www.afiscooters.com December 09, Newsletter 3
An interview with Avital Kolton
- QA Manager
Top Technology
Developing and maintaining state of the art technology, uncompromising top quality materials and extraordinary QA systems, qualifying under international standards, are a must requirement in order to outgrow commercial competition. Afikim Electric Vehicles employs an exceptional team of human experts, mastering QA, to ensure products that exceed the expectations of every customer.

Top Quality
Avital Kolton is Afikim's QA Manager. Her job is to ensure top security and safeguards for stable and dependable electric mobility scooters, by defining a comprehensive line of QA related procedures in the factory. Avital has a QA Engineering degree from Israel's Technion Institution and she has been employed by Afikim for the past 18 months. "My job requires a vast array of responsibilities and reliabilities related to quality control and assurance. Every scooter goes through a strict test in order to ensure brand values maintenance and endeavor to offer the best products available. All procedures, from reception examination, suppliers' inspection, tests assembling, final tests performance to working procedures investigation are under my supervision, in full cooperation with our engineering department. In addition, I am responsible for examining components received from customer service".

Top Standards
"In reception examination, every component received from the supplier is tested and examined comprehensively. We execute sample tests to check items' compliance with required specifications and utilize various tests to maintain our tools under the highest standards available.
Top Gear
"Our manufacturing staff performs various tests while assembling the scooters. After the entire scooter is put together, we test its intactness and implement these tests on each and every scooter component".

Top Suppliers
"Afikim Electric Vehicles works with various suppliers. Each component received is carefully examined to serve as an integral part of the complete product. Therefore, QA is a vital process. We make sure that our suppliers abide to strict regulations of international standards".

Top Scooters
"The final test is done, of course, when the scooter is assembled, and each instrument goes through a thorough and rigorous test, done by a specialist with diverse backgrounds and training, who is familiar with the assembling procedure. His knowledge and skill are extremely significant and it is critical that his professionalism is impeccable. The final test is executed both in immobile state (e.g. checking bulbs, screws, seats etc.) and in motion (e.g. surpassing licit inclination, speed range, brakes quality etc.). All tests are done on diverse levels in full interaction with QA and Engineering Departments".

Top Job
Avital's day at work is very busy and requires attention and uncompromising professionalism. Nonetheless, it is interesting and challenging and her presence is noticed throughout all of the factory's departments. She reviews manufacturing, testing, reception and engineering and audits all procedures, thus assuring comprehensive QA to all products leaving the factory. She summarizes: "my work at Afikim is extremely interesting and rewarding. It relates to many different fields, and is a fascinating combination of electronic and mechanical fields, vocational people and an advanced technology spirit. I feel that we benefit from assisting people who are in need of our mobility scooters."
Log on to our new
and improved website
Afikim Electric Vehicles has recently launched its new international website. The site's objective is to position Afikim as a global professional authority for electric scooters, to reinforce the brand's name in international markets and expose its various products to the general public, customers and potential agents.

The site serves as a platform for facilitating the company's quality products and its worldwide agents. We have composed additional about web pages in multiple languages: Spanish, German and French, thus enabling future content elaboration.

The website was composed in a modular mode, it is SEO compatible and has a back office enabling unlimited development. Its design is accessible, useful, motivating, informative and user friendly.

Afikim Electric Vehicles perceives its website as a powerful marketing platform and a communicative tool, contacting with its clients, agents and other audiences around the world.
We wish you all Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!

What kind of security means does the Breeze have?
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Automatic emergency braking mechanism
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Manual Emergency Brake
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Electrical Brake
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A high ground clearance that allows high transferability.
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A front energy absorber to protect the driver and the Breeze
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A rigid, firm chassis
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Powerful illumination and brake lights
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