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ISO 3834-2 is an international standard for quality management systems in welds for companies operating in the welding field. It is part of the ISO 3834 series of standards, developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and applicable to welding in various industries.

The ISO 3834 series of standards – Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials, issued in 2005, includes the following Standards:

• ISO 3834-1: Criteria for the selection of the appropriate level of quality requirements
• ISO 3834-2: Comprehensive quality requirements
• ISO 3834-3: Standard quality requirements
• ISO 3834-4: Elementary quality requirements
• ISO 3834-5: Necessary documents to be followed to conform to the above quality requirements

ISO 3834-2 certificate is the highest level of certificate when evaluating the welding quality management system of a manufacturing company. This is the comprehensive level. And at this level, our welding quality management system is recognized as suitable for manufacturing steel structures and products with welded joints from the simplest to the most complex according to ISO standards. Here is the notable range of weld seam quality that EN ISO 3834-2 certificate recognizes:

Achieving ISO 3834-2 certificate proves that World Steel complies with the processes, methods and technical requirements to ensure the quality of welded structures, producing products that meet high-quality standards. This ensures that World Steel is capable of providing high-quality, reliable and safe welding products to clients. ISO 3834-2 certificate also confirms World Steel’s technical competence in performing welding processes. It proves that the company has employees with enough knowledge and skills to perform high-quality welding jobs. Choosing World Steel can bring peace of mind and confidence in working with a highly capable and reliable supplier in the welding field.

Bureau Veritas Viet Nam (a member company of the Bureau Veritas group, founded in 1828 in Belgium, operating in 140 countries) is a leading company in the field of providing inspection, certificate and consulting services on quality, safety, environment and society. In the field of certificate, the company provides certificate services for quality management systems (ISO 9001), environmental management (ISO 14001), occupational safety and health (ISO 45001), and many other standards. With more than 190 years of experience and a global network, Bureau Veritas has built a reputation and reliability in assessing and confirming compliance with leading standards and regulations.

Besides EN ISO 3834-2, let’s take a look at World Steel’s quality management system:

• ISO 9001
• ISO 14001
• ISO 45001

IAS AC472 (World Steel is the only company in Viet Nam and Asia to achieve this quality certificate until of November 2023)

Since 2012, World Steel has been a leading industrial construction contractor in Viet Nam in the field of professional industrial construction with hundreds of large-scale and majestic projects completed in all industrial parks in Viet Nam. In addition, with the Export market, for many years, World Steel is a reputable manufacturer and supplier of high-quality steel structure products and pre-engineered steel buildings, a destination for many general international construction contractors in foreign markets.

Besides IAS AC472, the addition of ISO 3834-2 to the company’s quality management system is the clearest proof of the development and continuous improvement of quality, to bring the best products to customers and the market.

Built in Hai Son Expanded Industrial Park, Duc Hoa, Long An, WorldSteel Group factory has a total area of more than 20,000m² and has a total production capacity of over 2000 tons of steel structures/month.

World Steel Factory is proud to possess high-quality human resources: We gather a team of domestic and international technical experts who are knowledgeable and specialized in steel structure products along with a team of well-trained, technical and skilled workers.

Professional and synchronous equipment and machinery system: Shearing machine, CNC drilling machine, CNC plasma cutting machine, Automatic beam welding line for light and heavy structures, Beam straightening machine, Automatic shot/grit blasting machine, Shot/grit blasting booth, etc.

The factory is equipped with an intensive quality management system IAS AC472 for steel structure products that meet American quality standards.

• At World Steel, the Investor will receive the most detailed advice on their project from all activities and angles: Legal consulting activities, planning, detailed project design, production and construction. We are among the few EPC General Contractors that can provide a complete suite of solutions, complete implementation, bring a seamless experience to your project from the leading experts in the industry.
• Advanced quality management system for the system to operate and ensure homogeneity, fully fulfill commitments on product quality: AS Standard (Australian Standard), ISO 9001, ISO 45001, IAS AC472 (We are the first and only Vietnamese company to achieve this certificate).
• The factory with a capacity of 2000 tons/month is equipped with professional and modern equipment and machinery.
• Hundreds of investors and clients are leading companies and corporations in Vietnam such as: Hoa Phat, Sunpro Steel, Hai Dai Group, GPPD, Tongwei Group, SCG, Long Son Petrochemical, MFC, Le Tran, CP, Tan Hiep Phat Group, Sun Tech,… in many fields, many industries choose World Steel to implement the projects. Successful projects not only in domestic and international markets are highly appreciated by clients for quality: Tien Giang Tongwei, Hai Duong Tongwei, Binh Phuoc GPPD Factory, Binh Phuoc CPV Food, Dung Quat Hoa Phat, Sunpro steel mill, Coca Cola warehouse (Philippines), 7-Eleven (Thailand), Kanata (Myanmar), GreedFeed (Cambodia),… You can refer here.
• Many demanding international markets (USA, Australia,…) have chosen World Steel’s steel structure products because our products are superior in quality.
• Warranty policies and activities on finished project products are carried out methodically and professionally.
• Optimal price with excellent design solutions.

