BUSINESSNEWS
DOUBLE STANDARDS - OR NO STANDARDS?
There are many manufacturing companies
involved in the glazing industry from
extrusion companies, glass processors to
window and door frame manufacturers.
But at the window production level, not
all are working to the same standards, says
Leon Day, Universal Arches MD.
“As an industry we should all be working
to the same standards, yet this is often not
the case,” he explains. “While start-up costs
are very modest for fabricators, the time,
cost and effort to adopt world-class processes
and procedures are considerable - yet they
do help to separate the good, the bad and
the ugly.’
Leon admits that while most of the
companies at the top of the supply chain carry
internationally recognisable quality standards,
these become more diluted towards the
consumer end. “Universal Arches is the only
bending and arching company to carry ISO:
9001:2008 and in its last five audits had zero
non-conformities, an incredible achievement,”
Leon adds.
More recently at Universal Arches, both the
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the
local Fire Officer arrived unannou