VALENCIA, Calif.—Cicoil, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance cable assemblies, has received a 4-Star Supplier Excellence Award from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems for its quality and delivery performance in 2009. The award, recognizing Cicoil for its 100% quality score and 100% on-time delivery performance last year, was presented at a recent ceremony held at Gillette Stadium in Boston, Massachusetts.
Raytheon measures its suppliers on the basis of on-time delivery measures, sustained quality performance, and commitment to continuous process and quality improvement. The company reportedly uses Cicoil high-performance cable assemblies in many of its advanced missile systems, including the AIM-9X Sidewinder, RAM Missile, EKV, and Patriot Missile systems.
“Our unique high-flex cable assemblies provide an unprecedented level of technological capability for Raytheon’s missile products,” said Cicoil’s CEO Howard Lind, in a statement. “We are extremely pleased to be honored by Raytheon with this prestigious award. Raytheon has over 5,000 suppliers, and to be recognized as one of only 40 suppliers to receive a 4-Star Award is a tremendous achievement.”
Cicoil (www.cicoil.com) designs and manufactures unique, silicone-coated flat cables that are said to provide high flexibility and “extremely long life.” The company designs and manufactures its cable and cable assemblies in an automated, ISO 9001 and AS9100 certified facility in Valencia, California.
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