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DQS do Brasil - 25 years of sustainable success

DQS Group's first international subsidiary celebrates its 25th anniversary

A quarter of a century for DQS: 25th anniversary of the Managing Directors

Both Stefan Heinloth and Michael Drechsel have now served DQS and Quality for 25 years. We congratulate our Managing Directors on their anniversary!

DQS Compact featuring ISO 45001 and more

Standards offer more benefits than we may think, especially when it comes to occupational health and the safety of food

DQS, CFS and ISO united in the Fight against Climate Change

Read here how international standards, initiatives and everybody’s commitment can help save our planet from a climate catastrophe.

DQS certificates put quality under IMPOL's wings

Quality flies on aluminium wings – into space! DQS Zaghreb proudly presents their new aerospace customer: IMPOL.

ISO 45001 survey is asking for your input

ISO developed this survey to better understand who is using ISO 45001 and what users think needs to be amended or improved. Click here to participate.

Shaping DQS for the future

DQS group met to shape our future in the areas of Cyber & Information Security, Sustainability, Food Safety, Compliance, and more.

DQS Compact now in a new design

Unexpected benefits of certification for marketing, health and safety or the continuity of your business - find out more in this issue

2018 another record year for DQS Group

DQS further strengthens its position among the world’s leading certification bodies for management systems.

ISO 50001:2018 Energy Management System Update

ISO 50001:2018 for systematic, comprehensive, goal -oriented and sustainable pursuit of energy-related objectives

What's new at BRC?

Superseding issue 5, the revised BRC standard for packaging becomes compulsory in February 2020. Read here about the changes and updates.

IATF 16949: Lessons Learned and Clarifications

Sharing some of the lessons learned and clarifications that will help everyone continue to move forward.

DQS CFS and the United Nations

With DQS CFS in the lead, the offices of DQS Group contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals through audits and a variety of activities

SPOTLIGHT ON: TAPA

If you are questioning the security of transport, storage and handling of cargo, then TAPA may be able to provide the answer.

DQS Group on social media

DQS Holding joins many of our offices on this platform for business people. Log in and see what is happening in the world of standards and management systems!

Spotlight MDSAP: one audit for all requirements

DQS SPOTLIGHT ON: TISAX

TISAX, the Trusted Information Security Assessment Exchange, is favored by OEMs and their suppliers to exchange information in a secure manner

The first IATF 16949 certificate in Algeria goes to SAPPL Mercedes-Benz SPA

The first company to be certified to the automotive industry standard IATF 16949 in Algeria is DQS customer SAPPL Mercedes-Benz SPA.

Please welcome a new edition of DQS Compact!

We return from a truly hot summer in the Northern Hemisphere with a new edition of DQS Compact - and many new transitions to come

GRI Standards Certified Training

This article in German advertises a GRI training to be held by DQS CFS in September this year, also in German.

INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Protecting your data and privacy: DQS’ updated Privacy Policy is in accordance with the European Union General Data Protection Regulation

DQS in mourning: Dr. Chris Brendon passed away

Dr. Chris Brendon, founder of DQS Australia and New Zealand, passed away on his way to an audit in New Zealand earlier this month.

DQS Medical Device Business growing strong abroad

Medically qualified auditors on five continents provide assessment and certification of Medical Devices to MDD, MDSAP, ISO 15378 and more

Mercury Products Corp. Celebrates 20-Years with DQS

Mercury Products Corp. is proud to announce their successful certification to IATF 16949, in order to continue to meet customer expectations.

DQS Compact announces ISO 45001 publication date!

DQS Compact with expert articles about the revisions of ISO 45001, ISO 19011, IFS 6.1 and EN 15224

World Courier certified to Good Distribution Practice

International logistics provider World Courier Achieves Good Distribution Practice Certification by DQS across its Global Network

ISO-Revisions: How to conduct the Stakeholder Analysis

Easy-to-use templates and a guidance document for a step-by-step approach to a full stakeholder analysis as required by many revised standards.

Quality made in China: DGQ & DQS talk cooperation with CCAA and AQSIQ

Senior managers of CCAA, AQSIQ, DGQ and DQS meet to talk about cooperation, as well as recognition of DGQ/EOQ Auditor Certificates by CCAA

DQS Compact featuring expert articles on revised standards

DQS Compact 81 with expert articles about the revised standards ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, compliance management, TAPA, QC, IRIS and more

Improved Supply Chain Security with an accredited certificate to ISO 28000

As one of the first certification bodies in Germany, DQS CFS GmbH has successfully passed the accreditation process for the ISO 28000 standard.

