Hebei Province-based Chinese steelmaker Chengde Iron and Steel Group Co., Ltd (Chengde Steel), a subsidiary of Chinese steel producer Hebei Iron and Steel Group Co. (Hebei Steel), has announced that its vanadium-alloy automotive steel sheet has successfully obtained the ISO/TS16949 certification issued by the British Standards Institution (BSI).
The ISO/TS16949 is a quality management system standard in the auto industry issued by ISO on the basis of the ISO9001 standard, which is the qualification required for entering the auto industry.