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TT electronics first with rail approval

Rogerstone, South Wales facility becomes the first UK EMS provider certified with the International Rail Industry Standard

WEYBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM January 7, 2009 – TT electronics integrated manufacturing services, announced today that its Rogerstone, South Wales facility has become the UK’s first EMS provider to pass the International Rail Industry Standard (IRIS), qualifying it to supply to the world’s rail industries.

IRIS is a globally recognized standard unique to the railway industries for the evaluation of management systems. It is based on the ISO 9001 Structure and adds railway specific requirements for the business management system for example regarding Project Management and Design. IRIS is an initiative led by the Association of European Railway Industries (UNIFE), supported by system integrators and equipment manufacturers.

According to Dave Whippey, manufacturing director at the TT electronics site in Rogerstone, IRIS is an exceptionally demanding standard, and achieving it involved passing a challenging six-day audit. “Achieving this standard means that our business and other processes have been thoroughly validated by an experienced audit team, looking at all aspects of the way that we operate. Although this standard is a requirement mainly for rail industry customers, it validates for all of our customers that our operations are to a high quality standard, and that we achieve this standard repeatably and efficiently.”

The TT electronics site in Rogerstone achieved AS9100 earlier this year, accrediting the site to manufacture safety critical flight systems for the defence and aerospace industry. Its impressive portfolio of approvals, including the TS16945:2002 automotive quality standard, the ISO14001:2004 environmental standard, BABT340, IPC-A-610D and ISO9001:2000 positions TT electronics integrated manufacturing services Rogerstone as a reliable manufacturer committed to achieving exceptional standards of quality for its customers.

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Commenting on his 25 years continuous service, Technical Support Manager Roger Martin said, “TTems has offered me a varied and diverse career, with many opportunities to be exposed to new technologies and new responsibilities. I joined as a jig and tool draftsman and moved through a variety of production roles to my position today leading the team responsible for customer and internal documentation control.”

Angela Smith, Production Supervisor, added that it was the warm and supportive working environment that she has particularly valued during her twenty years service with the company. “So many of the people I work with every day have been with us for ten, eleven or more years – it really is just like one big family,” she said.

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