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Quality & Responsibility

In the Industrial PC arena, technology defines a company’s external value, while culture shapes its internal resilience and long-term competitiveness.

portwell dna

Crafting a Future Engineering Blueprint Centered on Innovation, Belonging, and Mission

This is a sector that demands precision, creativity, and rapid response, and behind every design, manufacture, and deployment lies a dedicated team of engineers and practitioners. It is within this context that corporate culture becomes the essential driving force for sustainable innovation.

our culture

A People-First Cultural Foundation

At Portwell, the culture is built on respect, welfare, inclusion, and growth. We strive to cultivate a workplace that fosters well-being and instills a sense of belonging across our global teams. Flexible working hours, transparent career-path frameworks, and shared opportunities to contribute to project successes empower our people to engage proactively and align themselves with our corporate vision.

The cultural strategy strikes a balance between regional flexibility and global alignment. This model enables each region to respond swiftly to local regulations, vertical-market requirements, or bespoke project developments, while preserving a unified brand identity and coherent technical philosophy worldwide.

The DNA of Our Culture: People, Attitude, Service, Harmony

The organizational belief is what’s good to the world. Core values are encapsulated in the motto “People, Attitude, Service, and Harmony”. Internally, we regard employees as our greatest asset, providing a young, professional environment where talent can flourish and achievements are shared. Externally, we anchor ourselves in integrity and treat customers as the source of our longevity. Through a philosophy of rigorous self-discipline and gracious customer care, we ensure that partners can entrust us with confidence in the face of relentless market change. This cultural heritage fuels our commitment to technological innovation and quality, while fostering collaborative bonds that bridge departments and borders, enabling our products and solutions to take root effectively.

People
Attitude
Service
Harmony

l.t.i.r. cycle

Fueling Innovation and High Quality

Building on our core values, we distill our corporate spirit into a dynamic L.T.I.R. cycle: Learn, Think, Implement, Review. This process embodies the PDCA principle, instilling a rigorous cadence into product R&D, manufacturing, and services, and ensuring we evolve wisely rather than chase every new trend in a rapidly advancing hardware landscape.

Learn
Learn new knowledge and other people’s strength.
Think
Think before you jump; think “different” & think “unique”.
Implement
Implement by all means is the royal road to success. Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.
Review
The deeper we reflect, the better we are! We review everybody’s performance, particularly ourselves.

“We are committed to providing high-quality products and services that consistently meet or exceed our customers’ expectations, comply with applicable regulatory requirements, and ensure the continued effectiveness and improvement of our Quality Management System”

Hans Peter Nüdling · Managing Director · European Portwell Technology B.V.

quality management

ISO Certification

American Portwell Technology’s quality policy is established and structured to provide compliant quality management across all four standards below.

ISO 9001:2015

Quality Standard Certification

APT’s quality management system is in compliance with the International Quality System Standard ISO 9001:2015. The ISO 9001:2015 standard is an internationally recognized quality management system standard developed by the International Organization of Standardization.

Certificate C2019-03543
Perry Johnson Registrars

ISO 13485:2016

Medical Devices – Quality Management Systems

American Portwell Technology understands the importance quality control plays in the manufacture of medical products and their application. So, in addition to our ISO 9001:2015 certification, we have developed quality management systems to meet ISO 13485:2016 standard. Perry Johnson Registrars performed the ISO audit in November 2020.

Audited November 2020
Perry Johnson Registrars

ISO 14001:2015

Environmental Management

American Portwell is dedicated to environmental leadership while continuing to provide the highest level of service to our customers. Further, we strive to minimize potential environmental impacts and reduce related risks that may result from our operations, related activities and services.

Certificate C2018-01688
Perry Johnson Registrars

TL 9000:2016 Release 6.2

Telecom Quality Management

The TL 9000 Quality Management System was developed by the QuEST Forum to meet the supply chain quality requirements of the worldwide telecommunications industry. As a TL 9000 certified company, American Portwell is committed to complying with all requirements clauses of ISO 9001:2015 as well as all applicable telecom-specific requirements and measurements.

Certificate C2021-00100
Perry Johnson Registrars

Our products are designed and tested to comply with industry agency approvals and safety requirements, such as UL, CE and FCC.

environmental responsibility

How We Demonstrate Our Commitment

Regulatory Compliance

We meet or exceed applicable and relevant regulatory requirements and other industry standards/guidelines to which we subscribe.

Environmental Stewardship and Risk Reduction

We enhance environmental quality and reduce hazards and risks in areas attributed to our operations, wherever feasible.

Pollution and Health & Safety

Prevention of pollution and elimination of health and safety hazards by maintaining environmental, health, and safety management as core values.

Continual Improvement

We continually improve our environmental performance throughout the organization.

rohs & weee

Restriction of Hazardous Substances

Portwell’s compliance strategy meets the WEEE and RoHS requirements of the EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and the EC Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

RoHS – Restriction on Hazardous Substances

The role of RoHS is to reduce harmful substances at source, ensuring that these hazardous substances are not leached into the environment by equipment which inevitably fails to be recycled.

EU Member States shall ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain:

Cadmium
Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+)
Lead (Pb)
Polybrominated Biphenyl (PBBs)
Polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs)
Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)

WEEE – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment

The WEEE Directive is primarily tasked with reducing the amount of electrical and electronic equipment from entering landfill at the end of its useful life by encouraging reuse, recycling and separate collection. It is a separate piece of environmental legislation, though it is directly linked to RoHS.

questions about compliance?

Need a Certificate or Declaration?

Our team can provide certificates, declarations of conformity and compliance documentation for your project.