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AECORK firmly opts for quality. It is important to mention
that since 1995, when the first company received its certificate,
to date, there are about twenty companies that now have the ISO
9000 certification, there is one company with an ISO 14000 certification
and we have the first cork company internationally to have an EMAS.
The quality of the product mainly depends on the existence of a
meticulous control of the entire process covering the selection
of the quality of the raw material to be used in manufacturing through
to the detailed analysis of the different stages through which the
product passes. The company laboratories analyse the physical, chemical
and microbiological characteristics of the product and check that
the quality criteria established are met.
To satisfy the needs of the cork industry, the Catalan Cork Institute
has its own laboratory, the CORK CENTER, which has as its main objectives:
- To offer a specialised technical service to cork companies.
- To offer the analytical services that cork requires according
to the standardised parameters of quality rules.
- To issue technical reports about the cork product and related
matters.
- To collaborate in the official processes of standardisation of
products (it collaborates with AENOR making up part of the UNE committees
of standardisation and with the ISO TC87 technical committee).
- To co-ordinate the cork industry's lines of research and to support
it.
The CORK CENTER has the equipment necessary to carry out the tests
relating to ISO, UNE and NCS standards as well as current European
regulations, with the Celiège Guide of Good Cork Practices
for Systecode, etc.
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