OREANDA-NEWS. May 19, 2010. JSC Yenakiievo Metallurgical Works (EMZ), part of Metinvest Group has successfully completed the procedure of products quality compliance audit.

The audit was conducted by CARES, British Reinforced Steel Certification Agency. As the result of the Audit the plant’s processes and products were certified as compliant with British quality standard BS 4449:1997 (rebars). The term of validity of the international certificate was extended till the end of 2010.

In the course of the compliance audit, the whole production chain from steel smelting to warehouse storage and shipment of continuously cast billets, conformity with the requirements and international standard ISO:9001 were certified along with actual production regimes.

Certification audit was conducted involving CARES, British Reinforced Steel Certification Agency. As the result of the Audit the plant’s processes and products were certified as compliant with British quality standard BS 4449:1997 (reinforced bars from carbon steel used for reinforcing reinforced concrete construction). Validity term of the international certificate, which was received in 2007, has been extended till 2011.

"Products certification according to British standards raises competitive ability of our reinforced steel, noted the General Director of EMZ OJSC Aleksandr Podkorytov. – Furthermore, certification enables to increase sales volumes and effectiveness at the markets of Middle East that use reinforced steel in construction".