Following acquisition in 2013 by the FSW Group, Beacon was moved to a larger premises and a comprehensive review of the production and quality systems was undertaken.

This has resulted in the introduction of an updated Quality policy and an improved set of QA procedures. This Quality Policy has been implanted to ensure that Beacons’ manufacturing procedures meet, or exceed, the requirements of all applicable and relevant standards and codes of practice that apply to the Beacon production processes.

These benchmarks include EN378-2008, P.E>.D. 97/23/EC, BS EN 15614-1, and the BRA Guide to Good Practice, amongst others.

At Beacon the QA assessors are now more involved in the build processes through the introduction of a revised, comprehensive series of in-build and post-build quality checks and tests. These checks and tests ensure that workmanship and materials are consistently of a very high quality.

Beacons Quality control programme includes the following:

·       In-build checks for compliance with the quality standards.

·       In-build checks for conformity with the particular specification.

·       Inspection and calibration of QC testing equipment.

·       Build progress check sheets.

·       Production certification procedures.

·       Processing of customer complaints and of corrective actions.

An important aspect of the Beacon Quality programme is that it provides full traceability, allowing for errors and failings to be readily identified, assessed and corrected.

Continuous improvement in production methods and techniques, together with staff training in quality standards, craft skills and refrigeration components, all combine to deliver refrigeration equipment that has been designed and built to as consistently high standard.