Why customers choose IRD
A custom component can meet the drawing and still put a program at risk when ownership, communication, repeatability, or delivery breaks down.
IRD structures precision manufacturing around long-term OEM work: understand the full requirement, keep responsibility close to the process, and improve how the part is built over time.
How IRD works with programs
A dependable supplier has to understand where the component fits, how it will be inspected, when it is needed, and what happens when the requirement changes.
Cell-based manufacturing gives a team ownership across the component lifecycle. The manufacturing conversation includes tolerances, finishes, packaging, inventory control, point-of-use requirements, and expected volume. When standard methods are not enough, IRD can develop equipment, fixturing, and tooling around the part.
True Partnership
Keep process knowledge, customer context, and technical communication connected through the life of the program.
Real Customization
Develop the tooling, fixtures, process sequence, packaging, and controls the finished component requires.
Real Service
Respond when requirements or schedules change and improve the process instead of waiting for final inspection.
Reliability in production
IRD reports an on-time delivery rate above 98% across the past decade. Quality is managed at the source through process ownership, custom automation, improved polishing processes, and new inspection equipment.
Quality & certifications- 98%+
- On-time delivery
- 10 yrs
- Sustained performance window
- 0 PPM award
- Honeywell Aerospace quality award
Making your dreams for tomorrow a reality today.
IRD's Just Cause is to help make tomorrow's dreams a reality today. It connects employees, customers, suppliers, and the community to a shared purpose, and shows up in flexible schedules, scholarships, training, charitable support, and the life-saving technologies IRD's components end up inside.
Three values guide how the work gets done, on the floor, in the quote, and in the conversation when a requirement changes.
Pride
Act with integrity, take responsibility for the work, and keep reaching for a higher level of quality.
Innovation
Pursue continuous improvement in processes, equipment, and ways of working.
Partnership
Practice goodwill, teamwork, and accountability so the work succeeds across organizational boundaries.
Awards and recognition
IRD has published recognition received from customers and manufacturing organizations that measure supplier performance.
Exceptional Quality Performance
- Honeywell AerospaceZero PPM
Supplier Excellence Award
- Honeywell SSEC
- Spectra Physics / Laser PlaneFive times
- Spectra PrecisionTwo times
- Trimble
Supplier of the Year
- Honeywell Microswitch
- Honeywell SSEC
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