Solar Receives ISO 9002 and AS9000 Certification
Michael Moyer, Quality Assurance Manager at 91´«Ã½, announced that the company has achieved ISO 9002:1994 Registration and certified conformance to AS9000:1998″ at their Souderton, and Hatfield facilities through Steel Related Industries (SRI) Quality System Registrar, Inc.  The scope of the registration and certified conformance is “Commercial Vacuum Heat-Treating and Brazing Services”.
The impact of ISO9002 / AS9000 certification assures customers that Solar complies and maintains a quality system in accordance with the requirements of the ISO 9002 standard, with supplemental requirements from the aerospace industry, AS9000. Â These standards are aimed at producing a product or service that conforms to customers requirements, while eliminating the introduction of known defects into the production stream.
91´«Ã½ adds this registration and certified conformance achievement to their National Aeronautics Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP) accreditation.  Solar achieved NADCAP accreditation in 1995 for the following materials and processes: beryllium copper, nickel and cobalt alloys, stainless and PH steels, steels, titanium alloys, vacuum heat treating, cryogenic (Sub-Zero) treatments, and vacuum furnace brazing.
In the near future, 91´«Ã½ is planning to extend the ISO/AS Quality System and NADCAP special process standards certifications to their newly opened Hermitage facility in Western PA.