Sonju Industrial News
Boeing Commercial Airplane Inspection Delegation Authority
for Sonju Industrial, Inc.
Kalispell, Mont. December– 7, 2011 In recognition of your company’s continued high quality performance, we are pleased to inform you that you have been approved to participate in the Delegation Program for Boeing Commercial Airplane (BCA). Sonju Industrial Inc has consistently supplied BCA with high quality products, manufactured under a strong quality control system focused on continual quality improvement. With this approval, Sonju Industrial Inc joins an elite group of suppliers who have proven themselves as high quality performers.
Delegation approval will allow Sonju Industrial Inc to ship products procured by the commercial programs directly, without the requirement for source inspection. FAA conformity inspections are unaffected by this delegation. Boeing first article inspections are unaffected by this delegation unless otherwise identified by contract. The requirements of this delegation authority will be identified on purchase documents or by separate letter. As a delegated supplier, your Quality Control Organization will perform, on behalf of BCA, in-process inspection and final acceptance of these products. Boeing will perform periodic maintenance verification assessments to ensure continued compliance to quality systems and contractual requirements.
Once again, congratulations to the Sonju Industrial Inc team for a job well done. We look forward to continued quality improvement in the future.
John Lunardi Director, BCA Supplier Quality BCA Supplier Management
Missoula Eagle Scout project enlists community to build Memorial Boot Stand for veterans cemetery
By KIM BRIGGEMAN of the Missoulian
MISSOULA, Mont. - It'll be a while before David Beach is old enough to enlist in the military. Most of four active years of high school are still ahead for the 14-year-old freshman at Missoula Sentinel High School.
Beach is even on the young side to be earning his Eagle Scout medal from the Boy Scouts of America. The average age of a new Eagle Scout in 2010 was 17. But he's not too young to appreciate what those who serve in the Armed Forces do - and to do something about it.
Beach put more than 80 hours over the past several months planning and building a Fallen Warrior Memorial Boot Stand and memorial urn box for the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery in Missoula. The stand and urn will be used at interments at the cemetery, and "they'll really dress up the ceremonies for them," Beach said.
He also built a picnic table for the cemetery and four wooden library carts to be used at the Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History in Fort Missoula. The latter was at the suggestion of museum director Tate Jones, who needed a better way to store and organize the extensive files of old Missoulian articles he's collected on fort history. "I wanted to do something special for the military and the community, and so I sort of followed up with some places I might be able to help," Beach said.
He approached Jones and veterans cemetery manager Curt Aasved and "asked them what they needed to get done." Aasved told him it was the first Eagle Scout project broached to the cemetery, which opened three years ago.
The memorial boot stand is almost ready to go. The wooden urn box has already been used for several interment ceremonies. "It's something that the cemetery definitely could use," groundskeeper Justin Murray said. "Some of these families are really poor, and (the cremains) just come in a little cremation plastic urn box. He built us a nice wooden box that we could set them in, and then the flag can lean up on this box for the service. It looks really nice."
The military has influenced Beach. One grandfather, Dale Bond, served in the Korean War in the Army and is past state commander of the Veterans of Foreign War. The other, Bob Beach, was in the Air Force.
David's father, Greg, grew up and remains close friends with David Richardson, a retired U.S. Naval submarine commander who now lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and manages nuclear power facilities across the U.S. David said his grandpas impressed on him the importance of those who serve and of his efforts to honor them. "They really make sure I recognize that it's a big duty to have," he said.
Bond is a woodworker, and he said it was a gratifying thing when David came to his house in northwest Missoula and asked for help laying out his projects and drawing up some plans. It was at Bond's shop that most of the work got done.
As stipulated by the Eagle Scouts, it wasn't a one or even two-man chore. Bond said David worked with and supervised his family - father Greg, mother Dorene, sisters, friends and fellow scouts to accomplish his mission. And it was Bond who noticed something was missing after the boot stand was completed. "I got to thinking it'd be nice if he could get a rifle," Bond said.
Bond, the longtime postmaster at Brockway and Circle in eastern Montana before moving to Missoula eight years ago, had sought and received help from Sen. Max Baucus before. He requested help from Baucus' office finding an inert rifle, expecting it to come from an armory.Bond said he was surprised when he got an email from Josh Sonju of SI Defense, Inc., in Kalispell. Sonju offered to make a "plugged" M-4 rifle just for the memorial boot stand.
