News

Inovar, Inc. Achieves ISO 13485:2003 Registration

For Immediate Release: April 26, 2005

Logan, Utah, Apr. 26, Inovar, Inc. recently became certified to the ISO 13485:2003 International Quality Management System standard for Medical Devices. Inovar, Inc. is the first Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider in the Rocky Mountain area to achieve this standard. This ISO standard is complimentary to, and often times more stringent than, the ISO 9001 standard. Inovar, Inc. is also registered to the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System standard, which alone represents a superior level of achievement.

Don Hall, auditor from Orion Registrars, noted, "It has been an extreme pleasure working with Inovar, Inc. as their auditor and being able to recommend them to be one of the first circuit board assembly organizations to be registered to ISO 13485:2003. At this time, this feat has not even been attempted by many medical device organizations, let alone by those not directly manufacturing medical devices.”

This registration demonstrates Inovar Inc.'s continual commitment to providing world-class quality, technology, and service.

About Inovar, Inc.

Inovar, Inc. is a leading Electronic Manufacturing Services provider dedicated to providing flexible solutions to Original Equipment Manufacturers in the fastest growing segments of the electronic industry. Inovar had a great 2004 and was nominated for “Best in State”, listed 38 th in the “Utah 100 Fastest Growing Companies” and Blake Kirby President/CEO was nominated for “Entrepreneur of the Year”. Inovar is the clear leader and partner of choice for electronic manufacturing services in the intermountain area.

About ISO 13485:2003

ISO 13485:2003 specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization needs to demonstrate its ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer requirements and regulatory requirements applicable to medical devices and related services. Further information regarding this standard is available at: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=36786&scopelist=.

For further information contact:

Don McFarland, Quality Manager
435-792-4949 x121
dmcfarland@inovar-inc.com