(Hong Kong, 11 October 2011) — China Zhongwang Holdings Limited, (“China Zhongwang” or “the Company”, together with its subsidiaries “the Group”; Stock code: 01333), the second largest industrial aluminium extrusion product developer and manufacturer in the world and the biggest one in Asia and China, announced that China Zhongwang has been awarded ISO3834 International Welding Fabricator Certification for the first time, representing yet another milestone reached in the area of welding after the Group obtained the EN15085 certification last year. Possessing ISO3834 accreditation demonstrates that China Zhongwang’s metal welding capability has reached the world standard and would be beneficial to expand the international sales of the Group’s welding products.
The scope of the ISO3834 International Welding Fabricator Certification covers technology review, caliber of the designated welding personnel, applicability of production and test equipment, welding know-how and related activities such as specification of welding material details, base materials storage, post-welding heat treatment, welding testing and inspection, quality control, etc.
Adhering to the ‘International Quality Control Manual of Welding’ and the ‘Reference Materials Focused on the International Certification of Welding Industry’, China Zhongwang successfully obtained the ISO3834 certification in one go.
ISO3834 certification is a certification of international welding standard by the International Organization of Standardization. It includes the following parts: ISO3834-1 ‘Quality Requirements for Fusion Welding of Metallic Materials – Part 1: Criteria for the Selection of the Appropriate Level of Quality Requirements’; ISO3834-2 ‘Quality Requirements for Fusion Welding of Metallic Materials – Part 2: Comprehensive Quality Requirements’; and ISO3834-5 ‘Quality Requirements for Fusion Welding of Metallic Materials – Part 5: Documents with Which it is Necessary to Conform to Claim Conformity to the Quality Requirements of ISO3834-2, ISO3834-3 or ISO3834-4’.
According to the comprehensive quality requirements set out in ISO3834, which are applicable to welding workshops and related aspects of quality control of welding products, manufacture of rail vehicles / steel products are subject to relevant provisions of standards such as EN15085. Hence, ISO3834 certification internationalizes EN15085 (Europe railway application) certification. Obtaining ISO3834 certification extends welding area from large sections of rail vehicles such as skirt boards to entire areas of fusion welding of metallic materials, to ensure unimpeded access to the Europe and world market.
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About China Zhongwang Holdings Limited
China Zhongwang is the second largest aluminium extrusion product developer and manufacturer in the world and the biggest in Asia and China, primarily focusing on, among others, the light-weight development of transportation, machinery equipment and electric power engineering sectors. Headquartered in Liaoning province, China, the Group is specialized in the provision of quality industrial aluminium extrusion products which meet stringent specifications and quality standards.
The Group, founded in 1993 with 18 years of concentration and efforts, owned 75 world-leading aluminium extrusion production lines as at 30 June 2011, of which the 125MN oil-driven dual action aluminium extrusion press is one of the largest and most advanced presses in China and even in the world. It has built the world’s top aluminium tilt smelting and casting equipment in the industry, as well as the largest customized industrial aluminium extrusion product die design and manufacturing centre in Asia. The Group’s annual production capacity as at 30 June 2011 was approximately 700 kilotons. The close coordination among product development, smelting and casting, die and extrusion and the advanced technologies applied in those processes are the Group’s important source of competitiveness and outstanding feature.
The Group is principally engaged in the production of high precision, large-section and high value-added industrial aluminium extrusion products which are widely used in the transportation sector (including railway passenger and cargo carriages, metropolitan rails, automobiles, heavy trucks, vessels, aviation and aerospace) as well as machinery equipment and electric power engineering fields.
This press release is issued by China Zhongwang Holdings Limited. For enquiries, please contact:
China Zhongwang Holdings Limited
Harriet Lau Tel: (852) 2905 3104 E-mail: harrietlau@zhongwang.com
Michelle Chan Tel: (852) 2905 3119 E-mail: michellechan@zhongwang.com
