UK Abrasives is the Quality
High Technology Oriented Company

Established in 1993.

Manufactures, markets and sells products worldwide from its Northbrook, Illinois, USA Headquarters and Manufacturing Plant.

Board of Directors:
Dmitry Balyasny
Mark Gorelik
Vladimir Kompan, P.E.
Vitaly Slobodsky, Ph.D.

Company Principals:
President and CEO: Vladimir Kompan, P.E.
Technical Director: Dr. Vitaly Slobodsky, Ph.D.
CFO: Mark Gorelik

Key Employees:
Controller: Susan Kaneko, C.P.A.
Office Manager: Rosalie Stickling
Sales Managers: Adam Balboa, Glen Clinton, Andrew Dominello, Ed Hein, Greg Lipovetsky
Production Manager: Vladimir Rubinstein
Production Control Supervisor: Ilona Yaschenko

Quality Programs Registration and Certifications:
ISO 9001:2008 (Reregistered in 6/3/2003, Certificate No. 10893)
NQA1 (Nuclear Quality Assurance) Certified in July 2001.

Facilities

Building:
26,000 sq. ft., fully air conditioned, including

Manufacturing facilities:

  • Fully Air Conditioned Plant
  • Clean Room ng, 8,000 sq,ft., with 0.3 mcm air purification system. Houses Diamond Storage Room, QC Laboratory and 2 production rooms for manufacturing Vehicles, Suspensions and Slurries.
  • Electronic Industry Quality Reverse Osmosis DI Water Purification System.
  • Re-Packaging and Custom Blending
  • Boron Carbide Processing Line with Fluidized Bed Jet Mill System and Air Classifier System.
  • Warehouse area.
  • Custom Build Equipment Shop

QC Laboratories, equipped with:

  • Coulter Laser Type Particle Analyzer Model LS230
  • Coulter Particle Analyzer Horiba LA920
  • Microscopes
  • Viscosity Meter
  • Tap Density Tester
  • Laboratory Sieves

R&D Equipment:

  • Ultrasonic Wave Generator with Set of custom designed "Disunite" Probes.
  • Custom Built "Blendex" Powder Blending/Mixing System

Quality Assurance Program

At Manufacturing Plants:

  • Approved specifications and process sheets to manufacture the product.
  • Process Control, assures that the same process specifications and technology are used to manufacture the product each time.
  • Quality Control
  • Certification for every product lot includes information about Particle Distribution and Certificate of Analysis.

At US Facility:

  • Per ISO 9001:2008 and NQA1 (Nuclear Quality Assurance) procedures.

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