CUSTOM PRODUCTS

QA1 is very experienced in value-added design, sourcing, and assembly of completed sub-assemblies for suspension applications.  QA1 routinely supplies assemblies that include products such as welded tubular sub frames, tubular suspension arms, knuckle castings, wheel bearings and seals, wheel hubs, stainless brake disks, forged aluminum brake calipers, CV drive shafts and suspension bushings.

From its beginnings as a manufacturer of rod ends and spherical bearings, QA1 has expanded into custom machining to service a broad range of customer applications. QA1 will continue to pursue this global sourcing aspect of the business aggressively. QA1 is driven by customer demands for:

• Vendor consolidation - single source of supply
• Just in time delivery
• Cost competitiveness
• Vendor on-hand inventory
• Engineering capabilities
• Innovation
• Responsive customer service
• Training
• Product information

These aspects of 21st century partnering are not unique or new to the manufacturer/customer relationship. QA1's broad array of machined and forged products is the sole result of just such partnering - the creative exchange of ideas between QA1 and its time-tested customer relationships. Often the specialized nature of these unique production parts began from a simple rod end demand-supply relationship, where the list of customer demands has been met on every point.
Supplying high quality, cost competitive solutions on these items began with the construction of a factory near Shanghai, China. QA1 made a major investment to assure the steady supply of spherical balls for much of its rod end spherical bearing products. QA1 cultivated similar supplier/partner relationships along the way, and celebrated the opening of its first wholly-owned, newly-constructed foreign manufacturing plant in April of 2001, not far from Shanghai. With a full staff of design engineers and quality control personnel accountable to QA1 standards of excellence, QA1's fully integrated supply chain is truly a global enterprise.

Some examples of projects that QA1 has designed and manufactured/sourced/assembled include: