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Global Highlights North America Maryland Precision Spring has achieved AS9100D and ISO 9100:2015 certification. AS9100 registration is an aviation, space and defense quality standard, based on the ISO9001 quality management system and supported by the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG). “Certification to the demanding standards required by AS9100 proves our commitment to the aerospace market,” explained Mark Caldwell, engineering manager, Maryland Precision Spring. Caldwell states that customers can expect to receive superior product conformity and reliability, highly accurate documentation, and streamlined processes compared to non-certified suppliers. Ultimately, waste is reduced, and overall costs are lowered by utilizing suppliers who are AS9100 certified. “AS9100 certification is a requirement to remain in and to grow within the aerospace and defense markets. Our customers asked us to do this and we listened,” said Caldwell. Maryland Precision Spring has manufactured custom components to the aerospace and general industrial markets for more than 40 years. The company excels at application
engineering support, consignment and Kan-Ban inventory, EDM prototyping production, in-house heat treating/tool shop and special packaging. The company says its rapid response, combined with the quality assurance of the AS9100 certification, ensures its continued position as a trusted supplier within the aerospace and defense industries. Partner, owner and CFO Michael Curran and Sharon Grzyb, accounting manager, officially retired from Mid-West Spring on July 31, 2020. Curran had been with the company since 1995. In 2008, he became part owner along with president C.J. Overmyer and Jeffrey Ellison, who retired in 2016. Grzyb was with the company since 1969, and “faithfully served Mid-West Spring’s accounting needs for 51 years.” With these retirements, Mid-West Spring’s corporate offices have moved from Romeoville, Illinois to Mentone, Indiana. Overmyer stated, “Please join us in wishing both Michael and Sharon a happy and healthy retirement.”
International Janet Smith has retired as a wire specialist after 28 years at Alloy Wire International (AWI). Smith started as a part-time wire technician, responsible for annealing precision flat wire and re-spooling in 1991 and playing an instrumental role in the firm’s growth to a global supplier of alloys to 55 countries across the world. Respected for her knowledge of everything AWI, Smith cites her favorite memories as being part of the team that supported
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the management buyout in 1999 and assisting in the relocation to its current premises in Narrowboat Way in Brierley Hill. She says that she will miss the day-to-day conversations and laughs with other staff members, but will spend time pampering herself, enjoying lots of sunny holidays and cruises and helping out with her two grandchildren. Mark Venables, managing director at AWI, concluded: “Janet was a real ‘mother hen’ figure to everyone in the factory and her loyalty, enthusiasm and sense of humor will be deeply missed. Everyone wishes her a very happy and healthy retirement. She also knows she can always pop in and see us if she misses seeing how wire is being produced!” Alloy Wire International is one of the U.K.’s leading manufacturers of round, flat and profile wire, with its 60-strong range featuring medical suitable materials including Phynox, MP35N, Stainless 316LVM, Nickel 200 & 201 and Inconels. With the implementation of new hygiene and infection protections, Messe Düsseldorf was scheduled to resume trade fair operations at Caravan Salon, the world’s leading trade fair for motorhomes and caravans at its home base in Düsseldorf, Germany from Sept. 4–13, 2020. CEO Wolfram N. Diener said, “We offer all prerequisites for safe and successful trade fairs in times of Corona.” SPRINGS / Fall 2020 / 7
