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Industry News
March 2015 15
WESPA receives ISO 9001 certification
SIMONDS Saw has announced that its
European bandsaw blade technology
partner, WESPA®, has received ISO
9001 quality certification. WESPA is a
manufacturer of sawing tools, providing
customised solutions and sawing
products, including a range of carbon
and bi-metal band saw blades for
Simonds’ European and North American
markets.
“WESPA has been our partner for
twenty years and has always followed
stringent quality control measures
to provide the highest product and
service quality,” said Jim Holston, vice
president of operations for Simonds.
“We are extremely pleased that their
facility has been recognised with the
ISO 9001 quality management system
designation.”
Christof Peter, quality manager and
ISO 9001 project champion for WESPA,
said, “It was a two-year project to work
through the necessary steps to become
ISO 9001 certified, and the result was
well worth the time invested. Customer
confidence in our products is now
further increased because the ISO 9001
certification is an industry-recognised
standard which is third-party audited.”
Simonds also manufactures industrial
bandsaw products in North America
under a stringent quality system, and
has been ISO 9001 certified since
1993.
Mr Holston said, “ISO 9001 is an
excellent process to identify non-
conformances and implement corrective
actions, resulting in improved quality
and reliability. Simonds was the first US
saw blade manufacturer to attain ISO
9001 certification.”
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