Gould is committed to continuous quality improvement of its products and processes worldwide, as demonstrated by its:

• Quality Council, which sets aggressive quality goals and reviews results monthly
• ISO 9001 Certification of all facilities worldwide
• Statistical process controls that are implemented in all plants
• Employee involvement teams
• AOI implementation for quality review
• Collection and analysis of customer feedback

In addition, Gould is working to:

• Educate its workforce on increasing quality requirements
• Expand AOI usage to eliminate the root cause of defects
• Reduce mirocontaminants
• Web-clean all copper foil
• Participate in IPC and other industry consortia to establish higher quality standards

It is this commitment to quality that makes Gould the preferred supplier of copper foil to the printed circuit board industry.