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ISO 9001:2008 – A Quality Achievement

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Following a thorough DQS:UL audit today at our Swadlincote, UK facility, D.G. Controls Ltd are delighted to announce that the Company has transitioned successfully to meeting the new ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) Certification.

D.G. Controls Ltd has been ISO certified for over 16 years, originally compliant with the BS5750 QMS, which subsequently became ISO 9000:1994 and then ISO 9001:2000, which had been released in 2000.
ISO 9001:2008 is highly respected around the world as the most wide-reaching and influential set of standards of quality management systems and practices, and clarifies the existing requirements of the previous standard, ISO 9001:2000.

Wendy Whiten, Operations Director stated that “The Quality Management System is integrated into all activities which take place at D.G. Controls Ltd, and as such forms an essential indicator of business success and achievement for the organisation. Achievement of ISO 9001:2008 is testament to the Company’s investment and commitment to improved customer satisfaction, staff motivation and training, and continuous business improvement. I am so pleased for the Company’s employees that this certification has been awarded, as every individual knows their contribution to its success.”

The new Certificate will be issued by UL over the next few weeks, and be available for download on our website as soon as it is received.


Hannover 2010

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After a series of very fruitful meetings at the Hannover Messe 2010 in April, we are delighted that first product training took place at the premises of our newest distributor in August.  We shall be announcing details in due course, but have been discussing opportunities with this organisation for several years and mutually feel that the time is now right to launch the deegee products into their market.

In fact, this distributor brought one of their clients to the Hannover 2010 booth to evaluate a new product concept we had designed specifically for them;  they were thrilled, and have already placed their initial orders.

Don’t forget – we are at SPS/IPC/Drives in November!

NVQ Success Shines Through

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D. G. Controls Ltd has been an Investor in People for 10 years this year, and still takes its certification seriously, part of which is providing training as necessary to develop individuals in their roles.

It is therefore our great pleasure to congratulate Angie Beal, Caran Gibson and Carol Hartley from our manufacturing team on their being awarded the NVQ Performing Manufacturing Operations.  Evaluation of the ladies took place over the duration of six months, and involved group and individual discussions with the tutor, observations of the ladies working at various aspects of their day-to-day jobs, and assessment of their written responses to questions about why and how they do their jobs in a certain way.  The PMO NVQ qualification recognises the individual’s understanding of their role within the organisation, their responsibility to Health & Safety in the workplace, and most importantly that they understand how to do their jobs and the impact of effective performance.

Somewhat nervous before they started the course, the awarding of the NVQ is just reward for the hard work these ladies put in, and is particularly well-deserved as they had all left school with no formal qualifications.  Angie put it well, saying “It was quite difficult at first to understand some of the questions, with not having done anything like this before, but I soon got into my stride and quite enjoyed it.  It has given me a lot more insight into how the business works, and I am really quite chuffed to have been awarded one.”

Hats-off to you, ladies, and well done.

MACH 2010

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At its second exhibition of 2010, June saw D. G. Controls back at MACH, the UK’s leading manufacturing technologies exhibition. Held at the NEC Birmingham,  MACH is recognised as a shop window for all types of machines and equipment used in engineering based manufacturing.

An integral part of the marketing strategy, exhibitions are a great opportunity to show much of the deegee catalogue of enclosures and circuit technologies, and prove a worthwhile forum at which to discuss specific product requirements with the deegee sales team.

MACH is a biennial event hosted by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), a UK based trade association dealing specifically with engineering based manufacturing.  D. G. Controls has been part of the MTA since 2008, when it first exhibited at MACH. 

The week at MACH proved especially fruitful with a number of discussions with one of the UK’s leading automotive manufacturers regarding the deegee stacking beacon ANDON range.  With a portfolio which includes LED, xenon and filament technology, and being the only beacon company to offer 7 different colours and a sounder unit, the deegee stacker is wholly versatile for all your signalling requirements. 

For further details of any of the deegee beacon and sounder range, visit our website.

Don’t forget – we are at SPS/IPC/Drives in November!

Icelandic Volcano Ash – Hannover 2010

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Preparations for this year’s show in Hannover are progrssing very well, including the stand being built by the on-site team.  All the kit is on site and the team are on schedule for a Sunday hand-over.

However, due to the ongoing and ever changing situation with flights in and out of the UK caused by the volcanic activity in Iceland, we have implemented our travel contingency plans for the team due to man the stand next week.  The team will be on-site as expected on Monday morning ready to meet all of you who are able to brave this unprecidented situation.

Safe travels – we look forward to meeting you all next week.