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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 November 2005
Polish plant is certified to automotive
standards
Huber+Suhner's subsidiary in Tzcew/Gdansk, Poland, has received its ISO/TS16949 certificate, making it the company's third site to be awarded a certificate for this exacting automotive standard.
Huber+Suhner has been producing radio-frequency products at its subsidiary company in Tzcew/Gdansk, Poland since 2003 Now the plant has received its ISO/TS16949 certificate, making it the company's third site to be awarded a certificate for this exacting automotive standard
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 17 Dec 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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For suppliers to the automotive industry such as Huber+Suhner, the decisive factor besides state-of-the-art production facilities is process quality and product reliability.
At the site in Tzcew, now certified according to the ISO/TS16949 quality standard, Huber+Suhner mostly manufactures customised radio-frequency components for use in vehicles and in radio basestations for mobile telephony.
This makes it only logical to adopt a zero-defect policy in its business processes.
Huber+Suhner established its Polish subsidiary in 2003.
In the same year, the factory achieved certification for the globally recognised quality standard ISO9001.
Starting 2005, the entire Polish site has been manufacturing in line with the automotive standard ISO/TS16949.
The new certification enables Huber+Suhner to supply its products for the automotive sector at competitive cost and with the highest quality, from its factory in Poland.
Furthermore, the company's other customers in communication, transportation and industry will benefit from the high level of these processes.
The commitment to quality which has always characterised Huber+Suhner and which this certification verifies, reflects, together with the continued development of the global manufacturing network, Huber+Suhner's desire to continually increase process quality, product performance and competitiveness.
The marked increase in demand for electronic systems in vehicles is accompanied by increased demand on data and signal transmission components.
These components are required to provide maximum reliability and dependability in a restricted space and under extreme working conditions.
To meet these exacting requirements, in its automotive sector Huber+Suhner manufactures and markets not only high-quality Radox cable solutions and polymer components but also innovative RF components in accordance with established automotive standards.
The Swiss company's customer list includes specialised first tier suppliers such as Autoliv, Fuba, Harada, Bosch, Delphi and PKC delivering to the major vehicle manufacturers such as Volkswagen, Audi, Scania, Mercedes, GM, Renault and Peugeot.
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