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[February 2004]
CoorsTek Scotland Facility Receives New Standard Approval
CoorsTek has announced the approval to the new ISO/TS-16949:2002 standard for automotive manufacturing for its Glenrothes facility in Fife, Scotland.
Specifically, the Quality Management System for this facility applies to machining and heat treating thick and thin film ceramic substrates for automotive industry components. A leading supplier to automotive component manufacturers, CoorsTek said it had taken compliance with the standard very seriously.
"Our work toward achieving the approval under the new standard is indicative of our commitment to continued leadership in the automotive components segment," said CoorsTek Chief Operating Officer Derek Johnson.
The company added that in what was by no means an easy task, the experienced quality team at Glenrothes had required only six months from project inception to final accreditation to this latest standard.
CoorsTek said that all its facilities comply with internationally recognised manufacturing and quality standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14000 and QS 9000 and use modern, best practice methods such as lean manufacturing, in-process inspection and parallel path development.
ENDS