Saint-Gobain Seals Meldin® Bristol Facility Certified with AS9100 International Quality Management Standard
Summary
Garden Grove, CA, April 03, 2015 --( Craig Danko, Plant Manager of the Meldin® Bristol site stated, “We are very proud of this certification and all the effort that our team put in to achieve it.Aerospace application examples include Meldin® 7021 bushing material on the slip joint system of the Delta IV Heavy Rocket and Meldin ® 5330 landing gear shock strut bearings and sliding rings used in the flight test program of a military and troop transport helicopter.Known as AS9100 in North America, EN9100 in Europe and JISQ9100 in Japan, the prestigious certification combines ISO 9001 quality standard specifications with over 75 additional aerospace-related requisites that not only promote safety and reliability but also exceed customer and regulatory requirements.Aerospace application examples include Meldin® 7021 bushing material on the slip joint system of the Delta IV Heavy Rocket and Meldin ® 5330 landing gear shock strut bearings and sliding rings used in the flight test program of a military and troop transport helicopter.The product lines are utilized in other industries such as automotive, electronics, life sciences and industrial.Saint-Gobain Seals’ other global sites in Garden Grove, California; and Kontich, Belgium have also maintained their high level of quality management, being AS9100 and EN9100 certified respectively.