SMTC Corporation Earns AS9100D Quality Accreditation to Address Avionics, Aerospace, and Defense Markets
October 17 2018 - 6:00AM
SMTC Corporation (Nasdaq:SMTX), a global electronics manufacturing
services provider, today announced that it received AS9100 Revision
D accreditation at its Fremont, CA facility. This international
standard outlines best practices and rigorous Quality Management
Systems (QMS) that meet unique requirements for Avionics,
Aerospace, and Defense organizations. AS9100 Revision D
requires strict adherence to quality and reliability standards,
documentation and procedures, rigorous quality measurements and
corrective actions to drive consistency in critical markets.
“By earning AS9100D certification SMTC can for
the first time address the needs of customers in the Avionics,
Aerospace, and Defense industries, a multi-billion market,” said Ed
Smith, SMTC’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our team has
deep experience delivering products in these markets and I am
extremely proud of their dedication to providing best-in-class
service and focus on making continuous improvements as SMTC expands
our qualifications to now serve this world class customer
base.”
“AS9100 Revision D accreditation represents the
first of several major initiatives in our ongoing effort to provide
best-in-class service to an expanding base of customers,” said
Steve Brown, SMTC’s Senior Vice President of Quality and
Technology. “The addition of this rigorous accreditation further
enhances our standardization practices through the SMTC portfolio,”
Brown added.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for the factual statements made herein,
forward-looking statements in this press release, including,
without limitation, statements regarding the Company’s plans,
abilities to address the needs of customers in the Avionics,
Aerospace, and Defense industries and the Company’s focus on making
continuous improvements in our operations and to expand its
customer base, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some
cases, these forward-looking statements may be indicated by the use
of words such as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,”
“seek,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,”
“potential,” “continue,” “likely,” “will,” “would” and variations
of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these
terms or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those projected, including those risk
factors set forth in SMTC’s Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2017 and other factors detailed from time to time in our
periodic reports filed with the SEC. The Company undertakes no
obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking
statements to reflect actual results, new information or future
events, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors
affecting forward-looking statements, except to the extent required
by applicable laws. If the Company updates one or more
forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that the
Company will make additional updates with respect to those or other
forward-looking statements.
About SMTC Corporation
SMTC Corporation, founded in 1985, is a mid-size
provider of end-to-end electronics manufacturing services (EMS)
including PCBA production, systems integration and comprehensive
testing services, enclosure fabrication, as well as product design,
sustaining engineering and supply chain management services. SMTC
manufacturing facilities span a broad footprint in the United
States, China and Mexico. SMTC services extend over the entire
electronic product life cycle from the development and introduction
of new products through to the growth, maturity and end-of-life
phases. SMTC offers fully integrated contract manufacturing
services with a distinctive approach to global original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) and emerging technology companies primarily
within industrial, networking and computing, power and energy and
medical market segments. SMTC is a public company incorporated in
Delaware with its shares traded on the Nasdaq National Market
System under the symbol SMTX and was added to the Russell Microcap®
Index in 2018. For further information on SMTC Corporation, please
visit our website at www.smtc.com.
Investor Relations Contact
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Associates, Inc.516-419-9915 pseltzberg@darrowir.com
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