Northwire Certified to Aerospace Quality Standard

Summary

May 9, 2013 – Northwire earned AS9100 Rev C certification and recertified to existing ISO 9001:2008 quality standard demonstrating Northwire – Lab360’s ability to comply with the rigourous requirements of Aerospace, Space and Defense organizations. EAR and ITAR Registered, NWI meets the criteria for a broad range of global markets by offering a comprehensive quality management system including ISO 13485:2003 certification and ISO 17025 compliance.   NWI Lab360 leverages professional certifications in Six Sigma, Lean, Project Management and the American Society for Quality to optimize design, manufacturing and value. As a result, Northwire achieves the highest quality and the shortest lead times for any volume of custom wire and cable, retractile cords, cable assemblies, connectors, harnesses, injection and over-molded products.   Driven to deliver exacting requirements and best-in-class solutions with velocity and un-paralleled customer service excellence, the entire NWI Team engaged in the AS9100 continual improvement initiative.  Following the related theme of aerospace collaboration, “Northwire’s co-development efforts with one of the worlds’ largest prime contractors demonstrated our highly customized tech insertions for extreme conditions,” stated Brad Wesle, Northwire – Lab360’s Quality Manager who is an American Society of Quality Certified Quality Engineer, Six Sigma Green Belt and ISO 13485, ISO 9001 and AS9100C Certified Lead Auditor.  “Tests included temperatures at -65°C and endurance testing approaching one half-million cycles,” emphasized Wesle.   CAGE Code 7V821, Northwire has been meeting defense, maritime and aerospace technical custom cable, military wire, retractiles, assemblies, connectors, harnesses, injection and over-molded requirements and contract engineering and manufacturing needs for nearly four decades.    Northwire is ISO 13485:2003- and ISO 9001:2008- and AS9100C:2009 certified and is heavily engaged in professional company-wide certification programs in Six Sigma, Lean, Project Management, and American Society for Quality.  The company’s quality control laboratory is ISO 17025 qualified by CSA International.  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 and more.   EAR and ITAR Registered, Northwire’s CAGE Code is 7V821. Northwire also maintains various UL, ANSI, CSA, cUL, CE, NFPA, ABS, IEEE, and MSHA approvals and works closely with strategic supply chain partners to offer FDA-approved and RoHS2- and REACH-compliant and food grade materials.   About Northwire Cable manufacturer, Northwire, Inc., celebrating over 41 years of innovation, is a registered woman-owned small business with corporate headquarters and manufacturing in Osceola, Wisconsin, a professional sales & design engineering center in Carson City, Nevada and manufacturing in Santa Teresa, New Mexico.  The cable engineering company is the premier partner for the design, manufacture and contract services of custom technical products including wire and cable, retractiles, assemblies, connectors, harnesses, injection molding, over-molding and contract engineering and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for diverse applications in life sciences, energy, mil spec, industrial, machine vision, architectural 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, ODVA (Open DeviceNet Vendors Associations) and WAI (Wire Association International), among others.