Manufacturing quality takes many forms, from the consistency and flavor of ice cream to the perfectly aligned stitches that glide across the dashboard of a luxury automobile. Quality can be about precision, fit and even about experience.

For Shape, quality is about safety. 

Shape Corporation turns metal and plastic into products that save lives. Of the top 2014 IIHS safety rated vehicles, Shape supplies 20 components on 9 of the vehicles. Their design, engineering, testing and manufacturing footprint spans eight industries including agriculture, automotive, office furniture and medical -- across more than 15 countries.

For this week’s installment of Make Things Monday, we’ll highlight quality and Shape Corp’s commitment to quality and how they’ve been able to accomplish manufacturing excellence across the globe.