Mckenna Expands Penetration In Oil Gas And Renewable Sectors

As a result of continuous improvement to its process, McKenna, through their determined and driven quality department, managed to attain some very important standards in this industry.

Quality Engineer Maddy Hill, who was herself a key person in bringing the BP and Norsok accreditations to MPC, commented that ‘these accreditations show that MPC can manufacture to very high standards, recognised by the Norwegian Oil industries and Global companies such a BP. As a result, this has opened up new markets for us to compete in’.

McKenna has already started supplying customers in the oil and gas industry and this sector has shown exponential growth in their business contributing 40% of their annual revenue. Darryl Claytor head of Quality added that prior to getting the approval MPC already had the framework for these approvals due to its own stringent and high standard of operation. The move towards Norsok and approval from BP has made us sharpen our processes further and now we are ranked amongst the best in this industry’.

MPC are now also registered with Achilles FPAL which is a Supplier management community used by major buying organisations within the Oil & Gas sector. It enables the oil & gas sector to use Achilles' proven supplier pre-qualification system to identify, pre-qualify and assess suppliers for tender opportunities and minimise risk within their supply chains.

MPC have proven that they have implemented a Quality Management System and possess the capability, skill and understanding to handle the required material grade. The adequate facilities and equipment to manufacture products with acceptable material properties is also a prerequisite for the approval.

Traditionally MPC manufactured components using Cobalt chrome, steel and other alloys and now, because of the Norsok accreditation, use even more complex alloys with full traceability such as Duplex Stainless Steels

For MPC, keeping the Norsok and BP approval means everyone at MPC has to be tuned into the ethos of continuous improvement and quality without compromise a philosophy that the IIP accredited company has easily managed to keep in over 30 years of production.