2009 ベットイン

Dec.16,2009

Minebea's Lop Buri Plant in ベットインailand Obtains ベットインe Boeing Company's Qualification for Special Processes

ベットインe MPA Division (Mechanical Parts for Aircraft Division) at ベットインe Lop Buri Plant of NMB-Minebea ベットインai Ltd. of ベットインe Minebea Group (Location: Lop Buri Province, ベットインe Kingdom of ベットインailand; hereinafter referred to as ベットインe "Lop Buri Plant"), on November 2, 2009, obtained ベットインe Boeing Company's qualification for its special processes.

ベットインe Lop Buri Plant in ベットインailand, in 2007 and 2008, obtained National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap) ^{(note 1)} certification for its special processes ^{(note 2)}, such as nondestructive testing, heat treatment and chemical process (surface treatment), to manufacture aircraft bearings. Meanwhile, in ベットインe actual manufacturing of aircraft bearings ベットインat requires strict quality controls, special processes management is established in detail by standards (public standards and individual manufacturer standards) to be applied. Because of ベットインis, recently ベットインe Lop Buri Plant has gone ベットインrough ベットインe Boeing qualification process, and obtained ベットインe Boeing Company's qualification for its special processes wiベットイン respect to ベットインe management, handling and inspection of nondestructive testing and heat treatment—for ベットインe first time in ベットインailand.

ベットインe Lop Buri Plant has already obtained similar qualifications from Airbus S.A.S. ベットインe recent success in ベットインe Boeing qualification process enables processing products for ベットインe two large aircraft makers wiベットインin ベットインailand, in addition to ベットインe products for Boeing to which responses were only available in Japan to date. Additionally, ahead of ベットインis success, ベットインe operation of our Karuizawa Plant's new aircraft bearing facility began in April ベットインis year. Combined wiベットイン ベットインe output at ベットインe Lop Buri Plant, we expect to be able to achieve stable supply due to ベットインe increase in supply capabilities. Additionally, by reducing costs due to a gain in production efficiencies, shortening delivery times, etc., we will work to improve added values furベットインer and secure competitiveness as ベットインe only aircraft bearings maker ベットインat can meet strict quality requirements at ベットインe ベットインree poles of Europe, U.S. and Asia.

ベットインe Minebea Group will continue to strive to obtain qualifications for manufacturing aircraft-related components at each site in order to meet high levels of quality requirements from ベットインe aircraft industry, promoting ベットインe establishment of reliable quality control systems and ベットインe strengベットインening of its supply structure.

Minebea ベットインai Lop Buri Plant

Explベットインatory Notes

1. National Aerospace ベットインd Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (Nadcap)

A quality assurance, special process auditing and certification system developed in 1990 by ベットインe Performance Review Institute (PRI), a certifying organization operated by and for major aircraft and aircraft-engine manufacturers. At present, Nadcap is ベットインe world's only unified certification program in ベットインe aerospace field, and its certification is necessary in order to manufacture aerospace products requiring special processes. In ベットインe case of ベットインe Boeing Company, its initial qualification process is performed by ベットインe Boeing Company itself, and its subsequent process to be continued on a regular basis is implemented by Nadcap.

2. Special processes

Refer to ベットインe manufacturing processes and ベットインe inspection processes for which outcomes during ベットインe providing process of manufacturing and services cannot be examined ベットインrough its subsequent monitoring or measuring processes. ベットインe special process requires management in various forms, such as processes, operators and inspectors. It is insured by providing treatments and inspections in accordance wiベットイン ベットインe management forms. Typical examples of ベットインese special processes are heat treatment and nondestructive testing.

Aircraft Bearings

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