Abu Dhabi, June 11th, 2012 (WAM) -- Emirates Steel announced yesterday that its rebar received the prestigious Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO) quality mark certification, after its success in passing the standards tests, conducted by SASO.
"We are proud to receive the quality mark certification from SASO, Which is one of the regional entities of excellence in all areas of standardization and quality," said Emirates Steels Chairman, Engineer Suhail Mubarak Musallam Athaeeth Al Ameri. "This certification recognizes the outstanding quality standards that we adopt and reflect in our products," he added. According to Engineer Saeed Ghumran Al Romaithi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Steel, "the Saudi quality mark is a clear recognition of our product quality and safety, it will further reinforce the confidence our customers in the Kingdom have in us and in our products and it will help us in securing new customers."The award of the Saudi certification to Emirates Steels products included an assessment of the quality systems and a technical assessment of the Companys plants and the procedures and systems used in controlling production and internal quality control, as well as the testing of product samples in specialized laboratories. Engineer Tariq Al Afifi, Vice President - Standards and Audit, pointed out that Emirates Steel underwent the conformity assessment process by SASO, the only body authorized by the Kingdoms Government to award this certification. The SASO audit involved the inspection of the Companys industrial complex, in addition to product sampling and testing. A similar audit will be undertaken annually to ensure continued conformity. To assert the quality of its steel, Emirates Steel had been awarded the certification to manufacture Grade B500B rebar and coil conforming to BS 4449:2005 by the UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels (CARES). The Company is also certified as a quality manufacturer and supplier of products conforming to BS 4449:1997 Grade 460B. The Company operates a quality system which complies with the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2008 and the relevant CARES quality and operations assessment schedules. In addition, Emirates Steels rebar has been accredited by the Dubai Central Laboratory Department (DCLD) of the Dubai Municipality as conforming to BS 4449:1997 Grade 460B with Amd.1 and BS 4449:2005 Grade B500B. In 2011, Emirates Steel also gained the UK CARES Sustainable Reinforcing Steel certification for the production of continuously cast steel billets and carbon steel bars for the reinforcement of concrete.Copyright Emirates News Agency (WAM) 2012.
