May 14th, 2021
ABLIC Inc. has maintained the quality management system (QMS) certification for over twenty years. We obtained ISO9001:1994 certification in the year 1994. As for the automotive QMS certification, we received QS9000:1998 in 2001, TS16949:2002 in 2006, TS16949:2009 in 2010, and IATF16949:2016 in 2017.
However, our recertification audit could not be conducted within the allowable timing in compliance with the IATF Rules 5.1.1 for reasons of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, ABLIC Inc. is scheduled to start over with an initial certification audit.
Notes: IATF Rules 5.1.1 “If the timing is exceeded, the client shall start over with an initial certification audit (stage 1 and stage 2).”
Expiration date of our present certification:
ISO9001:2015 June 1, 2021 + six months (applied the IAF ID3)
IATF16949:2016 May 23, 2021
Recertification schedule (IATF16949/ISO9001)
June 23 to 25, 2021 Stage 1 audit
July 26 to August 6, 2021 Stage 2 audit
The beginning of December, 2021 Receipt of the certificate
There will be several invalid days for ISO9001 and invalid six months for IATF16949 according to the above recertification schedule. Nevertheless, we will maintain our quality management system based on ISO9001 and IATF16949 in the period of invalid certification. ABLIC Inc. assures our customers that we continuously deliver the same quality of products and services as before.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our sales agents or representatives.