FSSC 22000: Transition to Version 4 – Here’s how it works

FSSC 22000 Transition to Version 4 covers the scopes catering, retail, transport, storage. Read about the main changes for upgrade audits.

DQS at “transport & logistic”, Qualified Carrier and TAPA

DQS presents portfolio at the German “transport & logistic” fair, featuring Qualified Carrier, qualislogistics, and TAPA

DQS celebrates 15 years of success in México!

When your customers, auditors and employees are happy and satisfied, that is the best reason to celebrate.

Managing people – our most critical success factor

Leadership principles and project management at the heart of this year’s International Management Meeting

DQS performs first certification to ISO 55001 in Brazil

Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo, private health center in Latin America, now certified to ISO 55001 for the scope of maintenance engineering.

ISO 9001:2015 and DQS in support of quality vaccines

AU-PANVAC is committed to provide its services and products to customers with consistent quality by fulfilling the requirements of QMS.

New issue of DQS Compact: news about standards and companies

Read here about TAPA and QM in logistics, what ISO 50003 and ISO 31000 mean for you, and what the changes in FSSC 22000 and SMETA are all about.

SMETA 6.0: Sedex updates their Ethical Audit Format

Sedex has updated the format and aims to publish SMETA 6.0 in early April 2017. After May 31st, 2017, SMETA 5.0 will no longer be available.

Goldwind International achieves integrated DQS certification

Leader in renewable energy achieves DQS certification for IMS in accordance with ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007

ISO 9001:2015 offers risk-based thinking for logistics sector

Managing risk in the logistics sector requires both quality and information security management

DQS certifies an automobile legend: Bugatti now with ISO 9001

Maximum driving performance, breath-taking beauty and fascinating technology - an incomparable driving experience now certified by DQS!

Many revisions to come - a new edition of DQS Compact!

Expert articles about the current status of revisions of ISO/TS 16949, IRIS, Aerospace, ISO 45001, TL 9000 as well as the recent ISO Survey 2015

Preventing Bribery: the new ISO 37001 Standard

Preventing Bribery: ensure compliance with the new ISO 37001 Standard

Michelin receives DQS certificate for ISO 14001 in India

The Indian operation of the French global tyre technology leader now operates a certified environmental management system

30 years Quality Business at Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik

DQS Compact featuring ISO 14001:2015

Environmental Performance, Compliance Obligations, Life Cycle, Social Responsibility

DQS CFS now Data Partner for GRI Database

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has chosen DQS as its new Data Partner for the Sustainability Disclosure Database...

ISO/TS 16949 becomes IATF 16949 – Transition Strategy

Aspen Pharma achieves ISO 14001 + OHSAS 18001 Certification

Aspen Pharma Australia achieves certification according to ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001

IFS HPC 2 and the IFS Focus Day in Chile

The new version of the IFS HPC Standard contains a number of significant changes for certified sites.

Revision Workshop with DQS Ethiopia

The presentation by DQS Ethiopia focused on the new ISO 9001:2015, opportunities and benefits, main changes, transition rules and DQS support packages including information and webinar, gap and transition audits.

Do good and talk about it: Sustainability

“Do Good – Avoid Bad – and don’t be the Ugly Employer”

Spring edition of DQS in Dialog

The spring issue of the English DQS customer journal DiD features an in-depth look behind the scenes of what transitioning to the 2015 versions of ISO 9001 and/or ISO 14001 meant for some of our international customers.

Competence for Sustainability

DQS CFS Malaysia now providing expert services for food, feed, ethical and medical compliance

DQS de México provides added value services

DQS de México provides added value services to their customers with revision workshops

Korean automotive supplier receives DQS Award for Excellence

DQS Korea’s customer Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of powertrain and chassis parts for the automotive industry, was recently honored for their excellent quality management system.

Energy Efficiency Award 2015 goes to India

Bharat Forge is specialized in forming technology and received the award in honor of their demand-oriented and optimized control of refrigeration processes.

TOYOTA BOSHOKU LLC proud holder of DQS certificate

TOYOTA BOSHOKU was the first foreign manufacturer of automotive components to be given permission for the industrial assembly of vehicles in Russia.

How ISO 45001 can help 2 million people

ISO 45001, the international standard that will replace BS OHSAS 18001, has now reached the Draft International Standard (DIS) stage.

