Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. is committed to becoming the performance leader in counter gravity casting by providing our customers with products of the highest possible level of quality. We will continually appraise and improve our business to ensure that the quality of the product we provide fully and consistently meets our customers’ expectations and requirements.

Hitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc., through its operations and employees, is committed to quality operating systems that embrace continuous improvement in the manufacture of its products ensuring that we will consistently meet or exceed our customers’ requirements and specifications. Through training, teamwork, and constant review and refinement of all internal quality standards we shall continually pursue the level of excellence required to achieve the ever-rising standards of quality and value needed to provide customer satisfaction.

Certifications and Approvals

Independent third-party certification of our quality management systems requires a program that provides for continuous improvement, emphasizing defect prevention and the reduction of variation and waste throughout the organization. All Hitchiner divisions are committed to ensuring customer satisfaction beginning with conformance to quality requirements, and continuing with reduction of variation and waste to benefit the final customer.

Our quality efforts were acknowledged or recognized when industry standards certifications were awarded to the US Ferrous Operations (ISO9001, IATF16949 & ISO9001/AS9100), to the Mexican Operations (ISO9001 & IATF16949), to the Gas Turbine Operations (ISO9001/AS9100), to the Single Crystal and Master Melt Operations (ISO9001/AS9100) and to the warehouse (ISO9001/AS9100 & IATF16949). The US Ferrous and Mexico Operations originally received QS9000 certification in 1998.

In addition to film and digital radiography, fluorescent penetrant, grain etch, heat treat, welding, and passivation, Hitchiner is NADCAP accredited for Chemical testing using OES and Combustion methods, Room and Elevated Temperature Tensile testing including machining, Elevated Temperature Stress Rupture testing, Rockwell B&C Hardness testing, Metallography and Laboratory Heat Treatment of test materials. 

All employees’ dedication to delivering quality and value in its products and services has made the certification process successful.