(Littelfuse: Chicago) -- A continous improvement team from the Littelfuse Inc. manufacturing facility in the Philippines leveraged its lean Six Sigma process to garner silver winner award honors at the American Society for Quality (ASQ) 2009 International Team Excellence Award competition at the World Conference on Quality and Improvement, in May.

For the Square Nano Project Team of Littelfuse’s Lipa facility, winning global recognition among such corporate heavyweights as Alcoa and The Boeing Co. capped its long-term efforts to resolve and improve a manufacturing process by using an arsenal of continuous improvement tools, including Six Sigma strategies and lean manufacturing techniques. More important, the Littelfuse team’s win focused worldwide attention on the manufacturer for its corporatewide commitment to best-in-class quality and customer service, says Dave Heinzmann, Littelfuse vice president of operations.

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