KAMAZ Chooses Quality
On 2 April OJSC KAMAZ received certificates of the quality management system compliance with the ISO 9001-2008 and GOST R ISO 9001-2008 standards. OJSC KAMAZ and Russian Register Association signed an agreement on strategic cooperation.
The certificates and the banner of International Certification Network were presented by Arkady Vladimirtsev, Director of Russian Register Certification Association.
Having thanked the manager and specialists of the Association with which KAMAZ has been working already 12 years, Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ said, “The economic crisis changed our customers so much making them harder-to-please and calculating, that the issues of quality assuarance, and consequently certification of the quality management system will always be in the foreground of our activity. Confirmation of conformity of our quality management system with three standards at once is of greatest importance to the company.”
Serious measures for recertification of the quality management system of OJSC KAMAZ and inspection carried out by Russian Register in the company’s subdivisions at the end of last year preceded this event. In order to eliminate revealed non-compliances Yury Klochkov, First Deputy Director General – CEO of OJSC KAMAZ made an order to approve a plan for correction activities.
After they had concidered the results of the recertification audit of KAMAZ’s quality management system, the managers and specialists of Russian Register decided to present OJSC KAMAZ certificates of compliance with ISO 9001-2008 (GOST R ISO 9001-2008) requirements and confirm compliance with the GOST RV 15.002-2003 standard.
These certificates guarantee the stable quality of the company’s products and services, which helps attract customers and investors. Besides, this is an indispensable condition by receiving orders financed by municipal and federal budgets. Successful recertification also helps improve the company’s image in the region and positions on the world market. The available certificate of compliance makes the process of obtaining licenses easy and considerably reduces the terms of further certification inspections.
It should be noted that certification of quality management systems of the Russian organizations according to ISO 9001-2008 standards started in November 2008. And KAMAZ became one of the first automobile enterprises which fulfilled this process having once again proved that it is the leader of the Russian automotive industry.
Soon enterprises and organizations will have to be certified for compliance with new standards – e.g. of information technologies, information security and logistics systems.
Friday, 02 April 2010
Rosneft and KAMAZ Broaden Cooperation
On 1 April the delegation of OAO NK Rosneft, one of KAMAZ’s largest corporate clients and important partners in development and production of vehicles for gas-and-oil producing industries, visited KAMAZ.
The delegation was headed by Pavel Zabolotsky, Vice President of OAO NK Rosneft. Ravil Zaripov, Tatarstan’s Minister of Industry and Trade also came to Naberezhnye Chelny.
The guests visited OAO KAMAZ-Diesel where they saw the mother assembly line and the detail localization shop at CUMMINS KAMA Russian-American Joint Venture, visited the mother assembly line and the cab assembly line of the automobile plant, saw the exhibition of KAMAZ serial and prospective vehicles in the R&D Center.
Then a conference with the participation of Sergey Kogoghin, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ, and other top managers of the company took place in the KAMAZ general directorate. The issues of the further development of the partners’ mutually advantageous cooperation were concidered at the meeting. The representatives of OAO NK Rosneft saw the presentation of equipment on KAMAZ chassis for gas-and-oil producing industries with the description of model specifications and the analysis of a sales market. They discussed the results of sales of KAMAZ vehicles to the enterprises of OAO NK Rosneft in 2007-2009 and the plan of deliveries for 2010. They also discussed new means of their cooperation expansion, for example, deliveries of metalware, fuel-supply equipment and service of automobile equipment available at the enterprises of Rosneft in KAMAZ specialized certified service centers.
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OJSC KAMAZ offers oil and gas industry workers the wide spectrum of various and special vehicles which meets the whole customer demand of the sector and the Rosneft oil company. Starting from 2001 over one hundred of new models of KAMAZ special equipment for gas-and-oil producing industries have been developed. “Oil” special superstructures for mounting on KAMAZ chassis are produced by more than 50 Russian plants. KAMAZ also offers its customers and partners vehicles with gas engines.
OAO Rosneft is the leader of the Russian oil industry and one of the largest oil-and-gas companies in the world. The company explores and produces oil and gas, has got facilities for production of oil products and petrochemicals, and also markets them. Like KAMAZ, it is put on the list of the Russian strategic enterprises and organizations. NK Rosneft works all main oil and gas areas of Russia: Western Siberia, Southern and Central Russia, Timan-Pechora, Eastern Siberia and Far East.
Friday, 02 April 2010