Quality management

Quality Management

BÖHLER is known worldwide for its high quality products. To ensure our long-term standards and to be able to react quickly and adequately to changing requirements, BÖHLER is committed to an important process management system.

Stable processes with predictable results are our strength and the cornerstone of our system. We are continuously working on improving our products and processes. Our focus is always on the most optimal results for our customers, employees, suppliers and the environment.

BÖHLER’s quality management system in Spain is ISO 9001:2008 certified by the certifying body SGS International Certification Services, with a strategic commitment to quality and continuous improvement. Thanks to the international implementation of an integrated quality management system, all our suppliers are UNE EN ISO 9001 and/or UNE EN ISO 9002 certified companies, meeting the quality requirements according to the most demanding international standards.

In addition, we have a number of approvals from regulators and customers such as Airbus, Boeing, Rolls Royce, BAE-Systems, GE Transportation Aviation and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.

Circular of 11.02.2014

Dodd-Frank Act

Under the US Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank Act”), Section 1502, certain companies are specifically required to report to their respective Securities and Exchange Commissions. In addition, companies are required to report annually on whether their products contain conflict minerals (currently focused on: columbite-tantalite, coltan, cassiterite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives) from the Democratic Republic of Congo or contiguous countries specified by the Dodd-Frank Act. As a result, the companies of the BÖHLER Specialty Steel Division can affirm that we comply with the Dodd-Frank Act and that none of the minerals we use come from conflict zones.

In order to ensure compliance with the Dodd-Frank Act in the Specialty Steel Division, Voestalpine’s management team has decided that the companies in this division will only purchase raw materials and other products containing minerals from conflict zones from suppliers that provide a full report from the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition, Incorporated (http://www.eicc.info) assuring that the minerals present in the purchased raw materials or products do not originate from the Democratic Republic of Congo or contiguous countries, and that the required measures have been taken to ensure this.

This resolution is mandatory and binding for all companies of the BÖHLER Special Steels Division. The Special Steels Division includes all companies in which Voestalpine has a direct or indirect interest of at least 50% or which are under its control.

In the case of BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM IBÉRICA S.A.U., the conditions are fully met, so that the companies of the BÖHLER Specialty Steel Division use the following statements to assure our customers that their supplies comply with the Dodd-Frank Act:

A. Origen

: Recibido el compromiso de todos nuestros proveedores de materias primas, certificamos que el Tungsteno (W) [usado en nuestra producción /contenido de nuestros productos] no proviene de la República Democrática del Congo ni de países contiguos.

B. Our products do not contain minerals from conflict zones

At the request of our customers, we have reviewed the historical sales of all BÖHLER grades and none of the grades supplied in the last 12 months have been alloyed with conflict minerals, nor have they been used in our production processes or in materials supplied from our suppliers.

If in doubt, please contact us for further information.

Production Certificates / Approvals

Production Certificates