OREANDA-NEWS. On July 02, 2008 "Azovstal" Steel Plant was granted a certificate of compliance with the Quality Management Standard of the Russian Federation GOST R ISO 9001-2001. As the result the Company will be able to expand the range of products at the metal market, reported the press-centre of SCM. 
 
The Certificate is applied to arctic low-alloy steel rolled plates for electric welded pipes. Pipe plants are the main consumers of such products.
 
One of the pre-conditions for the metal companies wishing to bid for delivery of rolled products for pipe industry is an independent audit by an autonomous non-commercial organization "National Institute of Standardization, Expert Examination and Certification of Transport" (NISEST, Moscow). 
 
NISEST experts audited "Azovstal" under the voluntary certification system "TRANSSERT". The audit covered 14 divisions of the plant engaged in production of finished products. The auditors verified a number of production processes.
 
The audit results prove that "Azovstal" Steel Plant can manufacture the products of the quality level as required by the customer. In the near future the plant plans to take the audit for compliance with the international quality management standard OHSAS.