Inkjet & Digital Printing
EoPlex Receives ISO 9001 Certification
Thursday 29. January 2009 - EoPlex Technologies, the company that produces ceramic, metallic and polymeric components by a new low cost print-forming technology, announced today that it has been awarded a Certificate of Registration for operating a quality management system that complies with ISO 9001 requirements.
“This is a significant milestone for EoPlex,” stated Arthur L. Chait, EoPlex President and CEO. “It marks the transition of the company from the development stage to the commercial production stage. With the ISO certification, we will be able to open our first factory this quarter. The first products produced will be cell phone antennas with improvements in bandwidth, smaller size and lower cost. Our pipeline also includes energy saving products, electronic packaging, fuel cell parts and sensors for automotive, medical and other applications.”
The ISO 9001 registration certifies that the policies, practices and procedures of EoPlex Technologies and its manufacturing facility follow best practices for consistently designing and manufacturing quality products with the goal of total customer satisfaction. To become certified, EoPlex underwent a stringent evaluation process that ended with a multi-day, independent audit of its entire Quality Management System, including extensive document review and employee interviews to confirm compliance.
“Our preparation had to be as rigorous as the audit itself,” said Dr. Marvin Kilgo, Vice President of Operations and Engineering. “Since we are an early stage company, we had to work harder to make sure that our processes were at the same high level as our more established customers and vendors. We were able to achieve certification on the first try with no major flaws in our system and only a few minor flaws that our team fixed within days of the audit. A lot of the credit for this success goes to Michael Mackinder, who has been promoted to Manager of Quality Assurance for the entire company, and to J.J. Strahle, who has been promoted to Director of Operations for EoPlex.”