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3 March 2009

 

SOITEC’s ISO 9001 certification expanded to worldwide operations

Soitec, which manufactures engineered substrates including 80% of all silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers (as well as III-V epiwafers through its Picogiga International division), has been awarded International Standards Organization (ISO) 9001 certification for quality assurance, both for a renewal at its headquarters in Bernin, France (first certified in 1998) and a first certification for its new production facility in Singapore (which is in the process of customer qualifications).

To ensure global standardization, all group activities will now be managed through a corporate quality management system. Soitec says that its compliance with internationally recognized quality management practices underscores its continued efforts to increase efficiency and alignment across its operating sites. “We rely on strong internal processes to drive our business,” says Jean-Luc Ledys, VP of corporate quality for the Soitec Group.

The entire Soitec group is now certified for having established a high-level process and system-oriented quality management (QM) based on ISO 9001 standards. The site of Soitec’s Picogiga International division in Les Ulis, which provides substrates including III-V epiwafers and gallium nitride (GaN)-based wafers for manufacturing high-frequency electronics and optoelectronic devices, currently holds its own ISO certification and will be integrated into the certification group subsequently.

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