“The only thing that is supposed to come back is our customer”. I recently read that more than 32,000 companies are certified to the IS0-9001:2008 certification. Of the more than 32,000 companies, United Seal & Rubber would be included within that list. Taking the ISO9001 certification to the next level…
Quality Control
APQP, PPAP, FMEA, SPC & MSA Training for USR Employees
While we don’t do a lot of business in the automotive markets, we do have some transportation type business. We are seeing an increase in PPAP requirements from our non-automotive customers. I can only speculate that perhaps the increase has been created by automotive employees moving into other jobs when the automotive marketssuffered in 2008-2009…
Act As One Company
Partnership as defined by Dictionary.com: the state or condition of being a partner;participation; association; joint interest. A popular phrase in B2B sales is to form a partnership. I’m not talking about using the term partnership as in company ownership. No, I’m referring to a partnership that is formed between a supplier and their customer(s). Like most phrases that become popular, partnership is spoken often but are the parties involved really forming a partnership…
Why Use a Distributor?
If you could buy direct from the manufacturer or through a local distributor, which would you choose? The most common argument made for going with the manufacturer is you will get a better price. Sometime this is a correct assumption, but this isn’t always the case…
High Temperature Rubber Gaskets Material
Operating temperatures of the project will have a profound effect of the longevity of the elastomer and rubber seals. If the proper material is not select for the intended operational temperature ranges the possibility of product failure increases…
Fabrication Methods of Custom Made Gaskets
There are three methods for manufacturing rubber molded parts; transfer molding, compression molding, or injection molding. Which process method to choose depends on the size, shape, function of part, quality, and cost of raw material. The three methods share similar qualities in manufacturing of rubber parts that are important to know when designing custom molded rubber parts…
