Quality

The International Standards for "quality management" are intended to specify requirements for any organizational that needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product or services that meets customer and applicable regulatory requirements and aims to enhance customer satisfaction.

International Standards for Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety management (EHS) are intended to provide organizations with a method to implement and maintain the elements of an effective management system which can be integrated with other management requirements. This helps the organization achieve its business goals without compromising on continuous improvement in the areas of pollution prevention and protection of its employees.

Certifications also ensure compliance to EHS laws and regulations, independent audit for on-going conformance to all the elements of the standards and a disciplined approach to the common elements of a good quality management system such as documentation, operational control, corrective and preventative actions, internal audit and management review.

Gennum is registered to the following international Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety standards: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:1999. The company is also committed to comply with global environmental initiatives and has introduced "Lead-Free" and "Green" product versions for its markets.

Gennum Achieves NQI's PEP Level One Recognition

On June 23 2009, Gennum Corporation (Canada) proudly achieved the National Quality Institute's (NQI) Progessive Excellence Program (PEP) Level 1 certification, this is the first of four levels of organizational quality within their Progressive Excellence Program for the Quality category. The levels of NQI PEP are progressive in scope, designed so that organizations can be externally recognized at different levels, thereby reinforcing and assisting in sustaining a focus on excellence through quality and continuous improvement.

International Standards for Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Management (EHS) are intended to provide organizations with a method to implement and maintain the elements of an effective management system which can be integrated with other management requirements. This helps the organization achieve its business goals without compromising on continuous improvement in the areas of pollution prevention and protection of its employees.

Certifications also ensure compliance to EHS laws and regulations, independent audit for on-going conformance to all the elements of the standards and a disciplined approach to the common elements of a good quality management system such as documentation, operational control, corrective and preventative actions, internal audit and management review.

Gennum believes that companies not only have a legislated accountability, but a moral and ethical responsibility to preserve and protect the quality of the environment in which it functions in both the short and long terms.

The electronics industry is continuing to embrace environmental initiatives to reduce the level of hazardous materials contained in electronic components and systems. As part of our commitment to comply with global environmental initiatives, Gennum has adopted standards for hazardous materials use that comply with European Union directives (RoHS and WEEE) and the corporate initiatives of our Japanese customers.

Gennum is committed to the introduction of Lead-free (Pb-free) and Green packages for our products well in advance of the deadlines set out in these initiatives. Our strategy here is to introduce Pb-free, Green packages that are fully compatible with our customer's existing assembly processes as well as Pb-free assembly processes, thereby allowing our customers to transition to Pb-free assembly according to their own requirements.

Gennum also continues to work with our supply chain to ensure that products are manufactured and delivered with materials that are not only robust but also provide forward compliance to environmental initiatives. Implementing these solutions will allow us to continue to meet the needs of our global customers as well as fulfilling our responsibilities to the global community as a whole.

Gennum has received the Sony Green Partner Certificate