Volume 8 · Issue 1 · January 2003

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Italian Fairs: World Showcases for ISO 9000/ISO 14001

Virginia Shuey Vergani writes that a stroll through an Italian fair may make you think twice about the irrelevance or unimportance of QMSs and EMSs and their registrations to the consumer. Vergani reports on four companies that produce consumer-oriented products and hold registrations to ISO 9001/2 and/or ISO 14001—the largest designer and manufacturer of leather sofas, one of the leading manufacturers of office furniture, Bolla wineries and a small, exclusive Sicilian winery.