quality

The International Standards for "quality management" are intended to specify requirements for any organizational that needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide product or services that meets customer and applicable regulatory requirements and aims to enhance customer satisfaction.

International Standards for Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety management (EHS) are intended to provide organizations with a method to implement and maintain the elements of an effective management system which can be integrated with other management requirements. This helps the organization achieve its business goals without compromising on continuous improvement in the areas of pollution prevention and protection of its employees.

Certifications also ensure compliance to EHS laws and regulations, independent audit for on-going conformance to all the elements of the standards and a disciplined approach to the common elements of a good quality management system such as documentation, operational control, corrective and preventative actions, internal audit and management review.

Gennum is registered to the following international Quality, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety standards: ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007. The company is also committed to comply with global environmental initiatives and has introduced "Lead-Free" and "Green" product versions for its markets.

Gennum Achieves NQI's PEP Level One Recognition

On June 23 2009, Gennum Corporation (Canada) proudly achieved the National Quality Institute's (NQI) Progessive Excellence Program (PEP) Level 1 certification, this is the first of four levels of organizational quality within their Progressive Excellence Program for the Quality category. The levels of NQI PEP are progressive in scope, designed so that organizations can be externally recognized at different levels, thereby reinforcing and assisting in sustaining a focus on excellence through quality and continuous improvement.