ISO/TS 16949 Certification
- Acquired Date
May 9, 2006 - Acquired Plant
All company facilities
(head office, R&D center, Daejeon plant, Geumsan plant) - Certification Agency
British Standards Institutions (BSI) - Summary
- ISO/TS 16949 is a certification of quality management systems that fuses the requiremeQF 94(France) + nts of the automobile industries of Europe and the US [QS9000(US) + VDA6.1(Germany) + EAAVSQ 94(Italy) + SMMT(UK)]
- ISO/TS 16949 is a requirement to provide goods to leading global automakers.
- Certification is granted to a company if its general quality management system passes an audit.
ISO/TS 16949 Certification
- Acquired Date
May 27, 2003 - Acquired Plant
All company facilities
(head office, R&D center, Daejeon plant, Geumsan plant) - Certification Agency
British Standards Institutions (BSI) - Summary
- ISO/TS 16949 is a certification of quality management systems that fuses the requiremeQF 94(France) + nts of the automobile industries of Europe and the US [QS9000(US) + VDA6.1(Germany) + EAAVSQ 94(Italy) + SMMT(UK)]
- ISO/TS 16949 is a requirement to provide goods to leading global automakers.
- Certification is granted to a company if its general quality management system passes an audit.
Q1-Award
- Acquired Date
August 22, 2000 - Acquired Plant
Daejeon plant, Jiaxing plant
- Certification Agency
Ford Motor Company - Summary
- US Ford Motor Company introduced the certification for suppliers’ quality management systems.
- Granted only to those firms that passed Ford’s quality tests including quality management system, quality of delivered goods, problems with market quality goods, delivery periods etc.
- Q1-Award is needed to register as an official supplier and provide goods to Ford.
KS Certification
- Acquired Date
First acquired on March 4, 1965 (Youngdeungpo plant) - Acquired Plant
Daejeon plant, Geumsan plant, Jiangsu plant, Jiaxing plant - Certification Agency
Korea Standards Association (KSA) - Summary
- Granted when companies satisfy quality standards set by KS, the Korean industrial standard.
- The most basic certification in Korea as the national certification.
- Covers both quality management systems and product ratings.
JIS Certification
- Acquired Date
September 27, 1991 - Acquired Plant
Daejeon plant, Geumsan plant - Certification Agency
Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry
(similar to Korea’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy) - Summary
- Japan’s industrial standard, similar to KS.
- Certification acquired when firms want to export to Japan or receive recognition of high-level quality management activities.
- Covers both quality management systems and product ratings.
ISO 14001 Certification
- Acquired Date
January 20, 1999 - Acquired Plant
Daejeon plant, Geumsan plant - Certification Agency
TuV Rheinland - Summary
- An international environmental management standard.
- Certification recognizes a company’s environmental management standards, including levels of air, water and noise pollution.
