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fer many of the same type of services that we do,” says
Barnes, “but there’s a much smaller segment of the
market that holds professional certifications like we do.
We are ISO 9001 Certified; we’re also NADCAP Certified,
which allows us to do aerospace and defense work. And
those certifications really speak to the high level of qual-
ity systems that we have in place at both facilities. That’s
really been a point of growth for our company. Auditors
prefer to deal with companies that have these systems
in place because it makes doing business with them
easier. They’re recognized standards in the marketplace
and they understand that the companies that have these
certifications really have their act together.”
NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors
Accreditation Program) is a global-wide certification that
standardizes all the finishing processes for the aerospace
and defense sectors. “Because of our NADCAP accredita-
tion,” Barnes explains, “we’re well-suited to work with the
‘prime’ manufacturers and their supply chain.” Lindgren
also holds a Federal Firearms License and considers the
processing of firearms work a key part of its portfolio of
services. “We do a vast array of gun parts with a number
of different coatings,” he says. “We offer finishing from
start to finish on gun parts, including blasting, coating
options, solid film lubricants, etc. So we are a one-stop
processor for this work. That’s a really important market
to our company and one in which we’ve done a terrific job
bringing work in from all over the country.”
As The Lindgren Group moves forward, according to
Barnes, its management team is constantly involved in
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