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News Release from: Anixter Adhesives | Subject: Aerospace accredited adhesives
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2007
Adhesives provider gains aerospace
accreditation
An expanding presence in the aerospace market has led an adhesives supplier to gain quality management system acceditation as an essential requirement.
Anixter Adhesives announces that it recently achieved its AS9120: 2002 accreditation - the Quality Management System requirement for aerospace stockist distributors This standard allows greater control and traceability across all products being supplied into the aerospace industry
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Compliance means that distributors have the ability to handle customer specific guidelines and provide customized services while maintaining a consistent level of quality throughout its operations.
Anixter's certification was driven by an expanding presence in the aerospace market, and has ultimately led to opportunities for growth within the industry.
This quality certificate is an essential requirement for any distributor within this market.
The accreditation process required Anixter to make some positive changes to procedures and for a standardization of others to be put into place.
These changes allowed Anixter to meet the criteria for both the AS9120 accreditation as well as the ISO9001 quality standard.
"AS9120 was a great achievement, but it was only the first step", said Dan Lynch, Anixter Adhesives general manager.
"The challenge now is to maintain it, stick to the procedures and keep improving them." * About Anixter - Anixter International is the world's leading distributor of communication products, electrical and electronic wire and cable and a leading distributor of fasteners and other small parts ("C" Class inventory components) to Original Equipment Manufacturers.
The company adds value to the distribution process by providing its customers access to 1) innovative inventory management programs; 2) more than 350,000 products and over US$900 million in inventory; 3) 212 warehouses with more than 5.5 million ft2 of space and 4) locations in 239 cities in 46 countries.
Founded in 1957 and headquartered near Chicago, Anixter trades on The New York Stock Exchange under the symbol AXE.
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