LAI International, Inc., announces that Rick Scott—quality manager of Rich Technology International, an LAI company—was appointed to the Nadcap Management Council at the recent Nadcap Performance Institute’s Supplier Symposium in Barcelona, Spain. Scott also represents LAI International on two special task groups and as a member of a supplier support committee for non-conventional machining suppliers.
The Nadcap Management Council is comprised of senior quality leaders and managers of 40 prime contractors and seven supplier representatives from Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The council is the managing body of Nadcap, the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program, a global cooperative standards-setting program for aerospace engineering, defense, and related industries. The Nadcap program, as a part of PRI, was created in 1990 by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Nadcap’s members convene to coordinate industry-wide standards for special processes and products. Through the Performance Review Institute, Nadcap provides independent certification of manufacturing processes for the industry.
LAI International announced last year that its Maine production facility had become the world’s first manufacturer to achieve Nadcap certification for conventional machining. The company’s Nadcap-accredited conventional machining processes include broaching, edge treatment, hole-making, grinding, milling, and turning. All of LAI International’s five manufacturing facilities are certified to IS0 9001:2008 and AS9100. In addition to Nadcap certification for conventional machining, Rich Technology International also is Nadcap certified for non-conventional machining, including laser machining, welding, and electrical discharge machining, or EDM. LAI Southwestern Laser also is Nadcap certified for laser machining.
LAI International, Inc., is a leading contract manufacturer of make-complete precision-engineered components and assemblies for aerospace, power generation, defense, medical, and other advanced technology industries. The company’s technology, engineering, and manufacturing solutions are used to build components for airframes, aircraft engines, power generators, defense systems, medical devices, and other industrial applications. More information is available by visiting [www.laico.com].
