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Marshall Advanced Composites joins JOSCAR suppliers register

Marshall Advanced Composites has become a signed-up member of the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) of pre-qualified and accredited aerospace, defence and security suppliers.

Above: Marshall Advanced Composite’s General Manager, Carl Morse.
Courtesy Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group

JOSCAR is a collaborative industry single repository for supplier companies’ qualification and compliance information and risk management data.

It acts as a central source of stored and pre-evaluated supplier information to help OEMs and other businesses make procurement decisions easier and faster.

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The system was established following an initiative led by ADS Group and includes a growing number of prime contractors, including The Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems, QinetiQ and Rolls Royce to enable them to access supplier information efficiently from one central repository.

Marshall Advanced Composite’s General Manager, Carl Morse, said: “I am delighted that we are a JOSCAR certified supplier. It is testament to the hard work and commitment of our highly committed and skilled team of professionals.

“Being a member organisation gives our prospective customers a single source of the truth and provides valuable industry-wide and consistent insight into our business.”

Member organisations include a number of Marshall’s customers, including BAE Systems, MBDA, QinetiQ, Babcock and Leonardo.

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