Now congratulations to our Litchurch, Derby Division for gaining the prestigious ISO approval 2001:2008. For enquiries please contact them on 01332 224602.

Metal Improvement Company is delighted to announce that another MIC Division, this time Litchurch in Derby has achieved the ISO 2001:2008 Quality Management System approval as granted by CEN the European Committee for Standardization.

ISO 9001 is the standard recognised by industry which was introduced to help companies achieve high quality and to give customers assurance that a high quality service will be provided by the companies who have achieved this award.

Peter Poterajko, Works Manager of the Litchurch Lane Division in Derby, which specialises in processing components for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industry adds, “The award of this new upgraded ISO approval, confirms that our focus remains clearly on providing the very best quality and service to all our clients. Maintaining these high standards is not easy and takes much work and cooperation at all levels and all within the Division should feel very proud that we have recently maintained standards yet again.”

Peter O’Hara, Vice President, says that “Working towards and achieving the appropriate industry and customer approvals reflects our commitment to deliver the highest quality service to meet our customers’ expectations.”

I am pleased to announce that MIC Suzhou has successfully completed their Nadcap Surface Enhancement audit. This accomplishment positions our Suzhou Division to be Metal Improvement Company’s 37th Nadcap accredited facility and our first to gain accreditation in Asia.

Special thanks to all our Suzhou staff for making this audit a success.

Wow, what a night! - Congratulations to Ian McGeachie, Division Manager and staff at our Laser Peening Division, Earby who won the Most Outstanding Small Business of the Year Award at the recent Pendle Business Awards Ceremony. Ian said that he was delighted to receive this award on behalf of the Division as it was recognition of MIC’s commitment to its employees. Even though we are part of a large multi-national company we realise the value and contribution of each and every employee to ensure the success of our business. Ian added that he was delighted that 90% of our current workforce at Earby who started with us nearly 7 years ago are still with us today and consider MIC a good place to work.

MIC SEMINAR, Developments in surface engineering for the nuclear storage and critical vessel industry, Thursday 22nd July at the Manchester Conference Centre (to register please email your contact details to: linda_robinson@metalimprovement.com)

MEDTEC Ireland, 22-23rd September, Radisson SAS Hotel, Galway, Ireland - Stand no. 311

AERO ENGINEERING 2010, 29th and 30th September, NEC Birmingham - Stand no. 618

Congratulations to our Newbury Division for gaining the prestigious new ISO approval 2001:2008. To contact Newbury Division direct please phone 01635 279600.

Metal Improvement Company is delighted to announce that their MIC Newbury Division has upgraded its ISO accreditation status to the new international BS EN ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System approval as granted by CEN the European Committee for Standardization.

ISO 9001 is the standard recognised by industry which was introduced to help companies achieve high quality and to give customers assurance that a high quality service will be provided by the companies who have achieved this award.

Mike Blackgrove, Quality Manager of MIC Newbury Division, says that “We are constantly striving to improve our ability to provide services that meet our customer’s needs and in gaining this upgraded approval they can continue to be assured of a cost effective and high quality service. The standard considers factors such as customer focus, leadership and management, process systems and self-assessment in order to achieve continual improvement. We are very pleased that our aims and values have been recognised in receiving this prestigious award. I would like to thank all the staff here at MIC Newbury who by continually working together have enabled us to achieve and excel the standards required.”

“We pride ourselves on our technical expertise and being able to work with our customers to help and advise them. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our relationships both with customers and within MIC in order to provide the best technical expertise and experience to meet our customer’s design and manufacturing requirements, enabling their products to achieve their best potential both before and during service.” said Peter O’Hara, Vice President.