AEROSPACE, AVIATION AND MILITARY SECTORS
Click on the URL of our customers to learn more about their business and how we have contributed to help them to achieve their diverse improvement objectives. See also other useful links at the bottom of the page.
PRAXAIR SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES d/b/a SERMATECH INTERNATIONAL Customer profile: PRAXAIR SURFACE TECHNOLOGIES (PST) with operations in 11 countries is a subsidiary of PRAXAIR the largest industrial gazes company in the Americas. PST offers a comprehensive slate of high-performance coatings and technologies to the aviation, industrial gas turbine, energy and other industries.
Supplied services: QA Management expertise and coaching for the upgrade of the existing QMS
Project: To provide in 2011 the requested support to facilitate the implementation of the new requirements of SAE AS 9100 rév C and ISO 9001-2008 at the Dorval plant in order to prepare the future renewall of the Rolls-Royce, Pratt and Whitney and Napcap accreditations.
URL: http://www.praxair.com/na/us/pst/pst.nsf/AllContent/B59E8C11B54A5ECA8525775A007149E4?OpenDocument
ELI METAL
Customer profile: A manufacturing company specialized in CNC Precision and EDM (Electro Dicharge Machining) for the aerospace industry including certified detail parts, kitting and sub assemblies for engine, landing gear, structural and mechanical aerospace and other hi-tech components
Supplied services: QA Management expertise and training
Project: To supply an awareness and training program for 60 staff and operators introducing how to understand and implement the new requirements of AS 9100 rev B and ISO 9001:2000 on a daily basis before to initiate the QMS certification process with an independent third party (confirmed in 2009)
URL: http://www.elimetal.com/default.aspx
SERMATECH INTERNATIONAL, acquired in 2009 by Praxair Surface Technologies Customer profile: SERMATECH INTERNATIONAL is a global supplier of protective coatings and advanced processes used on industrial and aviation gas turbines. Sermatech serves the aerospace, defense, power generation and oil and gas markets.
Supplied services: QA Management expertise, consulting and outsourced audit
Project: To audit in 1998 the existing QMS of the Dorval plant and to supply a detailed report including recommendations and a state-of-the-art program for the upgrade of the system as per AS 9100, in order to prepare the future second party assessments from their customers (Rolls-Royce, Pratt and Whitney and Napcap)
URL: http://www.praxair.com/na/us/pst/pst.nsf/AllContent/B59E8C11B54A5ECA8525775A007149E4?OpenDocument
FORTAS GROUP
Customer profile: A worldwide consulting company specialized in Aviation manufacturing and maintenance services, Simulators installation, update and relocation and Project management of aircraft outfitting and refurbishing services.
Supplied services: QA Management expertise, coaching A to Z , training and audit
Project: To supply a customized executive coaching of the actual Chief Executive Officer including most of his staff personnel in ISO Quality management before to initiate the QMS certification process with an independent third party as per ISO 9001 (confirmed in 2007) of his first pionneer enterprise d/b/a CAF Consulting .
URL: http://www.fortasgroup.com
TRANSPORT CANADA acquired by NAV Canada
Customer profile: A federal institution now a private corporation, financed through publiclly-traded debt, providing the Air Navigation Service (ANS) coast to coast including air traffic control, flight information, weather briefings, aeronautical information services, airport advisory services and electronic aids to navigation.
Supplied services: QA Management expertise and training in ISO Quality Planning
Project: To supply in 1996 an awareness and training program for the Trafic Control and Flight Information personnel before to initiate the development of the future new Internet Flight Planning System (IFS)
URL: https://fileflightplan.navcanada.ca/userguide.html
MSB
Customer profile: A desiging and manufacturing company specialized in interior components for business and V.I.P. aircraft.
Supplied services:QA Management expertise and coaching in metrology
Project: To supply a training program and to provide required support with the implementation of a state-of-the-art calibration program (phase 1) for all measuring instruments in order to prepare the future QMS certification as per AS 9100.
URL: http://msbexpertise.com/?Welcome-to-MSB-&cmd=Home&cmd_txt=EN
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY (CSA), John H. Chapman Space Centre, St-Hubert (Quebec) Canada
Customer profile: The Satellite Operations Directorate of the CSA Headquarter (CSA/SOD)
Supplied services:QA Management expertise, consulting and training
Project: To supply an executive training program for the managing staff of the directorate in ISO Quality Management in order to facilitate the establishment of a Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) to be used to evaluate the desirability of implementing a certified ISO QMS within the Satellite Operations Directorate.
Finally in 2002, the SOD top management has concluded that the project was too expensive to be continued (1,5 person to be hired permanently) and was not a source of sufficient gain in term of public esteem and political fallout.
URL: http://www.space.gc.ca/index.html
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, Mirabel (Quebec) Canada
Customer profile: Headquartered in Fort Worth (Texas), Bell Helicopter has additional plants in Amarillo (Texas) and Mirabel (Quebec) Canada. The company maintain also key logistics supply and service centers in Europe, Canada, and Singapore as well as in the United States. As the world’s premier provider of vertical lift aircraft, Bell Helicopter continues to provide every customer with products, service and support second to none.
Supplied services: QA Management expertise, consulting and training
Project: To supply a training program for the internal auditors in ISO Quality auditing techniques and to provide specific support in 1998 to implement the US design procedures in the Canadian plant.
URL: http://www.bellhelicopter.textron.com
OTHER USEFUL LINKS
International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG) and its data base OASIS
URL: https://www.sae.org/?PORTAL_CODE=IAQG
Controlled Goods Program of the Canadian Ministry PWGSC
Registration certificate No 24731 of ISONORM Groupe Conseil inc
URL: http://ssi-iss.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/dmc-cgd/index-fra.html
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