OREANDA-NEWS. On July 19, 2007 NLMK announced that its Environment Management System has passed an oversight audit for compliance with the international standard ISO-14001:2004 “Environment management system” conducted by an independent certifying body TUV CERT (Germany). The company also passed a recertification audit of its Quality management system to comply with the requirements of ISO/TS 16949:2002 “Quality management systems. Particular requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2000 for automotive production and relevant service part organizations”, reported the press-centre of  NLMK.

Under the audit procedure at NLMK’s steel production site in Lipetsk, the TUV CERT experts have investigated all management system processes, workflow procedures and operating activities of production units and technical support services. The auditors have confirmed NLMK’s compliance with international environmental requirements and automotive industry quality standards. 

The recertification audit confirmed compliance of NLMK’s Quality management system with the requirements of ISO/TS 16949:2002, extending the scope of this certificate to the BOF shop products.