Dennis Wood from Vaupell Midwest was featured in an article entitled “Competitive Technology” in a recent issue of Cutting Tool Engineering Magazine. You can read an excerpt from the article below. If you would like to read the entire article, you can visit the Cutting Tool Engineering Magazine website at www.ctemag.com.
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On April 9, 2010 Vaupell Northwest was audited and certified by SEA to stage 1.We consider SEA certification a significant step for Vaupell and its future. Our Certification in this program, demonstrates Vaupell's commitment to excellence. SEA provides a proven turnkey system for supplier development and provides an industry voice for suppliers on issues affecting supply chain performance. SEA also provides a platform for supplier visibility, performance improvement and collaboration. Learn more about the SEA on their website www.seaonline.org.
Vaupell's Midwest division located in Constantine, MI completed an audit and was certified to ISO 9001:2000 with design and AS9100 Revision B. Vaupell now has two of our operations certified to this standard and we believe that it provides better geographical coverage and unique capabilities to better serve our aerospace customers in the Midwest and other areas of the United States.
Vaupell Northeast Molding & Tooling facility of Agawam, MA can now offer its customers larger parts, thanks to a new Cincinnati Milacron 440ton horizontal injection molding machine.
Vaupell Announces the hiring of Mike Brescia to assist in Metal to Plastic Conversion and add additional support to their focus on the defense industry.
Vaupell was an active participant and exhibitor at the April 1-3, 2008 Hamburg (Germany) Aircraft Interiors Show. The Vaupell booth featured metal to plastic conversion and new technologies to reduce weight for aircraft components.
Vaupell Northeast in Agawam, MA, has successfully obtained certification to ISO 13485:2003, the internationally recognized Quality Management System for advanced Medical Molders. At the same time, multiple ISO 9001:2000 certifications were combined into one single certificate for the facility.
Vaupell Northeast has officially been named as a "Approved Supplier" for Sikorsky Bonding and Inspection and is now certified to complete structural bonding of helicopter components.
Aquatics International magazine conducted a survey of its wide readership to identify the best new products in the competitive aquatics sports field, and AntiWave's "FlipFloat" folding floating water polo goal has been awarded a "Most Valuable Product for 2007" award.
Vaupell will celebrate 60 years in business in June of this year. Getting its start in 1947 in Seattle, WA, the business has grown into an international leader in the industry.



