TechPrecision Corporation's WCMC Subsidiary Receives ISO 9001:2008 Certification

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TechPrecision Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TPCS) ("TechPrecision", or "the Company"), an industry leading manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems with customers in the alternative energy, cleantech, medical, nuclear, defense, aerospace and other commercial industries, today announced that its Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components Co., Ltd. (WCMC), subsidiary has received certification that it operates a Quality Management System that complies with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 for the fabrication, welding and machining of precision components and equipment, which indicates that it adheres to international standards of operation.

"Just over a year ago, we launched our WCMC subsidiary in China and in this short time have established a first-class global, and now certified, manufacturing operation," stated James Molinaro, CEO of TechPrecision Corporation. "The Company has always had a reputation in the industry for excellence in large scale, precision manufacturing and fabrication and achieving ISO certification on our first audit demonstrates WCMC's commitment to excellence and unsurpassed quality. Our China management and employees are to be commended for attaining this important certification in such a timely manner. We continually strive to exceed our customers' expectation and the ISO certification reflects our ongoing focus on this continuous improvement process." 

ISO 9000 is a family of standards for quality management systems that is maintained by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, and is administered by accreditation and certification bodies. A company or organization that has been independently audited and certified to be in conformance with ISO 9001 may publicly state that it is "ISO 9001 certified" or "ISO 9001 registered." Certification to an ISO 9001 standard certifies that formalized business processes are being applied. Although the standards originated in manufacturing, they are now employed across several types of organizations.

About TechPrecision Corporation

TechPrecision Corporation, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Ranor, Inc., and Wuxi Critical Mechanical Components Co., Ltd., is an industry leading, global manufacturer of precision, large-scale fabricated and machined metal components and systems. These products are used in a variety of markets including: renewable energy (solar and wind), medical, nuclear, defense, industrial, and aerospace. TechPrecision's mission is to be the leading end-to-end global service provider to its markets by furnishing custom, fully integrated "turn-key" solutions for complete products that require custom fabrication, precision machining, assembly, integration, inspection, non-destructive evaluation and testing. To learn more about the Company, please visit the corporate website at http://www.techprecision.com. Information on the Company's website or any other website does not constitute a part of this press release.

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SOURCE TechPrecision Corporation