QMS Implementation Helps Retain Sales and Jobs

Supreme Cores Alabama, Inc. provides a range of foundry services in the Southern United States. It supplies sand, gravel, clay, ceramic and refractory minerals, and mining and quarrying products. The company also offers sand cores and molds. They have more than three different core making processes, including No-Bake and Isocure. Its Shell cores help to eliminate shakeout issues and maintain thin-walled sections of the core while keeping dimensional stability. The company’s cold box cores are used in various types of metal casting facilities, including steel, copper alloys, aluminum and iron. 

Because of their work in the automotive market, Supreme Cores of Alabama implemented an ISO 9001:2008 quality management system (QMS). Shortly after implementing their system, they contracted with the Alabama Productivity Center (APC) in association with the Alabama Technology Network (ATN), part of the MEP National Network™, to assist with QMS maintenance activities. During 2016, they wanted to be one of the early implementers of the ISO 9001:2015 QMS. APC was again contracted with to update their system and assist their two facilities during the registration process. Supreme Cores of Alabama and Supreme Cores of the Carolinas received an unconditional recommendation for registration.