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Serving the
Locksmith and Distribution Market
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Engineering
Hudson has a history of innovation in developing new
products to meet its customers' needs and specifications.
Here at Hudson, we place significant emphasis on product
development and we believe that these efforts enable
us to achieve our goals of leading the market. Our product
development and improvement activities, which are carried
out on a continuous basis by our experienced and highly
talented engineers, include:
- the design and development of new
technically advanced products in response to changing
industry and customer requirements
- refinement of our manufacturing capabilities
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- improvement in product composition,
durability, and reliability
To support our goal of product development,
Hudson's engineering department uses sophisticated CAD
systems to design new products and enhance current products.
Hudson's engineers focus on the concept of sales engineering
in developing and improving our products. We actively
work with our OEM customers to design new products and
assist in solving issues faced in the product development
process.
Manufacturing
Hudson's manufacturing process is among one of the many
factors distinguishing us from our competitors. We
employ a vertically integrated operation that almost
completely controls the manufacturing process from product
and tooling design to the time the brass strip and zinc
ingot arrive, through die casting, assembly, inspection,
and shipment.
Quality
Hudson's quality control program helps make us an industry
leader. We sell quality. To maintain the highest quality
standards, we use extensive in-house quality control
procedures. Our quality control department is headed
by a Quality Manager. Throughout the manufacturing process,
beginning with receipt of raw materials from outside
suppliers and ending with testing of finished products,
a series of quality inspections are performed to validate
conformity to purchased product specifications, engineering
requirements, and customer requirements.
In-process inspection is the focal point
of Hudson's quality control program. The goal of the
program is to maintain the quality of our products piece
by piece. The quality control program starts with the
machine operator and is carried out by every person
on the shop floor, including upper management, where
it is not unusual to find a senior manager conducting
a plant walk-through and inspecting parts coming off
of the production line.
As part of our commitment to quality,
Hudson Lock is ISO 9001 registered and certified.
All quality control procedures in the
manufacturing process are documented in our Quality
Manual, Procedures, and Work Instructions
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