Svenljunga, Sweden-based Elmo Leather has been awarded the automotive industry global quality standard, ISO/TS 16949. Validated by Den Norske Veritas, DNV, the Norwegian certification organisation, the accrediation is one of only a few to have so far been awarded to a Swedish company. 

According to Elmo, around 200 Swedish businesses must meet these requirements by the end of 2006 if they are to compete for deliveries to the global automotive industry. ISO/TS 16949 is the automotive industry’s first global quality standard, replacing several national standards including Germany’s VDA 6.1, France’s EAQF 94, Italy’s AVSQ and, in the long term, the international QS 9000.  It also makes Elmo one the first companies in Sweden to gain a complete set of certificates in all areas. The company’s environmental management system has ISO 14001:1996 certification, and the quality management system has ISO 9001:2000 and QS-9000 certification. 

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