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News Release from: NKE Austria | Subject: NKE Austria - quality award, bearings
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 April 2006
Bearing manufacturer gains Austria
Quality Seal
Austrian bearing maker NKE Austria has received the Austria Quality Seal - awarded to enterprises by the Austrian association for the promotion of quality after successful quality inspections.
Austrian bearing manufacturer NKE Austria has recently received the Austria Quality Seal The accredited quality seal is awarded to Austrian enterprises by the Austrian association for the promotion of quality (OQA) after successful quality inspections
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 29 Mar 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Quality Seal bearers receive with the commendation a certificate as proof of the distinguished quality of their products and services.
A guarantee for high quality for the past 60 years, the Austria Quality Seal is awarded to products with an Austrian value-added component of at least 50 percent, including the costs of raw materials, semi-finished products, accessories and expertise.
The quality criteria cover all important product properties.
Using the Quality Seal, the bearer commits to fulfilling the quality criteria and to comply with the terms of use as stated in the OQA's regulations.
"At NKE, quality has top priority and is the cornerstone of our success.
The Austria Quality Seal is an acknowledgement of this philosophy," explained Harald Zerobin, joint managing director of NKE.
* About NKE Austria - NKE Austria is a bearing manufacturer with headquarters in Steyr, Austria.
Founded in 1996, NKE offers both standard and special bearings for all industrial applications.
NKE's core functions - engineering, product development, final processing of components, assembly, quality assurance, logistics, and sales and marketing - are centralised at its Steyr headquarters.
The site is accredited to ISO 9001:2000 (design, development, production and distribution of bearings), ISO 14001 and EMAS (environmental management).
Its wide range of standard bearings is available from stock or at short production lead-times.
It also provides tailored products and solutions.
In addition to product and application development, NKE also provides a full range of technical services, consulting, documentation and training.
NKE's products are distributed through 13 international representative offices and more than 250 distribution outlets in over 50 countries.
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