LPW achieves AS 9120A

LPW Technology, which supplies metal powders for the additive manufacturing (AM) industry, reports that its US operation located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been awarded AS 9120A & ISO 9001:2008 certifications.

‘AS 9120A was developed for pass-through distributors of aerospace items and has been extended to include defence and space industries too,’ said John D Hunter, general manager of LPW Technology Inc. ‘Achieving AS 9120A for the procurement and supply of specialist powders for LASER and electron beam additive manufacturing processes assures our customers of product quality, traceability and the control and availability of records, reducing risk and elevating LPW Technology, Inc’s quality management system to the aerospace industry’s global standard (IAQG).’

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