These quality certificates should be regarded as a form of security for customers. By knowing for certain that their subcontractors, such as SSAB Tunnplåt, can pass the audit in their particular quality assurance systems, customers obtain a systematic check of their entire production procedure.
SSAB Tunnplåt is well aware of this. The company therefore devotes a great deal of work to meeting the higher quality demands made by customers.
”It is self-evident for us that we must meet the special customer-specific demands that are becoming increasingly common,” says Ove Munther, who bears system responsibility for the quality work at SSAB Tunnplåt in Borlänge.
Quality is measuring and testing, but also documentation of all material properties.
Read more about why SSAB Tunnplåt goes a step further then the quality assurance system often denotes certification to the ISO 9001 standard, which is commonly employed in many companies.