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Success Stroies

N.S.M. Successfully Completes a Demanding Atomic Energy Product 

N.S.M. produces a Precision Aluminum Weldment designed to extract uranium from the earth.

N.S.M Does the Almost Impossible

N.S.M. works with Vari-Lite to produce an assembly that other extruders insisted could not be done.

Hunter Engineering Quality Performance Report

February 2, 2005 - Hunter Engineering Company reports zero rejected NSM parts over a six month period.
Rejects Chart       Reject Lots Chart       Summary

ISO 9001:2000 Upgrade

December 12, 2003 - N.S.M. passes the Global Registrars, Inc. audit and is found to comply with the requirements of ANSI/ASQC Q9001:2000 and ISO 9001:2000.

N.S.M. Added to the Stewart & Stevenson Approved Supplier List

December 2003 - N.S.M. passes the Stewart & Stevenson quality program evaluation with a rating of 100.
   

ISO Surveillance Audit

On May 6, 2002 our superb team passed the second surveillance audit performed by Global Registrars, Inc. at our Youngstown's facility, with zero non-conformances again.

New Customer For N.S.M.

April 22, 2002 - N.S.M. gains approval as a General Motors vendor.

Six Sigma - N.S.M. Training

March 15, 2002 - Northern States Metals Starts A Six Sigma Program With Training From Kavon Consultant, Robert Skillman A Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

   
ISO-9002 Certified

May 8, 2001 - Northern States Metals gets registered to ISO 9002.
     

See What Our Customers Think About Us

 

NSM has several impressive Customer Endorsements that we would be pleased to share confidentially. Contact Us.  

  

The Director of Operations at Focal Point thanks us for coming through in a very tight time frame.

An employee of Icon International Inc thanks us for our work and the hospitality exhibited while working with him.

The Director of New Products at OnQ Tecnhologies thanks us for our design and production support as well as our on time delivery.

 
     

An employee of Maxcess Technologies thanks us for the quality of our parts.

  
 

An employee of Mechtronic Solutions, Inc. thanks us for the timeliness and quality of our parts.

  

The CEO of Mariah Power thanks us for our flexibility and open communication.

Tim Ryan visits Northern States Metals (flash video)
 

 


   Just ask the people at Virtual Listening Systems, a manufacturer of high-end audio equipment.  With a product launch deadline growing nearer, VLS came to Northern States Metals with a part that other industry leaders could not manufacture.  The part required innovative fabrication to meet strict design requirements and internal tolerances.
   The NSM staff was ready to meet the challenge.  Setting to work immediately and working closely with purchasing and engineering from VLS, the goal was to not only ensure product performance, but to make the part on time and cost-effective as well.  Using special sizing fixtures, NSM was able to guarantee the internal tolerances.
With a one-of-a-kind "three-hit-die", NSM punched needle-sized holes smaller than the thickness of the material and covering a throat depth of up to seven inches!  Northern States Metals then custom powder coated the product and shipped to VLS, who received a product ready for final assembly, thus allowing product shipment within days.
   Execution had to be perfect for this program to come together.  There was no margin for error.  Twenty-eight years of NSM's experience provided the on-time and on-budget launch of a new product that others considered non-manufacturable.