Lake Erie Rubber is Now an ISO-Certified Rubber Molder
ISO-Certified Rubber Molder
Lake Erie Rubber is now an ISO-certified rubber molder that offers premium injection, transfer, and compression molding services to companies throughout Pennsylvania and the United States. Achieving this important benchmark for quality control ensures all customers that they are working with a rubber molder that adheres to stringent protocols that guarantee superior products. This article takes a look at what ISO 9001:2015 entails, how it improves the quality of rubber molding services at Lake Erie Rubber, and the many benefits that come from working with a company with this certification.
What Does an ISO 9001:2015 Certification Require?
The official certificate of registration with American Global Standards states that Lake Erie Rubber has established a quality management system that conforms to the standards of ISO 9001:2015 as a “Manufacturer of Customer Rubber Molded Parts.” The specific services covered under this banner include injection molding, compression molding, transfer molding, and the ability to provide rubber mold tooling. To officially become certified, Lake Erie Rubber had to undergo an extensive audit from an independent third-party organization that completed an investigation centered on seven standardized business principles. These principles include:
- Customer Focus: This principle is centered on Lake Erie Rubber’s ability to exceed customer expectations and comprehend their specific needs or project requirements. Essentially, an ISO-certified rubber molder will be on the cutting edge of industry innovation including the new materials, processes, and design feedback necessary to improve product quality.
- Leadership: Critical to the success of any company, the leadership principle ensures that the company has a well-established set of duties and obligations for upper management that create a productive and inclusive work environment. A clear sense of company goals, efficiency metrics, and performance expectations all fall under this umbrella.
- Relationship Management: The principle of relationship management investigates the company’s ability to establish and preserve good working relationships with suppliers, employees, customers, and other important stakeholders.
- Engagement of People: Much like the leadership principle, engagement of people speaks to the ability of the company to work cohesively to accomplish specific quality goals and implement the quality management system necessary to maintain its status as an ISO-certified rubber molder.
- Process Approach: This principle focuses on the overall manufacturing process efficiency and that all individual systems are critical to achieving desired results. Lake Erie Rubber understands that each step in the rubber molding process, from material inspection to final packaging, is integral to maintaining quality.
- Evidence-Based Decision Making: This is a principle where Lake Erie Rubber exceeds expectations. Our team consistently analyzes pertinent data and information that creates opportunities for informed decision-making and enhancing rubber molding services.
- Improvement: Business is not static and it is important to continuously improve or enhance organizational practices and quality management systems to address evolving customer needs. This principle showcases the company’s ability to identify areas for possible improvement, tangible examples of making adjustments, and understanding how these changes can encourage continual progress.
How Does ISO Certification Improve Rubber Molding?
Implementing a quality management system for rubber molding provides innumerable benefits to the organization and its customers. This QMS provides documented strategies and procedures that govern every step of the rubber molding process from material inspection to production efficiency and secure packaging. By incorporating a collaborative approach focused on improvement, Lake Erie Rubber can continue to reduce lead times and costs on all rubber molding projects no matter their complexity or volume.
Overall, an ISO-certified rubber molder will display more consistent results with minimal waste. By following rigid guidelines for manufacturing, final products will have reduced levels of variation from part to part and deliver consistent performance in their end application. Furthermore, these quality management systems help to increase customer confidence and satisfaction with the finished product. The ultimate goal is to expand rubber molding services to new industries that require ISO certification as part of their proposal phase when seeking a rubber molder.
Get a Quote From an ISO-Certified Rubber Molder
If you are looking for an ISO-certified rubber molder with industry-leading injection, compression, and transfer molding capabilities look no further than Lake Erie Rubber. We have extensive experience working with a variety of rubber types including natural rubber, EPDM, neoprene, FKM (Viton), nitrile, and SBR, and countless industries that require rubber products to perform in challenging environments. If you would like to learn more about how our new ISO certification status can benefit your company or would like a quote on an upcoming project, please contact us with more information.