Prominent domestic projects undertaken by World Steel as the EPC contractor:

• Hai Duong Tongwei Project
• Tien Giang Tongwei Project (Phases + expansion)
• GPPD Battery Factory Project
• WH2 factory project of Long Son petrochemicals
• Hau Giang Number One Project
• World Steel Office Buildings Project (Ho Chi Minh City Head Office | Long An Office)
• Binh Phuoc CPV Food Project

Projects to export Steel Structures to overseas markets:

• Coca-Cola Warehouse Project (Philippines)
• Halamanan Project (Philippines)
• 7-Eleven Project (Thailand)
• CPE Rice Mill Project (Thailand)
• Kanata Project (Myanmar)
• GreenFeed Project (Cambodia)
• UR Warehouse Project (USA)
• Steel Mould Project (Malaysia)
• Steel Bridge Project (Singapore)

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IAS AC472 is a specialized quality management system specific to the Steel Structure industry recognized by MBMA (MBMA: Metal Building Manufacturers Association of America) and ICC.

IAS AC472 is important not only for works manufactured and constructed by Steel Structures for the world’s No. 1 advanced country like the US. AC472 is the “Passport” for non-US structural steel manufacturers who want to officially export Steel Structure products to this market, requiring AC472 quality certificate.

Unlike many other certificates, a successful inspection for the AC472 certificate is really difficult. To achieve this, the company must first have a team of professional personnel and a methodical operating system. When evaluating the system, people often refer to ISO, but here in the steel structure industry, IAS AC472 is much more than that, is an intensive system, specialized for the field of steel structure production. Only businesses that care about sustainable development: consciousness in sustainable, long-lasting quality products, then focus on investing a lot of money and enthusiasm for systems like this or similar.

In the steel structure manufacturing industry, surely we all know MBMA (MBMA: Metal Building Manufacturers Association of America was established in 1956), or we can also call MBMA the birthplace of the industry (a lot of related standards are being developed and upgraded by this prestigious international organization), which creates standard systems, defines and sets many standards for the pre-engineered steel structure industry. One of the mandatory criteria to join this prestigious association is to achieve AC472 (with only this, we can imagine how prestigious and important AC472 is to the field of Steel Structures in the US).

• Will get approval for building permits faster.
• The durability and safety of steel buildings according to AC472 standards will be higher.
• The cost of buying insurance for works is lower.
• The maintenance cost for the steel building system will be lower.
• The commercial value of these works is higher.

For these reasons, the annual achievement and maintenance of the IAS AC472 certificate is a great pride of the World Steel team. That proves that the execution capacity of WS is always ready to meet all criteria, the most complex requirements of every project from clients.

Every year, WORLD STEEL has to undergo 2 periodic reviews of this certificate by the IAS representative from the US, then experts from the US will come to Vietnam to conduct the evaluation. So, what will these AC472 experts evaluate and do: Does this evaluation process stop within the departments and the World Steel plant?

It is a list of many criteria, a detailed evaluation process of the quality management system according to this certificate will include a detailed evaluation system for all essential activities to make the product, from the initial stage of receiving information until the product is completed at the Company:

• The initial departments, from sales, design, purchasing, human resources, training, project management.
• Manufacturing plant: departments related to production process assurance activities: maintenance, production, quality.
• External affiliates (if any): outsourcing subcontractors, outsourced product suppliers.

Who is the representative partner of IAS AC472 in the annual World Steel evaluation? It is Smith Emery Laboratories, one of the leading US companies in the field, established in 1904 with a history of more than 100 years of development in the evaluation and inspection of the quality system in-depth. It has operating offices in many regions in the US, Beijing and Canada. Smith Emery Laboratories is the representative partner for IAS AC742 to evaluate World Steel’s system every 6 months in Vietnam.

IAS AC472 certificate is considered a prestigious authentication basis for businesses to export their products to the US market.

Along with investing in a high-class IAS AC472 product quality management system for steel structure products, World Steel is orienting and striving to become one of the high-quality enterprises trading in steel structures in the global market: Currently, World Steel’s products are available in many countries in Southeast Asia with a very large volume being exported every year to the markets: Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, Australia, and the most special is the US market (USA is the most difficult market in all markets with extremely high requirements, WS is the only company in Vietnam that can officially export Steel Structures to this market).

Through many years of establishment and development, World Steel has been building more and more perfect a professional factory with a team of senior technical personnel. We are also extremely proud that WS’s working environment is also home to leading international experts in the Steel Structure industry. Everything here is always ready: an international quality management system, international high-tech personnel, a professional factory, skilled Vietnamese workers bring perfect quality steel structure products to the market.

In addition, in January 2023, World Steel also inaugurated a new office building which has been invested in a large and methodical manner, providing the best working conditions for staff. The standardization of the factory and quality process according to the IAS AC472 standard system is not only for Vietnam, but is the strategic vision of sustainable and long-term development of the founder with the main pillar being “Premium” product quality as the center.

World Steel office building in Long An, located at Lot Q9-10-15-16, St. No.7, Hai Son Expanded Industrial Park, Duc Hoa Ha Commune, Duc Hoa District, Long An Province.