That was the big one, but it wasn't the only example of assistance that David received from the community. The veterans cemetery and the military museum helped with the funding, and All-American Trophy, Eagle Self Storage and Home Depot pitched in with donations or discounts.
Local military historian Hayes Otoupalik contributed a helmet to cap the barrel of the rifle and boots for the stand. The plaques on his projects, engraved by All-American Trophy, read, "Dedicated to the brave men and women of the Armed Forces of the United States of America. Defenders of Freedom."
*** David's Eagle Scout project went in front of the district board for review on Oct. 27. It took place in the bus garage at Beach Transportation, which his great-grandfather started in Missoula 70 years ago, grandfather Bob Beach ran for many years, and his father is vice president.
"It went well," said David, who has immersed himself in football, DECA and speech and drama in his first months of high school. "They said I have one of the thickest Eagle Scout binders they ever saw. They didn't really question me that much on the project."
Eagle Scout is the highest rank in Boy Scouts of America, and David had to earn at least 21 merit badges to achieve it. He currently has 33, and has served in a variety of troop leadership positions. As much as he appreciates his grandson's interest in the military, Bond is equally impressed with what scouting and the Eagle Scout process have done for David.
"You know, he really came out of his shell," Bond said. "I didn't know that much about the scouting program until I got involved with him. He really took it to heart. He just got better at meeting people. He'll stand up and visit with anybody. I think he got that from scouting."
Reporter Kim Briggeman can be reached at (406) 523-5266 or at kbriggeman@missoulian.com
Sonju Industrial garners Mentor Protege
BUTTE, Mont. October 7, 2011– A Montana aerospace business has been awarded a lucrative jobs partnership with defense giant Raytheon Missile Systems, Senator Jon Tester announced today amid his ninth Small Business Opportunity Workshop in Butte.
Kalispell’s Sonju Industries is part of a new “Mentor/Protégé” contract awarded by the U.S. Navy. A member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Tester worked closely with the U.S. Navy to secure the partnership.
Sonju Industries will manufacture specialized parts for Raytheon, which builds missiles and other weapons systems for the U.S military.
Raytheon joined other contracting giants including Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Pratt and Whitney in addressing participants of today’s Small Business Opportunity Workshop.
“This is a positive partnership that will result in growth and success—and more jobs for Montana,” said Dick Sonju, president and CEO of Sonju Industries. “Senator Tester played a major role in getting this partnership off the ground, and we appreciate his hard work in fighting for and bringing to Montana jobs, opportunity and more dollars from the aerospace industry.”
More than 100 Montanans attended today’s Small Business Opportunity Workshop. Tester organized the event to “give tools and resources” to Montana’s businesses to grow and create jobs.
Tester’s workshop also featured small business officials and contracting experts from numerous state and federal government agencies.
“These workshops offer Montana small business owners and entrepreneurs the opportunity to talk directly to the companies and contractors looking to hire,” said Tester, who addressed the event via video due to late-scheduled Senate votes. “The connections made between Montana businesses, private contractors, and key state and federal agencies are exactly why these workshops make a difference for Montana’s small businesses.”
Tester’s workshop also included a presentation about opportunities available specifically to businesses owned by women and veterans and a discussion highlighting Montana business success stories.
Tester’s Small Business Opportunity Workshop was broadcast live online. Video highlights will soon be available online at tester.senate.gov/workshop.
More than 1,600 Montana companies and individuals attended Tester’s eight previous small business workshops in Great Falls, Bozeman, Kalispell, Billings and Missoula. Tester’s previous workshops have offered loan, contract, and growth opportunities. They have also specifically focused on business opportunities for veterans and women.
Sonju Industrial receives award from Raytheon
KALISPELL, Mont., (June 1st, 2011) - Sonju Industrial received a Supplier Excellence award from Raytheon. Sonju Industrial builds components for numerous missile programs and other defense programs throughout the Raytheon Company.
Sonju Industrial receives award from Boeing
KALISPELL, Mont., (May 16, 2011) – Sonju Industrial received a "Supplier Excellence" award from the Boeing Company. Sonju Industrial builds numerous components for several defense programs including commercial aircraft throughout the Boeing Company.
