Renault Nissan Plant receives ISO Certification for Quality and Environment Management

Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt. Ltd. (RNAIPL) today announced that it has received ISO certifications for Quality - ISO 9001 and Environment Management system - ISO 14001. The plant has also received Homologation – whole vehicle type approval for European market in a short span of time from the Start of Production on 23rd May, 2010. RNAIPL receives these 3 certificates, at a significant time when it is ramping up production and gearing up to commence Export operations of its Global compact hatch - Nissan Micra.

Commenting on the receipt of ISO Certification, Mr. Akira Sakurai, M.D. and CEO RNAIPL, said, “Quality is always our primary focus and we wanted to achieve best quality from the very beginning of our operations. The certification has come in at a right time as we march ahead with our India operations and this is also a testimony to our quality excellence system and socio-environmental methodology that we have adopted at our Plant. We have already set a benchmark for construction of the plant and the receipt of ISO certification will add one more feather in our cap. “

Earlier, the ISO audit was done in two stages by Indian and German Certification Body Auditors (TUV and SUD) in the month of May and July. The plant, which follows the Alliance Production Way (Integration of Renault and Nissan Production Way) is aiming to achieve ‘Global Top Performer’ quality standards in 3 years. This is again an area where the Plant is looking to benchmark, as the current standard for ‘Global Top Performer’ is 4 years from the start of Production.