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SMTC Corp. received AS9100 Revision D accreditation at its Fremont, California facility. This international standard outlines best practices and rigorous quality management systems (QMS) that meet unique requirements for avionics, aerospace, and defense organizations. AS9100 Revision D requires strict adherence to quality and reliability standards, documentation and procedures, rigorous quality measurements and corrective actions to drive consistency in critical markets.
"By earning AS9100D certification SMTC can for the first time address the needs of customers in the avionics, aerospace, and defense industries, a multi-billion market," said Ed Smith, SMTC president and CEO. "Our team has deep experience delivering products in these markets and I am extremely proud of their dedication to providing best-in-class service and focus on making continuous improvements as SMTC expands our qualifications to now serve this world class customer base."
"AS9100 Revision D accreditation represents the first of several major initiatives in our ongoing effort to provide best-in-class service to an expanding base of customers," said Steve Brown, senior vice president of quality and technology at SMTC. "The addition of this rigorous accreditation further enhances our standardization practices through the SMTC portfolio."
About SMTC Corporation
SMTC Corporation, founded in 1985, is a mid-size provider of end-to-end electronics manufacturing services (EMS) including PCBA production, systems integration and comprehensive testing services, enclosure fabrication, as well as product design, sustaining engineering and supply chain management services. SMTC manufacturing facilities span a broad footprint in the United States, China and Mexico. SMTC services extend over the entire electronic product life cycle from the development and introduction of new products through to the growth, maturity and end-of-life phases. SMTC offers fully integrated contract manufacturing services with a distinctive approach to global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and emerging technology companies primarily within industrial, networking and computing, power and energy and medical market segments. SMTC is a public company incorporated in Delaware with its shares traded on the Nasdaq National Market System under the symbol SMTX and was added to the Russell Microcap Index in 2018. For further information on SMTC Corporation, please click here.
