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For Immediate Release
Iomega Announces ISO 9001:2000 Certification
For Its Sites In U.S., Canada, and Latin America
SAN DIEGO,
October 27, 2003 Iomega Corporation (NYSE:
IOM), a global leader in data storage, today announced
that it has received ISO 9001:2000 certification
for its operations in the U.S., Canada, and Latin
America.
The ISO 9001:2000 quality management
certification means that a company meets the required
standard in the processes it uses to accomplish its
work and deliver goods or services. The new standard,
introduced in December 2000, consolidates three previous
ISO designations: ISO 9001, ISO 9002, and ISO 9003.
Iomega had earned ISO 9001:1994 certification in 1999.
“Iomega is delighted to receive
ISO 9001:2000 certification, a standard that is recognized
and respected worldwide, and the employees of Iomega
are more committed than ever to continuing excellence
in our quality management processes,” said Wayne
Miller, vice president of operations and ISO management
representative, Iomega Corporation.
About Iomega
Iomega Corporation provides easy-to-use, high value
storage solutions to help people protect, secure,
capture
and share their valuable digital information. Iomega’s
award-winning storage products include the popular Zip® 100MB,
250MB and 750MB drives, high-performance Iomega
HDD Portable Hard Drives Iomega
HDD Desktop Hard Drives, the Iomega
Mini USB Drive, Iomega
external CD-RW drives, Iomega
DVD drives and the Iomega
Floppy USB-Powered Drive. Iomega simplifies data
protection and sharing at home and in the workplace
with Iomega
Automatic Backup software, Iomega
Sync software, HotBurn® CD-recording
software, and Active
Disk technology. For networks, Iomega
NAS servers offer capacities of 160GB to 1.4TB.
For unlimited capacity and anytime, anywhere access,
Iomega offers iStorage™ secure online
storage. Iomega also offers businesses and
consumers a comprehensive data
recovery services solution for recovering lost
data due to hardware failure, file corruption or media
damage. The Company can be reached at 1-888-4-IOMEGA
(888-446-6342), or on the Web at www.iomega.com.
Note:
Any statements contained in this release regarding
development, production and distribution of the Iomega
product, anticipated product pricing and availability,
expected product performance and specifications,
future applications for any new product and all other
statements that are not purely historical, are forward
looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All such
forward looking statements are based upon information
available to Iomega as of the date hereof, and Iomega
disclaims any intention or obligation to update any
such forward looking statements. Actual results could
differ materially from current expectations. Factors
that could cause or contribute to such differences
include, but are not limited to, the successful completion
of product development and testing, market acceptance
of, and demand for, the Iomega product, any difficulties
encountered in ramping up production or other manufacturing
issues, including component availability and pricing,
co-development, production, and distribution issues,
agreements with third party suppliers, product pricing
and conformity to specifications, dependence upon
third party suppliers, competition, intellectual
property rights and other risks and uncertainties
identified in the reports filed from time to time
by Iomega with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
including Iomega's Annual Report on Form 10 K for
the year ended December 31, 2002, and its most recent
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Copyright© 2003 Iomega Corporation.
All rights reserved. Iomega, Zip, Active Disk, iStorage
and HotBurn are either registered trademarks or trademarks
of Iomega Corporation in the United States and/or other
countries. Certain other product names, brand names
and company names may be trademarks or designations
of their respective owners.
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