Dow Automotive has received two corporate-wide certifications for quality and environmental management systems. The quality certification from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance, Inc. (LRQA), encompasses all of Dow Automotive’s globally owned assets and asset partners, encompassing more than 50 manufacturing and support sites worldwide. The corporate environmental certification, also from LRQA, presently covers 12 sites. Eleven additional environmental certifications are still stand alone site certifications. Both certifications result from Dow Automotive’s single integrated business management system.

“The ISO/TS-16949 quality certification provides customers with the assurance that Dow Automotive is supplying materials from quality certified manufacturing processes and can support work processes from any point within the Dow Automotive system,” said Don Little, Director of Business Management Systems for Dow Automotive. “All sites can provide outstanding efficiencies, quick response and consistent company-wide benefits. More than 1,200 Dow Automotive team members have contributed to the achievement of this award and we’re very pleased to announce our success in this business-critical area.”

“Knowing the complexity of the Dow Automotive business and the broad spectrum of products included in the scope of its certification, I have been impressed with their approach to this challenge,” said Gary Bogan, LRQA Operations Manager. “Dow Automotive has developed the necessary robust management systems to meet the requirements of the standard and have organized their global quality objectives using ISO/TS 16949 as benchmark methodology.”

The ISO-14001 certification assures customers and other interested stakeholders that Dow Automotive is developing and manufacturing products in an environmentally conscious manner, continuously improving the environmental impact of products in the automotive supply chain, while meeting environmental and economic goals.

LRQA is a leading global provider of ISO/TS 16949 certification and other quality, environmental, and health and safety standards. They work with a wide range of companies who aim for the achievement of ISO/TS 16949 and congratulate Dow Automotive on their success in earning these important automotive industry required certifications.

Dow Automotive is a leading supplier of plastics, adhesives, sealants and other plastics-enhanced products for interior, exterior, under-the-hood, vehicle body structure and acoustical management applications. The organization serves global tier, OEM and aftermarket customers. With offices and application development centers around the world, Dow Automotive provides materials science expertise and comprehensive technical capabilities to its customers worldwide. For additional information about Dow Automotive products and services, visit www.dowautomotive.com.