Commitments

Environment

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“Develop based on the planet’s environmental capabilities !”

PRECICAD is proud to have received the ISO 14001(2004) certification and has established the following environmental policy:

PRECICAD is committed to excel in environmental matters of integrated product development services and takes the following safety measures to reduce to a minimum the negative impacts on the environment:

Through our services, PRECICAD influences our client’s product designs by applying eco-design tools, with the use of recycled and recyclable materials, by optimization of the weight of the newly designed product leading to a decreased use of raw materials and a reduction of energy consumption. Our design orientations will have positive impacts on the environment. Our in-house and R&D projects enable us to develop our expertise in the environmental field through the search for new materials and new manufacturing processes.

A regular internal audit of our procedures enables us to continually enhance our environmental system, to prevent pollution and to evaluate our environmental performance.

Our Commitments:

Participate actively in waste management, re-use and recycling of waste material produced by our activities.

Conform to the environmental laws and regulations as well as other requirements applicable to our activities and identified environmental aspects.

Elaborate and ensure the follow-up of environmental programs that correspond to our environmental goals and objectives.

Review our environmental policy annually in order to ensure that it is still applicable and appropriate for Précicad activities and that it conforms to legal requirements and all other requirements we have adhered to.

Sensitize our employees and our suppliers to the benefits of conforming to the requirements of our environmental system and to the impacts they may have on the environment.

Share and distribute our environmental policy making it accessible to external parties and be attentive to their requests in environmental matters.

Based on our business activities and the types of services we provide to our customers, we consider the following environmental aspects to be significant:

  • Throughout our client projects, reduce the use of raw materials and natural resources;
  • Through our client projects and research and development, increase the use of recyclable and recycled material;
  • Reduction of waste and by-products (computers, used CD’s, paper, etc.);
  • Reduction of gas emissions caused by the use of automobiles
    by prioritizing carpooling and public transit when traveling.

Quality

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PRECICAD commits to the following mission which is integrated in all of our activities:

“To be for our clientele a key partner for product development and growth through CHADE, Computer and Human Aided Design and Engineering.”

Our quality policy is the following:

The PRECICAD team commits to delighting its clientele by demonstrating leadership in every respect by consistently being attentive to each customer’s needs, by the elaboration of creative and innovative solutions, by constant improvement and mastery of our operations, by using state-of-the-art technology and through constant improvement of our quality management system.

Our objectives are the following:

  • Leadership: Work hard to remain a leader in integrated product development services.
  • Continuous improvement: Make the necessary adjustments in order to ensure we have the best quality system suited to our objectives, to the needs of our clients, our employees, our suppliers and partners.
  • Partnership with our client: Constantly offer innovative and efficient solutions corresponding to our clients product development needs.
  • State-of-the-art technology: Always be on the look-out for new technology and continually work to increase our expertise in our business segment.

Social involvement

The PRECICAD team contributes to social and humanitarian projects on a regular basis. For instance, PRECICAD has through its scientific support and in collaboration with other partners, contributed to the developement of a new durable foot prosthesis with a high energy return for active individuals. The main objectives for this prosthesis are: to be easy to produce and adjust, to be functional, and finally, be produced at a reasonable cost for third world nations. (http://www.niagarafoot.com)