
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 28, 1993                   TAG: 9303260058
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: F-2   EDITION: METRO  
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QUALITY IS COUNCIL'S MAIN GOAL

The Western Virginia Quality Council was established by the Roanoke Regional Chamber of Commerce to champion principles of total quality management and to provide a forum for local companies to exchange ideas on quality. It also acts as a link among business, government, community groups and schools on matters of quality.

The council has committees dealing with planning its monthly meetings, recommending educational programs for area schools and colleges, establishing a speakers bureau, mentorship program and other communications links and creating a clearing house of resources dealing with quality.

The council is open to firms with quality programs or interest in beginning them. Membership in the chamber of commerce is not required for joining the quality council. Membership dues are $150 for firms with as many as 99 employees, $300 for outfits with 100 to 499 workers and $500 for companies with 500 or more employees.

More information is availble by calling the chamber of commerce, (703) 983-0700.

Here are the council's current members:

Brian Center, Fincastle

Better Packing Systems Inc., Salem

Carilion Health System, Roanoke

Couvrette Building Systems, Salem

Custom Wood Products Inc., Roanoke

Fibercom Inc., Roanoke

Gene Cook & Associates Inc., Roanoke

Graham White Manufacturing Co., Salem

Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern Inc., Roanoke

G.J. Hopkins Inc., Roanoke

Intricate Metal Forming Co. Inc., Roanoke

ITT Electro-Optical Products Division, Roanoke

Lawrence Transportation Systems Inc., Roanoke

Lees Carpets/Burlington Industries, Glasgow

L'eggs Products, Salem

Lewis-Gale Clinic Inc., Salem

Mount Regis Center, Salem

Newbern-Trane, Roanoke

Oakey Funeral Service, Roanoke

Roanoke County, Roanoke

Roanoke Times & World-News, Roanoke

Shenandoah Life Insurance Co., Roanoke

Timber Truss Housing Systems Inc., Roanoke

Vitramon Inc., Roanoke

Virginia Tech's Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Blacksburg

Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke

Virginia Transformer Corporation, Roanoke

Memo: ***CORRECTION***

by CNB