• Quality comes first: To achieve customer satisfaction, the quality of our products and services must be our number one priority.

• Customers are the focus of everything we do: Our work must be done with our customers in mind, providing better products and services than our competition.

• Continuous improvement is essential to our success: We must strive for excellence in everything we do: in our products, in their safety and value- and in our services, our human relations, our competitiveness, and our profitability.

• Employee involvement is our way of life: We are a team. We must treat each other with trust and respect.

• Suppliers are our partners: The company must maintain mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers, and our other business associates.

• Integrity is never compromised: The conduct of our Company must be pursued in a manner that is socially responsible and commands respect for its integrity and for its positive contribution to society. Our doors are open to men and women alike without discrimination and without regard to origin.