Allied updates ISO certification.Allied Metal Co., Chicago, has announced that its quality management system is now compilant with ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 standards set by the International Organization for Standardization International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Organization for determining standards in most technical and nontechnical fields. Founded in Geneva in 1947, its membership includes more than 100 countries. . A certificate of compliance was recently issued to Allied Metal Co., a smelter of secondary zinc and aluminum alloys, by QMI QMI Quality Management Institute QMI Quick Marketing Intelligence QMI Quality Management International, Inc. QMI Quick Marketing Information of Cleveland, and is valid for three years. The certification replaces a previous ISO 9002 registration. ISO compliance represents Allied Metal's voluntary agreement to adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. internationally recognized standards of quality management practices. The approval process involves a rigorous independent audit, company President David Fink says. He adds that meeting the strict standards of ISO 9001:2000 will enable Allied to provide the highest quality products and services to its customers. Allied Metal has supplied die casters casters the small rubber wheels on surgical trolleys, patient stretchers, mobile equipment. conductive casters the casters are impregnated with carbon to facilitate the dispersal of static electricity from equipment. and foundries since 1953 with metallic alloys smelted largely from scrap metal. "As we plan for our future, ISO certification is a necessary part of conducting business and demonstrating our ongoing commitment to quality in meeting customers' production needs," says Michael Gilford, Allied Metal Co.'s vice president of sales. |
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