Steelhead Composites announces AS9100 certification

Steelhead Composites demonstrates commitment to high quality standards and processes for aerospace products.

Steelhead Composites, a leading provider of composite overwrapped pressure vessels and composite structures, is pleased to announce that their Quality Management System has been assessed and approved to the standard of AS9100:2016 (Rev. D) for design, manufacture, selling and distribution of composite overwrapped pressure vessels for aviation, space and defense activities.

With their sophisticated internally developed manufacturing execution system, Steelhead is now running a fully integrated quality management system. Aerospace products can be routed through the AS9100 system and non-aerospace products can be produced with the same quality but at a lower cost under the ISO 9001:2015 quality system.

"We are excited to offer our solutions to the aerospace industry with the option of products manufactured under the rigorous AS9100 quality standard" said Andrew Coors, CEO of Steelhead Composites. "Steelhead's vision was to advance the technology and offerings of composite pressure vessels and with these certifications our customers can be assured that our products and services will meet or exceed the rigorous statutory and regulatory requirements needed."

The AS9100 is an international management system standard for the Aircraft, Space and Defense industry. This is critical for identifying potential vendors of whom can adhere to the strict needs and quality. The standard provides suppliers with a comprehensive quality system for providing safe and reliable products to the aerospace industry and contains the actual requirements an organization must be compliant to become AS9100 registered.

"Steelhead has taken a different approach when designing and implementing a quality management system," said Curt Honcharik, Director of Quality. "We designed our system so every conceivable data point that could be captured, is captured and with our facility being completely digital, it allows for real time data input and analysis." Included in the integrated quality management system are paperless travelers, digital work instructions, real-time traceability across the life of the part.

"The dual certifications provide a whole new level of opportunities for Steelhead," states Marisa Sundy, Director of Business Development. "We have always had the capabilities and know-how. Now, we have the most stringent of quality management procedures in place to take-on any complex program."