Hoa Phat Dung Quat steel granted UK Cares certificate

At the end of October 2021, UK Cares (United Kingdom) granted a certificate for D10 to D40 steel bar products of Hoa Phat Dung Quat. The products, Grade B500B meet with three standards of BS 4449:2005, SS 560:2016 and CS2:2012. This is a necessary certificate when exporting to the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and Middle Eastern countries.

Earlier, Hoa Phat’s construction steel received certificates in accordance with many strict standards in the world such as JIS (Japan), ASTM (USA), BS (UK) etc.

In comparison with other standards, the UK Cares certificate has a special feature that requires the fatigue test or the steel’s long-term bearing capacity (steel bars must be intact after testing 5 million different force cycles at the laboratory). Hoa Phat steel meets these tests well.

The UK Cares certificate also requires many other criteria such as chemical composition, product mechanical properties, geometrical parameters, macro parameters, identification on the product surface. Products meet the requirements of strict control from input materials to the production process, product’s label information, production traceability, and data updates on Cares' homepage (All product information must be searched on the phone from barcodes). 

The assessment process for quality is carried out by independent and experienced experts in the steel industry in the world. The evaluation and sampling are conducted strictly in compliance with standards. Samples are sent to prestigious independent laboratories around the world. Therefore, UK Cares can be considered as a "passport" for Hoa Phat’s steel to enter the UK and some other demanding markets. 

Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel Integrated Complex has a scale of 5 million tons a year, with a deep-water seaport allowing arrival of 200,000-ton ships. The complex applies a closed steel production process from iron ore to finished steel products of all kinds such as construction steel, high quality coil, hot rolled coil. Currently, Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel JSC has applied ISO 9001 quality management system, ERP/SAP HANA overall production management system and many other smart digital applications to control and improve production efficiency and product quality. 

With the seaport advantage, Hoa Phat Group has been easily exporting to major markets in the world. In the past 10 months of the year, Hoa Phat Group has exported 810,000 tons of finished construction steel, accounting for 24 per cent of the group's total construction steel consumption. The export market includes 18 countries such as the US, Canada, Japan, South Korea, China, ASEAN countries, Kenya... In the coming time, Hoa Phat steel could tap into the UK market and some other countries.

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