Quality Assurance

Our quality vision

Sustaining Our Commitment to and Leadership in Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE)

As a solutions driven organisation supplying downhole drilling equipment to oil service companies across the world, our strategy is to provide solutions that enable us to exceed our customers´ expectations whilst retaining our leadership in quality, service, health & safety and the environment.

Our proactive QHSE culture ensures that quality, health & safety and environmental considerations remain top priorities for Cutting & Wear’s management and for all our employees.

Minimising the risk of loss from process failure is a recognized, integral part of our continuous improvement process. QHSE activities begin with risk management.

Stringent policies and standards ensure that any losses related to people, assets and processes are addressed. Non-conformances are thoroughly investigated to better understand where we need to improve.

Our QHSE Vision is to:

  •  Assure the quality and technical integrity of our products and services so that they are fit for purpose and that their functional specifications match the customer´s applications in all instances.
  • Communicate effectively with our customers and exceed their expectations. Key to this process is to ask for regular customer feedback on our performance.
  • Provide a framework for the setting of QHSE goals and performance objectives through the use of an effective management system.
  • Monitor, evaluate and continually improve our QHSE performance through defined operational standards, training, assessments and audits.
  • Be fully prepared to respond to any QHSE situation.
  • Minimize our impact on the environment through pollution prevention and control of emissions, the efficient use of natural resources and the reduction and recycling of waste.
  • Educate our employees, contractors, and business partners in the safe and environmentally responsible use of our products and services and demonstrate how their actions can influence QHSE performance.
  • Consult regularly with employees, and others, with regards to Quality, Health & Safety and the Environment.
  • Ensure all employees are given the training and resources necessary to meet company requirements.
  • Ensure that all suppliers and sub-contractors are selected and monitored on their positive approach and continued commitment to quality and service standards.
  • Strive for continuous improvement.

Our Quality policy

Cutting & Wear Resistant Developments Limited are committed wholly to meeting our quality policy.

Cutting & Wear Resistant Developments Limited are committed wholly to meeting our quality policy.

Cutting & Wear Resistant Developments Limited are also committed to continued compliance with all applicable standards and approval schemes and to ensuring that the organisation meets applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

Employees are given the training and resources necessary to meet company requirements, improve their own performance and take appropriate preventive and corrective action to continuously improve the overall performance of the company.

Suppliers and subcontractors are selected and monitored on their positive approach and continued commitment to quality and service standards.

To comply with this policy, Cutting & Wear Resistant Developments Limited sets and monitors the achievement of goals and objectives and ensures that resources are made available to achieve these objectives.

We are currently accredited to BS EN ISO 9001:2015 and API Spec Q1 and Spec 7-1 and are a member of Made in Sheffield.

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About Us
We are an international, world-class company supplying downhole tool technology to drilling equipment manufacturers across the world.

Our History
We were established in Sheffield by Mr Brian Russell in 1968, to supply hardfacing materials to oil & gas operations in the North Sea.

Meet Us
Our team brings a wealth of knowledge and experience for all major oil service companies across the globe.