IQD is committed to providing competitive, high quality, cutting edge frequency products to support our existing and expanding customer base, backed by world class service and technical support.
Maintaining a fully integrated Quality and Environmental management system certified to ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 14001:2015 across our entire organisation ensures that we not only satisfy our customers’ requirements, but routinely exceed expectations.
Highly skilled, dedicated personnel drive our strategy for continual improvement throughout the organisation, providing us with opportunities to expand our market share and invest in developing technologies, keeping IQD at the forefront of the increasingly competitive and rapidly evolving frequency products market.
For further information regarding Quality, Compliance & Environmental policies and product status, please contact our QA team on +44 (0)1460 270200 or use our contact form.
Originally obtaining certification to BS 5750 in 1988, all IQD’s design, manufacturing and test facilities are certified to ISO 9001:2015. Our quality management systems continually improve and adapt to meet the requirements of the international standard and our customers.
Quality is a cornerstone of IQD's success and we provide a total quality solution for our range of frequency control products. Our quality management system establishes appropriate philosophies to ensure that the company and its personnel comply with documented procedures and maintain customer satisfaction by providing high integrity products and service.
IQD is proud to have attained ISO 14001 certification demonstrating our approach to managing the environmental aspects of our business model. The electronics industry can have a significant environmental impact due to the use of hazardous materials, energy consumption, and waste generation. ISO 14001 provides a framework for managing our environmental performance including Identifying and assessing environmental impacts, setting environmental objectives and targets, developing and implementing environmental management programs, and subsequent review and improvement.
The global automotive industry demands stringent levels of product quality and service as well as continual improvement. To meet these expectations suppliers to the industry must adhere to the requirements laid out in the quality management standard IATF 16949:2016.
IATF 16949:2016 was developed by the automotive industry, the International Automotive Task Force (IATF), to encourage improvement in both the supply chain and the certification process.
This specification aligns and supersedes existing US, German, French and Italian automotive quality system standards, including QS-9000, VDA6.1, EAQF and ASQ. It specifies the quality system requirements for the design/development, production and servicing of all automotive-related products.
IQD’s automotive manufacturing sites are accredited to IATF 16949:2016 and as such can, if requested, supply automotive frequency control products with full PPAP documentation to the appropriate level, as stipulated by the customer.
The Automotive Electronics Council (AEC) is the standardization body for establishing standards for reliable, high quality electronic components. Components meeting these specifications are suitable for use in the harsh automotive environment without additional component-level qualification testing.
The AEC has established several notable specifications for automotive electronics to define minimum stress test driven qualification requirements, in particular –
Depending on the technology involved IQD’s automotive frequency control products are qualified against and to the requirements set out in either AEC-Q100 or AEC-Q200.
As at January 2024, all of our products are certified to AEC-Q200 Revision D, and we are working towards full qualification of all of our products to Revision E. Contact our Sales Support Team if you require any further detailed information +44 (0) 1460 270200 or Email.
IQD is committed to supplying products that conform to the European Union (EU) Directive 2011/65/EU: Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS).
According to the RoHS Directive, the following six substances should have been phased out of many electronic components by July 1st, 2006:
We have undertaken wide ranging research into these substances and their use. The key substance that affects our product range is lead. Selection and testing of alternative materials has been undertaken and certain levels of formal qualifications have been completed within our facilities. We can provide comprehensive and in-depth guidance to customers on appropriate technologies and alternative components that are in compliance with RoHS standards.
In line with the directive we are currently supplying fully certified RoHS compliant products to our customers as standard. However we are aware that many of our customers' products are exempt from the RoHS requirements and are therefore committed to continuing to supply existing products and services without change. Should change be unavoidable through component supply constraints, we will work with our customers to ensure that they are notified in advance of any changes that are required to allow continuity of supply.
IQD are fully aware of the European Union (EU) Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation [and restriction] of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation, EC number 1907/2006, that entered into force on 1st June 2007.
The REACH Regulation has been adopted throughout the EU to improve the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that can be posed by chemicals. It also promotes alternative methods for the hazard assessment of substances in order to reduce the number of tests on animals.
IQD is aware of the periodic expansion of the REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Candidate List. We continually review and update our REACH Statement to remain current and fully compliant with this regulation, aiming to promote sustainable development and comprehensively ensure the protection of human health and the environment.
IQD’s products are “articles” as defined in Article 3(3) of the REACH Regulation (“an object which during production is given a special shape, surface or design which determines its function to a greater degree than its chemical composition”) and do not release substances under their normal use.
Suppliers of articles must provide recipients with information on SVHC if those are present above a concentration limit of 0.1% on an article level. IQD’s products do not contain any of the currently listed SVHC’s above this concentration limit.
This said, we are continually reviewing our obligations with regard to this regulation based on available information and we are continuing to work with our suppliers to ensure that all SVHC’s are notified to the European Chemicals Agency, if necessary, to comply with the REACH requirement.
In July 2010, the United States enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which includes section 1502, a section which regulates disclosure of the use of any “Conflict Minerals”. Conflict Minerals refers to minerals and other derivatives mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and in the adjoining countries, where revenues may be directly or indirectly financing armed groups engaged in civil war resulting in serious social and environmental abuses. The four minerals covered by the act are Gold (Au), Tantalum (Ta), Tin (Sn) and Tungsten (W) – collectively known as 3TG, all of which can be used in electronic components such as frequency control products.
IQD is committed to having a socially responsible supply chain and will not condone any abuse of human rights; but the supply chain of these minerals is long and complex. Tracing the ownership and origin of these minerals is challenging as the supply chain includes multiple actors, from small-scale producers to local consolidators as well as smelters and other processors. The smelting and refining of minerals often combines ore from many different sources, making it difficult to trace their origin after refining.
Smelters have been identified as the pinch-point in these supply chains and IQD support the development of the Conflict-Free Smelter (CFS) program developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI). The CFS is a voluntary program that aims to enable responsible mineral sourcing through evaluating the source and conflict-free status of minerals that are processed by smelters.
However IQD do not purchase any of the Conflict Minerals directly from smelters, so we have taken measures to eliminate Conflict Minerals from our products by working with our suppliers to gain assurances that none of the 3TG minerals used in our products are derived the DRC Conflict Region. We have further requested our suppliers refuse to use Conflict Minerals from this region in all present and future materials, while also notifying their upstream suppliers of this requirement. Therefore based upon the information provided by our suppliers IQD’s components do not knowingly contain minerals derived from the DRC Conflict Region.
