March 04, 2010: Boca Raton, FL: NRC Electronics announced today's reception of Tyco Fire & Safety's coveted "Global Supplier Day Award" - for providing excellent service and superior quality - over a very long period of time. The award was part of the "Sourcing Council Suppliers Day" that took place at the Boca Raton Hilton Hotel.

According to Tyco's Senior Manager, Kathy Chiera, "the interactive forum offered valued suppliers an opportunity to exchange ideas and share best practices to create a dynamic and cohesive supplier network."

At the same time, it recognized excellence amongst it's key core suppliers.

The following subjects that were addressed during the conference:

Corporate sourcing (Opex Initiatives), supplier expectations, strategic sourcing, SBU sourcing lead updates, life safety products, performance expectations and Lean Six Sigma.

According to NRC's VP of marketing, Eric Eisen, "this award recognizes NRC's consistent contribution of high-rated technical excellence in strategic sourcing and logistics. In addition, it shows NRC's ability to meet and exceed Tyco Fire & Safety's business requirements and quality standards, while providing excellent supply chain flexibility."

NRC competed with thousands of other corporate Tyco suppliers, to receive the award - which eventually came down to the top 60 suppliers.

Presenters from Tyco included George Oliver (President), Kathy Cheira (Senior Manager), Sharad Bohra (VP of Sourcing & OpEx), Shelley Stewart Jr. (Senior VP), Scott Clements (Presisent of Tyco Retail Solutions), Jeff McCarthy (Director of Global Sourcing), Doug Margraf (Strategic Sourcing Manager), Nelson Fu (General Manager), Steve Robins (Director of Strategic Sourcing), Paul Woodbury (General Operations Manager), Gopal Chandramowle (Director Mfg. Ops), Subash Dave (President) & other members of the Tyco Leadership Team.