Certifications & databases

Our quality management systems are primarily designed and applied to help achieve the following goals:

• customer satisfaction
• continuous safeguarding of our business policy
• satisfaction and motivation of our employees to reach our mutual goals
• careful selection of suppliers and sales & marketing partners
• environment-friendly operation and sparing use of natural resources
• safety of our products, production units and work processes
• strengthening of our innovative potential
• opening up new markets
• avoiding faults
• continual reduction of scattering and waste

PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds: Quality management system successfully certified according to IATF 16949:2016

• Production sites in Worms (Germany), Osceola (USA) and Shanghai (China) certified according to IATF 16949:2016
• Molding Compounds Product Line meets demanding quality requirements of automotive industry for sub-tier 1 suppliers

The Business Unit Molding Compounds of Röhm has successfully completed the certification of all three global production sites of PLEXIGLAS®, Röhm’s brand of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), according to the newly introduced quality standard for the automotive industry, IATF 16949:2016.

The certificates confirm that all quality management requirements reviewed as part of the audit were met at the German site in Worms for the production of PLEXIGLAS® and PLEXIMID® molding compounds, at the Chinese production site in Shanghai for the production of PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds as well as for the US production site of ACRYLITE® in Osceola and the administration site in Parsippany. The certification involved audits of business processes in various operative areas such as procurement, warranty management, IT, calibration, customer relationship management, supplier management, marketing, human resources, product development, process development, testing, quality management system, strategic planning, and sales.

“The certification of all our production sites to IATF16949:2016 is a resounding success for the entire business unit. This demonstrates that we have satisfied the requirements of a world-leading manufacturer of PMMA products for the automotive industry,” said Siamak Djafarian, Senior Vice President Molding Compounds at Röhm. “Naturally, clients in other industries will also benefit from the successful auditing and certification of all our processes, which shows that we refuse to compromise on the quality and reliability of our PLEXIGLAS® and ACRYLITE® molding compounds.”

During those multi-day audits, the auditors from the German Association for Certification of Management Systems (DQS) and from the SGS group verified that all processes of the Molding Compounds Product Line strictly follow the quality standards to meet the demanding quality requirements of the automotive industry for sub-tier 1 suppliers. Coordinating three audits for the production sites plus one satellite location called for some outstanding teamwork.

The new standard of the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) replaces the previous standards and certification according to ISO/TS 16949:2009, which will lose their validity in 2018, and combines the existing general demands for quality management systems in the automotive industry.