Quality Assurance & Control
Quality Assurance
Our in-house quality system ensures that all processes, from sourcing to the shipping of the final product, meet and exceed customer expectations and needs. This Quality Management System (QMS) covers every aspect of handling products supplied to Oakwood customers, with in-house testing integrated throughout to guarantee product quality. Our QMS reflects Oakwood’s commitment to maintaining high standards, ensuring customer satisfaction, and driving continuous improvement.
Quality Control
Oakwood Chemical’s Quality Control Laboratory allows for in-house testing of the chemicals we offer to customers. The employees in the department have a combined total of over fifty years’ experience in the chemical industry and in analytical chemistry. The laboratory has multiple gas chromatographs, gas chromatograph/mass spectrometers, high-pressure liquid chromatographs, liquid chromatograph/mass spectrometer, UV/VIS spectrophotometer, ICP-OE spectrometer, FT-IR, melting point apparatus, Karl Fischer titrators, polarimeters, refractometers, and other key instruments for qualifying material sold from our catalog. We utilize the University of South Carolina’s NMR laboratory to run any NMR samples, with in-house scientists analyzing the raw data. Our analytical chemists follow our QMS to offer high quality products with concrete analysis data to ensure they meet published and/or contracted specifications. We issue Certificates of Analysis with every product.
