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)