Company description
Management of the company pays extraordinary attention to quality assurance and environmental protection. As an expression of permanent care of quality and environment, serves realization and development of quality and environmental system according to requirements of EN ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 standards.
Cold rolling mill operation of Válcovny plechu, a.s. obtained Certificate on quality management system according to EN ISO 9001 standard from corporation RW TÜV, in February 1994. The validity of the certificate was extended on hot rolling mill, in March 1996. In virtue of repeated audits and of extending audit, validity of certificate was extended to March 2000. Successful extending audit according to EN ISO 9002 was carried out in March 2000.
Moreover this year, the Board of directors of Válcovny plechu, a.s. decided on beginning of work on extending of present quality system by environmental management system according to EN ISO 14001 standard with aim to complete certification up to the half of 2001. Certifying audit of environmental management system was successfully carried out according to EN ISO 14001 in June 2001 and simultaneously validity of the certificate according to EN ISO 9002 was prolonged. Company management is prepared to maintain and improve efficiency of both these systems also in the following years. Válcovny plechu, a.s. besides system certificates, gained also series of products certificates, as follows :
– for plates for pressure vessels production from RW TÜV
– for plates for shipbuilding from Germanischer Lloyd
– for products marking by “znak bezpiecze?stwa” (safety mark) from Polish company SIMPTEST
– for marking of steel used for civil engineering by mark Ü–Zeichen” from RW TÜV
Restructuring program is base for further functioning of Válcovny plechu, a.s.
Consumption of domestic steel per dweller is high within the Czech Republic. Also sheets delivered from Válcovny plechu, a.s. have important share in it and that is a good perspective also for further growth of the company. Due to financial problems of the company the share on domestic market substantially dropped. When in the half of 1999 production started again with aim to re-establish cash flow, most of production was intended for export. Share of export increased up to 80% in comparison with 30 % in the middle of the nineties. Production of special steels substantially sank due to working capital and raw material deliveries shortage. Company operated only with help of tolling system, what means that third parties undertook raw materials ownership and financed operations which were carried out. The economic stabilization of the company represents necessary condition for Válcovny Plechu, a.s., to become again one of the leading deliverers in the Czech market. For this reason management of company sets its mind two targets :
– to increase deliveries for home market
– to change assortment of manufactured products on products with higher added value, it means change of orientation from present low carbon steel to special steel products.
Both these changes should substantially influence created profit of the company.