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ALBANY DOOR SYSTEMS HIRES DAVID LEACH TO LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE INITIATIVES

Lawrenceville, GA - Lawrenceville, Ga., August 2010 – Albany Door Systems announces that David Leach has joined its Americas business unit as Quality Manager. In his new role, Leach will have responsibility for all quality assurance and customer satisfaction activities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Working with sales, marketing, engineering and manufacturing, Leach will head up the integration of companywide quality and strategic lean initiatives. Additionally, he will lead continuous improvement of product quality, product reliability and business systems including sharing of best practices and world class operations.

“The effectiveness of our internal quality systems is critical to differentiating Albany Door Systems in the marketplace, because it helps us manufacture products that consistently meet and exceed our customers’ expectations. Our quality systems, best practices and work class lean operations also are critical in bringing continuous value to our shareholders,” says Leach. “I look forward to working with the Albany Door Systems team to enhance our leadership position in providing high performance, safe, quality and reliable high speed doors.”

“David brings a wealth of diverse experience in quality assurance to his new role. He’s worked with entrepreneurs, mid-size companies, and Fortune 500 corporations, so he understands customers at every level. In addition, he’s a Lean Six Sigma engineer. He is a great addition to our leadership team,” says Mike Wieland, general manager of Albany Door Systems.

Prior to joining Albany Door Systems, Leach was with L-3 Communications Displays Systems, where he performed roles in quality assurance, field reliability, and system safety engineering for leading edge military and commercial avionics. He also has held manufacturing management positions with a medical device company and in the telecommunications industry, where he led Lean Six Sigma process/product improvement initiatives in the areas of optical cable manufacturing and fiber optic manufacturing.

Leach earned his Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering from West Virginia University and graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Master’s degree in Engineering. Additionally, he is an ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt.

About Albany Door Systems

Albany Door Systems invented the RapidRoll fabric door in the late 1960s. This revolutionary high-speed roll up door became the benchmark that started the industrial high speed rolling door industry.

Today, Albany Door Systems is the global leader in the high speed and high performance industrial door market. Albany Door Systems manufactures custom door solutions for a variety of interior and exterior door applications and industries such as Cold Storage, Food Manufacturing, Access Control and Security, Parking Facilities, Heavy Equipment Storage, Waste Management, Utilities, Airports, Fire Stations, Post Offices, Beverage and Dairy Plants, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and Environment Protection to name a few. Albany Door Systems helps organizations lower maintenance costs, increase operational savings and enhance workflow, with reliable products and dependable service and maintenance. Visit http://www.albanydoorsystems.com/ Note to editors: Trademarks and registered trademarks referenced herein remain the property of their respective owners.

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Albany Door Systems
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