December 04, 2008

Alam Steel attains CARES certificate

Alam Steel Limited’s subsidiary Alam Steel Industries has announced that it has obtained the Certificate of Approval from UK Certification Authority for Reinforcing Steels. Mr Ben Bowsher executive director of UK CARES presented the certificate to Mr Shyam Bhatia chairman of Alam Steel Industries.

Mr Bowsher said that “With the vast amount of construction activity in the region it is imperative that the entire steel reinforcement supply chain is certificated. It is not sufficient for consultants to specify CARES certificated rebar alone and have it processed by a non CARES approved processor. Such rebar, processed incorrectly and without the necessary controls, may not comply with the specification and may even be a risk to the concrete structure.”

Mr Vikram Bhatia director of Alam Steel Limited said that “We have always been leaders of innovation within the steel industry and being the first processing factory to be accredited by CARES reinforces that position.”

The certification is awarded for complying with requirements of BS EN ISO 9001 2000 and the relevant CARES quality requirements for rebar processing to BS8666. Alam Steel Industries is entitled to use the CARES mark on all of its reinforcing steel products now that it has achieved CARES certification.

CARES is an accredited UK based product certification body, founded in 1983 that provides an independent 3rd party product certification service to the construction industry. CARES has been accredited by UKAS, an agency of the British Government. CARES is a notified body under the Construction Products Directive, in the areas of reinforcing steel, pre-stressing steel, structural steel and pre-cast concrete products, enabling its approved firms to apply the CE mark to these products, as appropriate.