To be recognized as the premier
metal finishing and sorting company.
MISSION
STATEMENT
SWD Inc. will provide superior
value to our customers through service, quality, and price; Consistently
meet or exceed all customer expectations; Be a leader in environmental
conservation; Promote employee growth and responsibility; And thereby enable
the company to continue to grow and prosper.
QUALITY POLICY
SWD Inc. will provide defect-free
products and services that satisfy the requirements of its customers on time
every time. Every employee is a part of our quality system and we will
actively pursue constant improvement that enables every employee to do his
or her job right the first time.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
SWD Inc. will not knowingly
operate outside environmental regulatory requirements.
SWD Inc. is committed to prevention of pollution and continuous improvement.
To that end every environmental aspect will be monitored to meet regulatory
requirements and evaluated for opportunities to move beyond compliance.
QUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
ISO
9001:2000 & ISO 14001:2004 CERTIFICATION
On March 18, 1998, SWD Inc. achieved ISO 9002, QS 9000, and ISO 14001 quality and environmental management systems certification. SWD Inc. is the first company in the U.S. to achieve these international registrations simultaneously. The company believes it is the first metal finisher in the United States to receive ISO 14001 certification. The accreditation process took more than two years of bi-weekly meetings with an independent consultant, writing, and implementing detailed standards to achieve the certification goals. During the two-year accreditation quest, SWD Inc. developed comprehensive quality and environmental systems policy and procedure manuals to guide the company's daily operations. The combined 300-plus page documents comprise details ranging from management responsibilities, purchasing, process control, inspection and testing, to training, servicing, continuous improvement, customer-specific requirements and environmental standards.
SWD Inc. has currently revised our accreditation by dropping QS 9000 from our system and revising our system to meet the goals set forth in ISO 9001 to help us better meet and exceed industry standards.
LABORATORY
ACCREDITATION
SWD
Inc.'s laboratory is accredited by
A2LA (The American Association for Laboratory
Accreditation). This allows SWD
Inc. to certify the quality of its metal finishing processes.