CEMSI News

CEMSI Earns ISO 9001:2008 Certification

CEMSI has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification from Intertek, Inc., a quality management systems registrar. ISO 9001:2008 is an internationally recognized quality management system standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

CEMIS’s Quality Policy states: “CEMSI will meet or exceed all of its Quality System Requirements and Customer Specifications by involving every employee in the continual quality improvement effort. Each CEMSI employee is responsible for preventing and identifying quality issues and has the right to bring these issues to any level of the organization necessary to facilitate resolution.” In order to better meet customer requirements and sustain continual improvement, CEMSI established, implemented, and documented ISO 9001:2008 requirements. Certification to ISO 9001:2008 reinforces to CEMSI customers that we operate a Quality Management System (QMS) in accordance with the standard.

CEMSI was founded in 1999. Our scope today is that we are a contract manufacturer of custom electronic and electromechanical assemblies and systems.

As part of the process for CEMSI to become ISO 9001:2008 certified, independent Intertek auditors performed on-site assessments, examined CEMSI’s documented procedures, and audited our overall operations. The CEMSI Quality Management System will be audited by Intertek at one year intervals to determine continued compliance with ISO 9001:2008 requirements.

Congratulations to everyone involved at CEMSI and ComSonics on their recent successful completion of their external audit to the ISO9001:2008 standard. For those that don’t know, the 2008 revision supersedes the 2000 revision of the standard. Everyone at CEMSI worked very hard in the preparation for the audit.

CEMSI plus ISO 9001:2008 certification equals continued success for CEMSI, ComSonics and our customers.

CEMSI and ADI Engineering Alliance Announced

CEMSI and ADI Engineering of Charlottesville, VA have agreed to an alliance designed to add comprehensive engineering services to CEMSI’s manufacturing and product testing capabilities.

The alliance, which was announced by CEMSI’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Donn Meyerhoeffer, will ensure that CEMSI is capable of providing a complete array of design through production services to its clientele. Under the new agreement, CEMSI will now be able to offer comprehensive product development services including Value Engineering, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design, Electrical and Mechanical Design, System Design, Embedded Software Development, System Integration, and Regulatory Testing.

Jay Moyer, CEMSI New Business Development Manager commented, “This will round out our portfolio of services and will allow us to provide engineering, manufacturing and product testing with a single contact from customers who seek any combination of these services.”

ADI Engineering was founded in 1990 and has been providing complete engineering services in partnership with many leading chip manufacturers, including Intel, Freescale, Texas Instruments, Xilinx, and Altera. They are an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) with an all US engineering team based in Charlottesville, Virginia, close to the CEMSI manufacturing plant.

“We at ADI Engineering are familiar with doing what it takes to provide seamless engineering services through alliances with other firms,” said Steve Yates, President of ADI Engineering. “The CEMSI and ADI “fit” is a good one since CEMSI believes in providing the same high quality of service and product that we do.”
The agreement between the two companies was finalized on June 1, 2010. Customers may start utilizing the new engineering services immediately. In order to obtain additional information, contact CEMSI New Business Development Manager, Jay Moyer at jaymoyer@cemsi.com or 540-437-2134.