Invotec awarded AS9100

Citation

(2010), "Invotec awarded AS9100", Circuit World, Vol. 36 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/cw.2010.21736bab.003

Invotec awarded AS9100

Article Type: Industry news From: Circuit World, Volume 36, Issue 2

Leading European manufacturers of high technology printed circuit boards (PCBs), Invotec Group, have been accredited to AS9100, the quality management standard specifically written for the aerospace industry.

The Certificate of Registration was presented at their Tamworth, UK, facility to Managing Director John Ennis by Dylan Parsons, Scheme Manager Aviation Space and Defence with BSI (Figure 1).

Figure 1 Presentation of AS9100 to Invotec Group

Acknowledging the tremendous contribution of the Tamworth workforce in attaining the AS9100 standard, Ennis commented that this was another step towards Nadcap approval, as part of Invotec’s commitment to the Supply Chain 21 programme.

He explained from Invotec’s perspective the significance of SC21, the change programme aimed at accelerating the competitiveness of the UK’s defence and aerospace industry by raising the quality performance of its supply chains. Of the output of the Tamworth factory, 70 per cent went directly to customers in the European aerospace and defence sector. Sales had grown by 11 per cent during 2009 despite the difficult economic climate, and the company was continuing to invest heavily in people, equipment and technology in order to support a growing demand for Invotec’s specialist services.

AS9100 and Nadcap were standards specifically adopted by SC21 to support continuous sustainable best practices across the industry. Nadcap brought an industry-managed approach to conformity assessment of “special processes”, of which Invotec used over 40 in the manufacture of some of their high-end products, and demanded robust procedures and critical process control.

Ennis declared “We make the most complex high-reliability PCBs manufactured in Europe and take enormous pride in the strength of engineering and manufacturing skills of our people.”