| lcoa Fastening Systems' (AFS) Recoil manufacturing operations are located in Australia, with sales and warehouse facilities strategically located in North America, Asia, and Europe. Extensive world wide distribution, coupled with the company's manufacturing strategy,offers significant advantages to end users. Alcoa Fastening Systems ensures a global consistency of quality design standards in manufacturing the full range of wire thread inserts in one production facility. Users around the world can be assured of high standards and the consistency of all AFS products. Inserts are manufactured in standard sizes for all metric and inch thread forms.A comprehensive design facility is available to ensure that non-standard inserts can be manufactured for special part requirements. Prompt availability of products to customers worldwide is ensured by an efficient international freight service and a network of stocking distributors. Alcoa Fastening Systems is committed to the highest quality product and operating systems and employs a strict quality management system in accordance with: ■ AS9100 accreditation ■ ISO9001 accreditation ■ QS9000 accreditation ■ Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) TS 157 approval ■ Civil Aviation Authority Australia ■ Ford Q1 High quality standards demand that every batch of inserts is subjected to multiple visual,dimensional,and functional checks at predetermined intervals throughout the production process,using the latest high-precision test equipment. |