Chocolate, you and World Quality Day

Introduced by the United Nations in 1990, World Quality Day is an initiative to showcase the contribution of quality management to sustainable development within organizations and countries across the globe.

DQS CFS now Member of the Sedex Associate Auditor Group

DQS CFS has successfully completed the application process for the Sedex Associate Auditor Group (AAG). DQS is now one of the 25 members worldwide who, based on their competence and experience with audit processes, are actively shaping the Sedex platform and its auditing protocols.

Quality over the years - and today, in the new issue of DiD

Welcome to the 30 Year Anniversary Edition of the DQS Group Customer Journal DiD (DQS in Dialog), where we take a close look inside the newly revised standards ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015, where our experts talk about “Organizational Knowledge”, “Risk-based thinking and action”, “Leadership and Commitment” as well as “Environmental Communication”. .

ISO 14001:2015 and the need for Sustainability Reporting

With publication of the new ISO 14001:2015, management representatives, supervisors and employees need to start thinking about how to interpret the changes for their own organization now.

ISO Survey 2014

The annual study by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) shows the number of certificates issued to management systems standards in the previous calendar year.

ISO 9001:2015 now also published!

The revision of the quality management standard ISO 9001 is now finally concluded: ISO 9001:2015 was now published. Early July, after the FDIS of the standard was published, the ISO member countries had 2 months to vote on the latest draft of the standard before the deadline of 9 September. Not a single country voted against the FDIS. Now, ISO is proud to announce the official publication of ISO 9001:2015 on its website.

ISO 14001:2015 published!

The revision of the environmental management standard ISO 14001 is concluded: ISO 14001:2015 was published on September 15.

BOSCH India, GC Mark for Trusted Brand and Trusted Product

Bosch India has recently introduced an enterprise water purification system for use in Large Buildings, Hospitals, Commercial and Residential Complexes, Schools and Colleges and more.

DQS Slowakia goes next generation

We are glad to announce that the DQS office in Žilina has successfully transitioned to new management.

IRIS goes ISO

Interesting news from Brussels: the board of Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes (UNIFE), the European railway industry’s umbrella organization, has decided to elevate IRIS to an ISO standard.

Nigeria’s bank of Industry receives ISO 9001 certification

The Bank of Industry, Nigeria’s foremost and most successful development financing institution, has become one of the few organizations in the financial service sector to achieve the international ISO certification for Quality Management System in Nigeria.

Russian Oil Company LUKOIL favors DQS

With an annual production volume of 1.3 million tons in oil products alone, and a distribution network comprising more than 40 countries across the globe, LUKOIL is one of the world’s largest oil companies.

DQS Certification Malaysia’s 10th Anniversary

On June 10, 2015 DQS Certification (M) Sdn. Bhd. celebrated its 10th Anniversary at Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa. Joining in the celebrations were selected customers as well as colleagues from DQS Holding, DQS Thailand and DQS Vietnam.

IQNET celebrates 25 years with a Forum

This year’s 27th General Assembly was hosted by APCER, the Portuguese partner in the global IQNet network, in the seaside city of Estoril, near Lisboa. As part of this event, APCER organized a forum on "Conformity Assessment: Trends and Challenges".

Revision of ISO 9001 and its impact on Aerospace standards

The revision of ISO 9001 has a direct impact on the AS/EN 9100 series for the aerospace industries, because all of the requirements of ISO 9001 are also part of them.

DQS de México goes ZoomZoom

Just last year, the new Mazda plant in Mexico was formally inaugurated in Salamanca, Guanajuato.

Social Responsibility Standard, IQNet releases first revision

After 4 years from its publication, IQNet is pleased to announce the official release of the IQNet SR10 Standard, edition 2015 and associated BD313 IQNet SR10 Rulebook.

DQS Group: Re-Branding Initiative

In the past seven years we, the international DQS-UL Group, have successfully implemented a double branding strategy. With two strong brands, DQS and UL, we have become a leading certification partner for management systems with a strong global presence in over 60 countries.

ISO Survey reveals increase in ISO certificates worldwide

The latest ISO Survey 2016 shows a total of eleven ISO Standards for Management Systems set for growth all over the world

ISO 45001: A new standard is born – step by slow step

With its High Level Structure, PDCA cycle, and a focus on context of the organization, ISO 45001 has the potential to be a milestone in its field

DQS Shanghai organizes workshop on ISO 29990

DQS offices from China and Germany collaborated to offer in-depth workshop on the deeper meaning of ISO 29990 to the staff of China’s Zhongshan School