RIX Industries Achieves AS9100C Certification

RIX Industries Achieves AS9100C Certification

After many months of preparation, RIX Industries has achieved AS9100C Certification. Intended for organizations that design, develop, and or produce aviation, space, and defense products, AS9100 is the standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. Major aerospace manufacturers and suppliers worldwide require compliance and registration to AS9100 as a condition of doing business with them.


AS9100C RIX Industries“Our AS9100 certification is just a reflection of the values RIX embodies as a whole. Our employees are dedicated to implementing a quality management system not only for our aerospace division, but to serve the company throughout,” says Dana Otterson, Strategic Resources Development at RIX Industries. “In effect, every singly employee at RIX helped us achieve our goal of becoming AS9100 certified. With our certification, our reputation as an industry leader in manufacturing innovative compressor technology will continue to thrive.”


RIX Industries is proud to join only 17,000 aerospace companies worldwide with this certification. Of 1,500 AS9100 certified companies in California, only 6 of these, including RIX, are north of the Golden Gate Bridge. RIX Industries is committed to providing exceptional product and services within the AS9100 scope and standards.


ABOUT RIX INDUSTRIES:


RIX Industries manufactures a wide range of reciprocating piston compressors and generators for industrial gases and breathing air. RIX specializes in oil-free, high-pressure pneumatic technology. RIX has been in business since 1878 and has been proudly serving our US Armed Forces for over 120 years. RIX Industries’ compressors and generators are used by an extensive list of customers including industrial gas companies, refineries and chemical plants, offshore oil platforms, commercial diving, OEM’s, SCUBA tank filling, and Government Agencies, all of which increases RIX’s global role in strategic deterrence, homeland defense, and economic security. With a solid industry reputation that is second to none, RIX is the established leader in American-made compressor engineering and manufacturing.

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