The certification will allow the company to further develop its medical devices business and follows a €1 million investment in titanium etching technology.
Explains quality manager Carl Smith: “Precision Micro has adopted an approach to obtaining the relevant quality management system for each of the core high-value engineering markets it supplies.
“Having already secured AS 9100 (aerospace) and TS 16949 (automotive), securing ISO 13485 is the next step. This will ensure we meet, and indeed exceed the needs of a growing medical customer base.”
The move towards accreditation has already begun, and the gaps that exist between this standard and Precision Micro’s current quality management systems have been analysed.
Concludes Smith: “As a holder of ISO 9001, Precision Micro is already some way towards meeting the requirements of ISO 13485. We expect accreditation by quarter three 2018.”
