Mon, 27 June 2011

CAPA Certifies First Parts Under New Bumper Standard

Diamond Standard Parts, LLC has earned the distinction of being the first, and so far, brand of aftermarket bumpers certified to the new quality standards of the Certified Automotive Parts Association (CAPA) 501 Bumper Parts Standard. A little more than a year since CAPA announced that it would launch the certification standard for bumpers, a total of 31 Diamond Standard front steel bumpers/applications both chrome and painted have been certified with 13 available today, 12 available by February 17 and all 31 in distribution by March 1.

The newly certified parts are manufactured by Production Bumper Stampings (PBSI), a Diamond Standard Group Company with TS 16949 facilities located in Columbus, Ohio.

"To receive the distinction as the first aftermarket bumpers to pass CAPA Certification and scrutiny is an honor that validates the single minded purpose of Diamond Standard. Not only manufacturing the safest parts available which have been extensively tested, validated by crashworthiness experts and certified, but precision 'One Quality' parts built to exacting standards using correct material, tool building, stamping and quality process controls," said Mike O'Neal, President of Diamond Standard Parts, LLC.

Diamond Standard supports both the CAPA and NSF Certified Parts Programs.

According to Geoff Crane, Director of Industry Relations for Diamond Standard, the company's 'One Quality' manufacturing assurance is a distinction unique among all competitive manufacturers of structural parts. "It is most gratifying to see the same part tested, validated and certified meeting stringent quality and testing protocols whether MGA Research, CAPA or NSF," said Crane.

Recent CAPA reports had identified Diamond Standard parts using the internal manufacturing part number from PBSI. However, CAPA master parts lists now identify Diamond Standard Certified bumpers with the brand's unique part number system ending in DSC (Diamond Standard CAPA). Diamond Standard part numbers certified under the NSF program end in the letters DSN (Diamond Standard NSF).

The company stresses that if the part number does not have one of these suffixes, it is not an authentic Diamond Standard part and should be refused. Outer packaging is also heavily branded and labeled for easy identification. The physical parts are also branded and labeled permanently.



A list of the newly certified parts can be viewed by visiting the CAPA site www.capacertified.org and clicking on the Parts Database Search and selecting PBSI as the manufacturer and searching all parts.

For any insurer, independent adjusters or shop organization wishing to receive the monthly authorized master list of Diamond Standard certified parts, a CAPA certification timetable on additional Diamond Standard front bumpers or wishing to visit the Diamond Standard manufacturing facilities in Columbus, OH, contact Geoff Crane at geoff@diamondstandardparts.com