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Mechel Stampings Plant Certified in European Standards Audit
02/15/2008 - Specialists unanimously confirm that railway axle manufacturing equipment at Urals Stampings Plant OAO is in compliance with the high standards for manufacturing railway axles for the European market.
Specialists from the independent auditor group LUZ have unanimously confirmed that railway axle manufacturing equipment at Urals Stampings Plant OAO is in compliance with the Prague-based scientific railway research institute’s high standards for manufacturing railway axles for the European market.
The experts from LUZ, who had carried out a full-scale quality system audit of the plant, confirmed all of the documentation with the TSI-H1 standard—covering production technological processes such as forging, cooling and heating and thermal processing, as well as control and testing, storage, packing and shipping—met their requirements. The facility, a subsidiary of Mechel OAO, is now in compliance with the EN 13261 standard. The members of the EN standard are made up of countries from the European Union.
The Urals Stampings Plant OAO has produced railway axles since 1995, and these products have received several international certificates demonstrating their high quality. The plant's management system also is in compliance with the ISO 9001:2000 international standard, which is considered by many to be a universal indicator of a manufacture's market position.
The production of railway locomotives axles—some of which are exported to the North American market—has been certified by the Association of American Railroads and is in compliance with the M 101 standard.
The manufacture of rolling stock rough axles has been approved by the Register of Certification on the Federal Railway Transport to meet the requirements of GOST 30272 and GOST 30552.
By meeting the requirements of strict European product quality control standards, Mechel's Urals Stampings Plant OAO can now enter into the European market. Mechel reports that immediately after the auditors signed their approval, the plant received an inquiry from a Slovakian business.
Mechel, one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, unites producers of coal, iron ore, nickel, steel, rolled products, and hardware. Mechel products are marketed domestically and internationally.
LUZ is a scientific railway research institute located in Prague.
