Quality Management Systems

AS - Aviation, Space and Defense Requirements
AS9100 is a widely adopted and standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. It was released in October, 1999, by the Society of Automotive Engineers and the European Association of Aerospace Industries.

Stock Drive Products and Sterling Instrument brands' products are AS9100D certified. Providing custom and standard mechanical components serving the aerospace industry.

Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument (SDP/SI) is a Boeing Certified supplier.

ITAR - International Traffic in Arms Regulations
The Department of State is responsible for the export and temporary import of defense articles and services governed by 22 U.S.C. 2778 of the Arms Export Control Act ("AECA"; see the AECA Web page) and Executive Order 13637. All manufacturers, exporters, and brokers of defense articles, related technical data and defense services as defined on the United States Munitions List (Part 121 of the ITAR) are required to register with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC).

DDTC - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
Registration is primarily a means to provide the U.S. Government with necessary information on who is involved in certain manufacturing, exporting and brokering activities. Registration does not confer any export rights or privileges, but is a precondition for the issuance of any license or other approval for export.

RoHS - Restrictions on use of Hazardous Substances
Regulations limit or ban specific substances in new electronic and electric equipment.



REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) is a European Union Regulation of 18 December 2006. REACH addresses the production and use of chemical substances, and their potential impacts on both human health and the environment. It is the strictest law to date regulating chemical substances and will affect industries throughout the world.

Designatronics can supply DFARS compliant components as required.

Nadcap - National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program
Nadcap and customer approved facilities are used for casting, heat-treating, plating, and painting.

Lean Manufacturing
Designatronics practices the principles of lean manufacturing. Lean is centered on preserving value with less work. Lean is a production practice that considers the expenditure of resources for any goal other than the creation of value for the end customer to be wasteful, and thus a target for elimination.