Azovstal Iron and Steel Works has passed the compliance certification for the right to produce transport metal (railway wide gauge rails, tie plates and joint bars) in accordance with the requirements established by the national system UkrSEPRO. The audit was conducted by the specialists of the state enterprise Kharkov Railway Transport Certification Authority.
On September 18th-20th the auditors verified the necessary technological and normative documents, as well as transport metal manufacturing process management at the enterprise.
In the course of inspection, the auditors visited rail mill and rail fasteners shop, where they checked out transport metal manufacturing process management and its quality control system. They also examined production activities of quality control department, mechanical testing shop, central chemical laboratory and instrumentation and automation shop.
The decision on confirmation of effective certificates will be made when the audit results are systematized and analysed.
Mr. Enver Tskitishvili, the director general of PJSC “Azovstal Iron & Steel Works”, said that “By confirming high quality of our products today we ensure their competitiveness on the domestic market. This audit is essential for us, as our key customer of transport metal – “Ukrzaliznytsya” – purchases it only from the manufacturers having UkrSEPRO certificates”. (SteelGuru/Ukrainian metal)
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