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Hardide Coatings USA now aerospace ready
Hardide Coatings USA now aerospace ready.
About this update from Hardide Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 3660U Hardide PLC 12 July 2018 \n\n12 July 2018\nHardide plc\n(\"Hardide\" or \"the Group\" or \"the Company\")\n \n \nHardide Coatings, USA, now aerospace ready with award of\nAS 9100D certification\n \nHardide (AIM: HDD), the developer and provider of advanced surface coating technology, is pleased to announce that it is now certified to coat aerospace, defence and space industry components in the USA.\n \nThe Company's production facility in Martinsville, Virginia has been awarded the aerospace standard AS 9100D quality management standard by global certifying body, Lloyds Register. This follows the award of the AS 9100D certification to its UK production site in Bicester, Oxfordshire in December 2017. This award strengthens Hardide USA's potential to generate significant new contracts with blue chip defence and aerospace manufacturers across the region.\n \nRevision D of AS 9100 includes an increased focus on senior management commitment, risk management and product safety requirements. It is a complement to ISO 9001:2015 quality management standard and is specifically designed to meet rigorous aerospace industry requirements and enhance product safety and quality.\n \nPhilip Kirkham, CEO of Hardide commented: \"We are very proud to have achieved this exacting standard which opens up the North American aerospace market to us. We have recently added to our business development team in the US and now have a dedicated North America VP of Business Development who will concentrate on high-tech markets in the region, including aerospace. We are already involved with several major military and civil aerospace players with early stage tests and development programmes underway.\n \nThis award illustrates our commitment as a company to reach the very highest levels of quality and to continuously improving our processes and facilities.\"\n \n\n\n\nEnquiries:\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \nHardide plc\nPhilip Kirkham, CEO\nJackie Robinson, Communications Manager\n\n\n \n \nTel: +44 (0) 7711 281915 \[email protected]\n\n\n\n\n \nIFC Advisory\nGraham Herring / Heather Armstrong / Florence Chandler\n\n\n \nTel: +44 (0) 20 3934 6630\n\n\n\n\n \nfinnCap\nHenrik Persson / James Thompson / Matthew Radley\n\n\n \nTel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500 ...