ISO Manufacturing

Quality Manufacturing

Interlink Electronics, Inc. produces all products using quality management systems compliant with and certified by the International Standard ISO 9001:2000.  Interlink has been registered by NSF-ISR to this standard since 1996.  All subcontracted production is performed by operations certified to ISO9001 and QS9000 in addition to numerous large OEM system standards. 

Serving our customers and providing quality products that meet their needs and expectations are cornerstones of the Interlink Electronics business plan. It is, therefore, the responsibility of each member of management to ensure that their processes are operating efficiently, and meeting customer quality and delivery expectations. Further, they shall continually improve products and processes while managing costs.

Environmentally-Safe Manufacturing

It has become increasingly important for successful companies to manufacture products that are not only safe to use, but environmentally friendly as well—products that are energy–efficient, environmentally safe and that can be recycled or disposed of safely. Legislation to ensure these objectives by identifying and eliminating the use of certain environmentally-damaging substances is being enacted around the world. 

Leading the way in this regard is the United Kingdom’s European RoHs Directive (see below).  Beginning in 2005, all new Interlink Electronics products have been designed to meet the requirements of the RoHS Directive (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment). Interlink has also converted the manufacturing of existing products to meet RoHS rquirements beginning in January, 2006. 

Interlink Electronics, Inc. is committed to providing our customers with products designed and produced with minimal environmental impact.  A vital part of this commitment is the use of parts, devices and materials that are friendly to the environment. Consistent with this philosophy, we have developed an internal Environmental Related Substances Standard and Implementation Strategy to address the combined requirements of environmental regulations worldwide that would impact our global customer base.

About ISO 9000, 9001, 14000
The ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 families are among ISO's most widely known standards ever. ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 standards are implemented by some 760 900 organizations in 154 countries. ISO 9000 has become an international reference for quality management requirements in business-to-business dealings, and ISO 14000 is well on the way to achieving as much, if not more, in enabling organizations to meet their environmental challenges. 

The ISO 9000 family is primarily concerned with "quality management". This means what the organization does to fulfill the customer's quality requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements, while aiming to enhance customer satisfaction, and achieve continual improvement of its performance in pursuit of these objectives.

The ISO 14000 family is primarily concerned with "environmental management". This means what the organization does to minimize harmful effects on the environment caused by its activities, and to achieve continual improvement of its environmental performance.

The vast majority of ISO standards are highly specific to a particular product, material or process. However, the standards that have earned the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 families a worldwide reputation are known as "generic management system standards".  More information at http://www.iso.org.

About RoHS
The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment".  This directive will ban the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants from 1 July 2006. The RoHS Directive is an Article 95 single market directive to be inforced by the National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML). For more information, see http://www.rohs.gov.uk/ and http://www.nwml.gov.uk/