OREANDA-NEWS. April 23, 2010. OJSC KAMAZ received certificates of the quality management system compliance with the ISO 9001-2008 and GOST R ISO 9001-2008 standards. OJSC KAMAZ and Russian Register Association signed an agreement on strategic cooperation.

The certificates and the banner of International Certification Network were presented by Arkady Vladimirtsev, Director of Russian Register Certification Association.

Having thanked the manager and specialists of the Association with which KAMAZ has been working already 12 years, Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ said, “The economic crisis changed our customers so much making them harder-to-please and calculating, that the issues of quality assuarance, and consequently certification of the quality management system will always be in the foreground of our activity. Confirmation of conformity of our quality management system with three standards at once is of greatest importance to the company.”

Serious measures for recertification of the quality management system of OJSC KAMAZ and inspection carried out by Russian Register in the company’s subdivisions at the end of last year preceded this event. In order to eliminate revealed non-compliances Yury Klochkov, First Deputy Director General – CEO of OJSC KAMAZ made an order to approve a plan for correction activities.

After they had concidered the results of the recertification audit of KAMAZ’s quality management system, the managers and specialists of Russian Register decided to present OJSC KAMAZ certificates of compliance with ISO 9001-2008 (GOST R ISO 9001-2008) requirements and confirm compliance with the GOST RV 15.002-2003 standard.

These certificates guarantee the stable quality of the company’s products and services, which helps attract customers and investors. Besides, this is an indispensable condition by receiving orders financed by municipal and federal budgets. Successful recertification also helps improve the company’s image in the region and positions on the world market. The available certificate of compliance makes the process of obtaining licenses easy and considerably reduces the terms of further certification inspections.

It should be noted that certification of quality management systems of the Russian organizations according to ISO 9001-2008 standards started in November 2008. And KAMAZ became one of the first automobile enterprises which fulfilled this process having once again proved that it is the leader of the Russian automotive industry.

Soon enterprises and organizations will have to be certified for compliance with new standards – e.g. of information technologies, information security and logistics systems.