West Yorkshire-based Keighley Laboratories has achieved Nadcap recognition for its commitment to continual improvement in aerospace quality.

Quality manager Tim Clegg said: “We have extended our MTL Nadcap accreditation scope by adding chemical analysis, alpha case and nitride depth determinations and compression testing (www.keighleylabs.co.uk).

“We have also added Nadcap to our heat treatment department.”

The accreditation process included an intensive six day technical audit, involving all employees at the Material Testing Laboratory to varying degrees.

Mr Clegg added: “The Nadcap accreditation demonstrates our on-going commitment to quality by satisfying customer requirements and industry specifications.

“It enables us to support our prime approvals and aerospace customers including Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Bombardier, British Aerospace and Safran.”

Joe Pinto, chief operating officer at the Performance Review Institute, which is responsible for overseeing Nadcap, said: “Achieving Nadcap accreditation is not easy.

“It is one of the ways in which the aerospace industry identifies those who excel at manufacturing quality products through superior special processes.

“Keighley Laboratories worked hard to obtain this status, and they should be justifiably proud of it.”