Facilities
Our factory in Maitland has a floor space of 7000m2 and houses a dedicated
workforce trained in the manufacture, assembly and testing of intricate
mechanical devices. Follow this link for more detail on our facility capacity.
The production facilities include all aspects relating to precision manufacture
and are flexible enough to manage unique prototypes or high volume production
from procurement to finished product. Our factory is considered to be a leader
in the Western Cape and is fully equipped with a machine shop, press shop,
plating facility and toolroom, which undertakes the manufacture of all in-house
tooling and gauging. Specialised features include small gear cutting, pivot
polishing and metal finishing. A facility for the design and manufacture of
special purpose machines exists for in-house production.
Laingsdale operates a Quality Assurance system that meets all of our customers’
requirements and is in line with current local and international standards. As
a SABS listed company we have entrenched procedures that ensure the quality of
our product through all stages of the manufacturing process. Dedicated and
experienced quality engineers follow strict procedures in order for us to give
our customers the assurance that quality is built into every level of
manufacture. Traceability is maintained from raw material purchase to packaging
and despatch of the finished product. In-house calibration of all measuring
equipment and gauges is carried out in our temperature controlled standards
room with primary standards traceable to national standards. At Laingsdale we
work hard to ensure that our quality control processes meet or exceed the
requirements of SABS ISO 9001:2000 to which we are certified.
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