Press Release

06/Jun/03
Padaeng awarded ISO/IEC 17025 Certificate for zinc metal quality testing

Padaeng Industry Public Company Limited was awarded certification for excellence in operations at the Tak Smelter, for zinc metal and zinc alloy quality testing, in accordance to standards of ISO/IEC 17025 : 1999, by the Thai Industrial Standards Institute.

Ongoing efforts have been made to improve and develop the operations room procedures to meet international quality standards in order for our customers to have confidence in the quality testing of our products. It is the specific standard of ISO/IEC 17025 : 1999 that certifies the testing process by examining the accuracy of various aparatus which must meet standardized requirements and procedures even more stringent than those of ISO 9001 : 2000.

Having received this distinction will give our customers added reliance in the accuracy of quality analysis of our products and is another testiment to our success in the area of quality, in addition to strict adherence to specification standards of ISO 9001 : 2000, which the company previously received certification.

Padaeng Industry Public Company Limited is the sole zinc mining and smelting company in Southeast Asia, with an annual production capacity of 105,000 metric tons.