IN HONG
KONG.
*JOHNSON WAXES AND TRANE AIR CONDITIONERS ARE COMMON WISCONSIN PRODUCTS IN HONG KONG.
"MANY SERVICE-RELATED COMPANIES FROM THE UPPER MID-WEST HAVE LARGE OPERATIONS IN HONG KONG.
"FIRMS SUCH AS 3-M, SENTRY INSURANCE, HONEYWELL, CONTROL AND THE AMERICAN APPRAISAL CO. HAVE SHARED IN AND CONTRIBUTED TO KONG'S DEVELOPMENT AS A TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CENTRE.
OF WISCONSIN'S TWO OVERSEAS TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT WAS ALSO LOCATED IN HONG KONG, HE NOTED.
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ALSO
DATA
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MIDWEST CHINA
OFFICIALS,
LATER TODAY, MR MCGLYNN WILL BE ADDRESSING THE CENTRE IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA AND HOLDING MEETINGS WITH BUSINESSMEN AND EDITORIAL EXECUTIVES.
HE WILL RETURN TO WISCONSIN AND MEET SIMILAR EXECUTIVES IN STATE CAPITAL, MADISON, ON THURSDAY.
THE
EMPHASIS ON QUALITY AND SAFETY IMPORTANT
OF LOW-COST DIRECTOR
HONG KONG IS MOVING AWAY FROM ITS OLD IMAGE, THAT PRODUCER OF SHODDY GOODS, BUT NOT FAST ENOUGH, THE ASSISTANT
ERNEST EVANS, SAID OF INDUSTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR QUALITY SERVICES, MR TODAY (TUESDAY).
AND SAFETY" NEEDED TO HE FELT THAT EMPHASIS ON "QUALITY PLACED IN THE BUSINESS OF PRODUCT MANUFACTURING FROM NOW ONWARDS.
BE
PRODUCTS
ADDRESSING PARTICIPANTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER SAFETY SYMPOSIUM, MR EVANS SAID HONG KONG HAD A NEED TO PRODUCE GOODS WHICH, WHEN PUT TO FAIR AND PROPER USE, WOULD NOT RENDER IT UNSAFE TO USER.
"SAFETY IS SYNONYMOUS TO QUALITY,
HE SAID.
FROM THE RECORDS THE INDUSTRY HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT
THE YEARS, QUALITY DEPARTMENT KEPT AND BASED ON FACTORY VISITS OVER
MANUFACTURING ASSURANCE WAS NOT BEING COMPREHENSIVELY APPLIED IN MOST PROCESSES.
/MR EVANS