Gooch and Housego PLC’s Ilminster facility has undergone a successful transition assessment to the AS9100:2016 standard performed by British Standards Institution and equivalent to AS9100 Rev D. The award of this revised standard for aerospace supply manufacturing is a result of finding no major faults in the manufacturing processes. “This should provide our customers with assurances that we have the bandwidth to not only drive growth, but meet with one of the most stringent accreditations our target markets demand,” said Alex Warnock, COO of Gooch and Housego. “Whilst the A&D markets play a key role in delivering the company’s strategic growth plan as a whole, the AS9100:2016 standard is also seen as an opportunity to establish a new baseline within our business management systems to strengthen our expanding infrastructure and underpin our ability in achieving best in class within all our target markets.” Gooch and Housego is a photonics technology business that manufactures advanced photonic systems, components and instrumentation for applications in the aerospace and defense, industrial systems, optical communications, life sciences and scientific research sectors.