Quality management

One of the main principles of PILLAR’s business policy is 100% quality control of production output.

 

To ensure complete satisfaction of customers with its products, Pillar JSC applies incoming and outgoing quality control, strictly monitoring quality of in-coming raw materials and consumables as well as all steps of wafer manufacturing – from preparation of raw materials to wafer packing. Internal audit is systematically fulfilled in all company departments.

 

The established quality control system of Pillar JSC meets the requirement of international ISO 9001:200 Standard, which has was proven by a certificate of the one of world leading audit companies in 2004.

In a near future, it is planned the transferring to ISO 9001:2008, a new version of this Standard, which will enable the quality management system more effective.

 

Pillar has its own measuring laboratory equipped with state-of-the-art devices for control of conductivity type, crystal orientation, resistivity, carbon and oxygen content, minority carrier lifetime, geometry of the products.

 

All cycles starting from raw material treatment and charge preparation through wafer measurements and testing are done in clean rooms which area is of 1000 m².

 

Qualified specialists of Pillar guarantee the adherence of wafers to the customers’ specifications and meeting highest general requirements and standards of the industry.

 

Pillar has its own R&D department with highly qualified researchers, engineers and technologists, working on improvements of both ingot growing and wafering processes, and taking part in scientific and research programs and projects sponsored by the European Union.

 

Coordinated work of all Company’s departments – planning and procurement, production, R&D and quality control – assures constant growth and development at technological and scientific levels, and together with on-time delivery provides full satisfaction of our customers.