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International Standards Organization and the reasons behind private sector, voluntary consensus-based standardization of product claims. The American Society for Testing & Materialssponsored event was led by the U.S. Technical Advisory Group chairmen who serve on all major ISO TC-207 subcommittees.

ISO 9000 has already generated tremendous interest, including a flurry of recent books such as "The ISO 9000 Book: A Global Competitor's Guide to Compliance & Certification," "Taking Care of Business: How to Become More Efficient and Effective Using ISO 9000," "The ISO 9000 Implementation Manual: Ten Steps to ISO 9000 Implementation," "ISO 9000: Meeting the New International Standards," and "ISO 9000 Answer Book."

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Inter-City Products Corp., La Vergne, Tn., broke ground on a new 505,400 sq. ft., $12.5 million distribution center in Lewisburg, Tn.

Foxworth-Galbraith Lumb er Co., Dallas, Tx., donated $5,000 to Habitat for Humanity on behalf of its Sherman and Whitesboro, Tx., Building Projects Centers

Lowe's, Asheboro, N.C., donated $1,000 to the local Christian United Outreach Center, while the Florence, S.C.. store won Best Garden Center in the 1994-95 Best of Florence

Peerless Faucet Co. was named Home Quarters Warehouse's top supplier ...

Pelican Building Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C., constructed a water garden featuring a waterfall at a local home show

Southern pine exports rose 57o last year to 357 million bd. ft.; the value of the shipments climbed l4%o to $238 milllion

Kitchen cabinet sales in Jan. 1995 rose 9.77o over Jan. 1994; stock cabinets were up ll.7Vo, custom cabinets downO.4Vo.

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