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Quality is something every business strives to achieve, but not every business has what it takes to keep quality levels high across every portion of their business. Quality might be lacking in one specific department or quality could be lacking throughout the entire business structure. Here at Brown Metals Company we strive to achieve the highest levels of quality throughout our entire business structure.
ISO 9001 Certification
One of the ways we let our customers know they can only expect the highest quality from our business is our ISO 9001:2008 certification. This certification ensures that our business has met or exceeded criteria for a quality management system.
This standardized system addresses several key quality management principles that ultimately benefit our customers. These outstanding quality management principles address the following:
- Strong Focus on Customer Service
- High quality standards on every level including upper management positions.
- Continued improvement
- A factual approach towards decision making
Our business was audited and was determined to meet or exceed the requirements needed to obtain AS9100 certification. A copy of the certificate can be found at the following web address:http://www.brownmetals.com/compliance
What Does This Mean for Our Customers?
AS9100 certification is not something we take lightly. We are dedicated to making our customers happy by providing them with the best possible quality we can. Our AS9100 certification proves this fact.
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The European Union has worked hard to ensure that chemicals deemed a risk are not being used in manufacturing of products on an industrial level as well as products used on a day to day consumer level . These chemicals could have an adverse affect on both our environment and human health. Prohibiting these harmful chemical substances from use is a top priority and that is why the European Union has chosen to adopt a program called REACH.
What Is REACH?
The term REACH or Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals is a regulation that has been put in place to help protect both human health and the environment by making companies provide proof of which chemicals they are using during manufacturing and final products.
Compliance With REACH
In order for companies to become compliant with the REACH regulation, they must identify and manage all risks that may be associated with the products they use during the manufacturing and marketing process.
If there are chemical substances that pose a threat, companies must demonstrate how these chemicals can be safely used and companies must also clearly communicate risk management measures to all users.
If there are extremely hazardous chemicals being used, companies are being urged to substitute the dangerous chemicals with chemicals that have proven to be less dangerous on both the environment and human health.
Which Substances Are Considered Dangerous?
A list of dangerous substance or chemicals has been created. This list is called the “Candidate List of substances of very high concern for Authorisation,” or SVHC for short. Substances which are considered dangerous can be found in an easy to read table at the following web address:http://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table. This information is provided freely to both consumers and manufacturers alike.
Brown Metals Company and Reach
At Brown Metals Company, we do not manufacture any of the products we sell. We are a distributor who also provides other important services such as shearing, edge contouring and slitting. We have contacted all of our vendors and they have determined that products sold to Brown Metals Company for distribution do not contain significant amounts of chemicals or substances located on the SVHC. Because of this, our products are considered compliant with the regulations put in place by the European Union.
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Keeping our environment safe is now a concern that many businesses and industries face on a global scale. The old days of large industrial businesses dumping nasty contaminants into the earth needs to stop and here at Brown Metals Company we are doing everything within our power to ensure our products are produced in an environmentally friendly way. Here are a few excellent examples.
Conflict Minerals
Industrial materials are often made from valuable minerals that come from specific geographic locations all over the world. Many of these locations are in third world countries where local governments force citizens to work in hazardous and dangerous conditions. Some of these citizens are forced to work at gun point and amid death threats.
Our products come direct from manufacturers who have stated all of their products are free from conflict minerals. Our official statement on this matter can be found at the following location:
http://www.brownmetals.com/KB/documents/ConflictMinerals_BMC.pdf
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
The European Union has developed legislative framework to help manage the risks associated with chemicals that may pose threat to human health and the environment. Our vendors have indicated to us that our products do not contain any significant amounts of chemical compounds. Our official statement on this matter can be found here:
http://www.brownmetals.com/kb/documents/REACH_BMC.pdf
Recyclable Materials
Recycling has taken the world by storm and it has helped all of us re-use certain materials time and time again. The old method of stuffing these materials into a large landfill are long gone. Many of the materials we bring to our customers are indeed recyclable. Our stainless steel products are 100% recyclable!
These are the few ways we are doing everything within our power to ensure our products are environmentally friendly!