OSCEOLA, Wis. – March 22, 2012 – Northwire’s Lab 360 contract manufacturing platform is a customer-focused engineering model that includes six collaborative phases. From concept to completion, Northwire engineers engage with customers through every process phase to ensure their exact requirements are met. Northwire-NWI Lab 360 is the premier partner for design, original equipment, and contract manufacturing of custom technical products for diverse markets. The company’s quality certifications include ISO 13485:2003, ISO 9001:2008, and ISO 17025 Qualified.
“NWI’s Lab 360 engineering model is a response to customers’ requests for one-stop contract manufacturing,” said Michael Conger, Northwire’s president. “Lab 360 leverages Northwire’s professional certifications in Six Sigma, Lean, and Project Management to deliver precise customer requirements and enhance the hallmarks of our forty-year history of service excellence, quality, and rapid response.”
Customers engage Lab 360 early in the process at the idea or concept stage. NWI’s Lab 360 professionally certified subject matter experts translate customer requirements through the disciplined process phases of research and development, new product development, prototype, pilot models, clinical trials, low volume through high volume production, life-cycle innovation, and logistics. Custom products delivered in five days or fewer, quotes in 24 hours or less, rapid solutions for connectors, assemblies, and contract manufacturing available upon request.
Northwire is ISO 13485:2003- and ISO 9001:2008-certified and is engaged in professional company-wide certifications in Six Sigma, Lean, Project Management, and American Society for Quality. The company’s quality control laboratory is a self-qualified CSA testing facility under ISO 17025. This laboratory subjects the company’s products to tests that surpass real-world conditions, including the extremes of bending, flexing, flame, impact, crush, oil, and temperature resistance. ITAR registered, Northwire’s CAGE Code is 7V821. Northwire also maintains various UL, CSA, IEEE, and MSHA approvals and works closely with supply chain partners to offer FDA-approved and RoHS- and REACH-compliant and food-grade materials.
Northwire, Inc., is celebrating over 40 years of innovation and is a registered woman-owned small business with corporate headquarters and manufacturing in Osceola, Wisconsin, and manufacturing in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. The company is the premier partner in the design, manufacture, and contract manufacturing of custom technical products including cable, retractiles assemblies, and contract manufacturing for diverse applications in life sciences, energy, government, industrial, machine vision, lighting, underwater, and more.
Northwire is a member of NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association), NCMA (National Contract Management Association), RIA (Robotics Industries Association), AIA (Automated Imaging Association), Fieldbus Foundation, and WAI (Wire Association International), among others.