Exact Group wins
SC21 Silver Award
Specialist precision engineering and composite
fi nishing company, Exact Group, has
become the fi rst company in Ireland to enter
the Aerospace Supply Chain Programme, SC21,
with a Silver Award on its fi rst engagement.
The Newry company is sponsored through
the programme by Collins Aerospace (formerly
B/E Aerospace), a unit of Raytheon Technologies,
which is a leader in technologically advanced
and intelligent solutions for the global
aerospace.
With a wealth of precision engineering experience,
coupled with cutting edge equipment
and techniques, the Exact Group is known for
its quality, performance and delivery, particularly
their rapid response unit.
On receipt of the award, managing director
of Exact, Stephen Cromie, commented: “I’m
very proud of the Exact Group team. Going
directly to SC21 Silver is testament to the
amazing work of Operations Director, Richard
Hughes, and my team and is quite an achievement,
one which refl ects our commitment to
excellence, dedication to best practice and
high-quality manufacturing. I would also like to
acknowledge the support of Invest NI and ADS
throughout this programme, which has been
instrumental to our success.”
SC21 is one of the largest supply chain improvement
programmes in the UK’s aerospace
and defence sectors. Managed by ADS on a
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national and international level, the change
programme is designed to accelerate the
competitiveness of the aerospace and defence
industry, by raising the performance of its
supply chain.
The SC21 programme is based on companies
following a framework to achieve and maintain
set criteria within areas including: business
excellence; manufacturing excellence; relationship
excellence, and quality and delivery
performance.
Cromie continued: “I’d also like to take this
opportunity to thank Collins Aerospace for
kindly sponsoring the Exact Group through the
SC21 programme. We would not have achieved
this without their assistance and keen support.”
Collins Aerospace Kilkeel’s managing
director, Stuart McKee, said, “In a competitive
market, it is great to see the Exact Group
achieve the SC21 Silver Performance Standard
Award, particularly on their fi rst entry to the
programme. Congratulations to all the team
on this outstanding achievement; it is well
deserved given their exceptional standards and
hard work and dedication to SC21.”
This award adds to the Exact Groups’s portfolio
of industry recognised accreditations: ISO
9001 and AS9100.
IRISH PRESSINGS
SECURES CONTRACT
WITH JLR
Donegal-based Irish
Pressings has secured a
multi-million euro contract
with Jaguar Land Rover.
Irish Pressings will begin
production next year on
press tools and parts for the
car manufacturer which will
be shipped to the UK and
throughout the European
Union.
The company, which was
set up in 2005 by brothers
Declan and Brendan Ward,
has grown by an average
of 20% a year since and
currently employs 70 people
in Derrybeg.
The announcement is a
major boost to the company
which aims to employ an
additional 90 people in
the area over the next fi ve
years servicing a variety of
engineering industries but
most notably the automotive
sector.
The Ward brothers say
they are delighted to have
secured such a signifi cant
package of work with one of
the world’s most recognised
car brands, particularly given
the challenging economic
conditions the global
economy as a whole is facing.
However, work is
continuing on current and
new products for customers
such as Honda, BMW and VW
and the company says that
“indications are positive that
automotive manufacturers
are seeking to restart
production at the start of
June and Irish Pressings
aims to get back to normal
working levels as soon as is
feasible”.
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