PLANO, TX--(Marketwire - June 7, 2010) - Lineage Power Corporation, a Gores Group company and the first name in power, today announced it is the recipient of the 2009 Quality Excellence Award from Huawei, a leading telecom solutions supplier. This marks the second consecutive supplier award given to Lineage Power by Huawei, who named Lineage a "Core Partner" in December 2009.
"The Huawei Supplier Quality Excellence Award recognizes manufacturing partners that support Huawei's goal of offering quality products and service to our customers," said Bengjamin Peng, Huawei Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer. "Thanks to the strong support and delivery of excellent products from partners like Lineage Power, Huawei has achieved significant global success with the deployment of our 4G telecommunications solutions. We are pleased to name Lineage Power a supplier of excellence for their significant efforts in quality of both products and services."
"We are honored to receive this award from Huawei, and remain committed to delivering the industry-leading customer experience that they have come to expect," said Craig Witsoe, CEO of Lineage Power. "As Huawei develops more telecommunications solutions to support global demand for Mobile Internet smartphones, tablet computers and other high-bandwidth devices, component quality and reliability will remain important, not only to telecom infrastructure providers but to their customers."
About Huawei
Huawei is a leading telecom solutions provider, owned entirely by its employees. Through continuous customer-centric innovation, Huawei has established end-to-end advantages in Telecom Network Infrastructure, Application & Software, Professional Services and Devices. With comprehensive strengths in wireline, wireless and IP technologies, Huawei has gained a leading position in the All-IP convergence age. Huawei's products and solutions have been deployed in over 100 countries and have served 45 of the world's top 50 telecom operators, as well as one third of the world's population. Learn more at http://www.huawei.com.
About Lineage Power
Lineage Power Corporation, a Gores Group company, traces its 95+ year heritage of patented innovation to AT&T, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies and Western Electric. The first name in power, Lineage delivers reliable and intelligent power conversion solutions with energy-efficient AC-DC power supplies, DC-DC board-mounted power modules, telecom energy systems, and custom power products backed by local field expertise in 25+ locations worldwide. Designed for decades of non-stop operation, the high-availability DC power conversion solutions enable voice, video and data communications while assuring investment protection, total system efficiency, and significantly reduced total cost of ownership. More information about Lineage hardware, software, services and training is available at www.lineagepower.com.
About The Gores Group, LLC
Founded in 1987 by Alec E. Gores, The Gores Group LLC is a private equity firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. The firm combines the operational expertise and detailed due diligence capabilities of a strategic buyer with the seasoned M&A team of a traditional financial buyer. The Gores Group, LLC has become a leading investor having demonstrated over time a reliable track record of creating substantial value in its portfolio companies alongside management. The firm's current private equity fund has committed equity capital of $2.7 billion. Headquartered in Los Angeles, The Gores Group, LLC maintains offices in Boulder, CO, and London. For more information, please visit www.gores.com.
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