FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 20, 1999

Media Advisory

April 26-28 Conference to Showcase 1998 Baldrige Winners

Reporters are invited to attend the Quest for Excellence XI conference and hear the 1998 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award--Boeing Airlift and Tanker Programs, Long Beach, Calif.; Solar Turbines Inc., San Diego, Calif.; and Texas Nameplate Co. Inc., Dallas, Texas--present details of their exceptional business strategies and practices.

The conference takes place April 26-28, 1999, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road at Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. (The hotel is across the street from the Woodley Park/Zoo Metro stop on the Red Line.)

Information on the conference is available by calling the NIST Public and Business Affairs office at (301) 975-2762 or through the World Wide Web at www.quality.nist.gov/qexi/qexi-sked.htm. Information on the 1998 Baldrige Award recipients and the Baldrige National Quality Program is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.quality.nist.gov.

Reporters who are interested in arranging interviews with the 1998 Baldrige Award recipients should contact the following by April 23:

• Boeing Airlift and Tanker Programs, Larry Whitley, (562) 496-5197
• Solar Turbines, Wendy Swanson, (619) 544-2453
• Texas Nameplate Co. Inc., Scott Weber, (214) 428-8341