Annual Report 2005

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Quality Management
During the past financial year, NESCHEN AG
has been successful in recertifying its quality
management system to DIN EN ISO 9001:2000.
The world’s largest, internationally acknowledged
certification company SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance) from Hamburg gave the
company a positive evaluation after a “Multi-Site Recertification Audit” produced successful
results.
The procedure designed for group certificates was successfully completed by the audited sites
in Elkridge USA, Bückeburg and the Archive Centre in Berlin.
The Basildon site has added environmental protection to its existing QM system. Certification
to the relevant standard DIN EN ISO 14001 is planned for 2006.
The US companies NESCHEN Accutech, the NESCHEN Corporation, NESCHEN GBC LLC and
SEAL Graphics Americas have been “official participants” in the certification since 2005 and
have also successfully completed their own certification procedures.
In addition to this, the type approval of the German Federal Office for Motor Traffic (KBA)
was reconfirmed for a special range of products requiring compliance with international (ECE
regulations), European (EU directives) and German traffic laws. Consequently, NESCHEN AG
will be authorised to market two products with a “General Construction Type Permit” (AGB)
allowing these products to continue to be used for large vehicle windows, e.g. for buses operated
by transport companies.
The objective for 2006 is to constantly improve the QM system within all areas of the company.
This will include further implementation of the Continuous Improvement Process (CIP)
successfully initiated at the Bückeburg site and expansion through the introduction of an
employee suggestion system.