EDINA, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PGC, a worldwide provider of advanced polymer parts and services has earned AS9100C Certification. Achieving this international standard in the aviation, space and defense industries signifies that PGC meets the quality management standards required to provide mission-critical products and services for aerospace and defense manufacturers.
“Being AS9100C compliant confirms our commitment to our aerospace and defense customers and the industry,” said Dan Harvey, Chief Operating Officer of PGC. “We’re participating at the highest level providing best practices for total quality, regulatory compliance and the safety and reliability of mission-critical products and services.”
Last year PGC began upgrading its existing ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System to comply with the requirements of AS9100C. Major aerospace and defense manufacturers worldwide require this certification from their suppliers as a condition of competing for their contracts.
“The process has driven our organizational performance to a new level,” said PGC’s Juan Macias, Director of Engineering and Continuous Improvement. “Our certification is designed to meet stringent, complex and unique demands of defense and commercial aerospace, and is based on a number of quality management principles including: a strong customer focus, the motivation and implication of top management, a process approach and continual improvement.”
For over 60 years, PGC has served as a partner to a global provider of defense and security products—developing components from an elastomer coaming seal for a US Navy ship deck to an up-armored HMMWV vehicle window seal designed to save lives during combat. PGC provides technical and engineering support in the areas of sound and vibration control, adhesive fastening, gaskets & seals and EMI/RFI shielding.
ABOUT PGC: PGC is a worldwide provider of advanced polymer parts and services that provides brand leading OEMs with C-class critical, technical solutions to improve product performance and help them compete. PGC is a technology-driven company committed to sharing knowledge not taught in schools and delivering customer success whose work is linked to aerospace and military, heavy duty vehicle, electronic, fluid handling and medical industries. Since 1950, PGC has delivered innovative products of superior quality built on a 4D business process, application expertise in sound and vibration control, adhesives fastening, gaskets and EMI thermal control application technologies (S.A.G.E) and a tradition of integrity. www.pgc-solutions.com
ABOUT AS9100 REV. C: AS9100 Revision C is a robust assessment of a company's internal processes. It focuses on supplier management, on-time delivery, product conformity and risk management. It was prepared by the International (Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific) Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) representing a broadly supported cooperative organization formed to make significant quality improvements and cost reductions throughout the value stream. Among the various stakeholders are: civil aviation authorities, defense and space industry and authorities, certification/registration bodies, trade associations and IAQG member companies (e.g. Boeing, Airbus, Bell, Bombardier).
