Hyundai Steel announced on the 18th that it won awards in both the institutional sector and individual sector for its contributions to enhancing national industrial competitiveness through testing and evaluation of steel products at the 2025 World Accreditation Day ceremony.
Hyundai Steel received a commendation from the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy in the institutional sector for its contributions to the development of the national certification system. Jo Young-jun, head of the testing and evaluation team, received a commendation from the Director of the National Institute of Technology and Standards for his contributions to establishing quality management systems in the fields of ore and steel and metal, and for advancing testing and evaluation work.
World Accreditation Day is a commemorative day jointly established in 2008 by the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) to promote the international mutual recognition system of testing, evaluation, and certification results.
Korea has established the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS) under the leadership of the National Institute of Technology and Standards in 1993 to certify testing and certification organizations that are internationally recognized. It awards organizations and individuals contributing to the development of the testing and certification industry every year.
The Dangjin testing laboratory, located at Hyundai Steel's Dangjin Steelworks, was recognized as a certified testing laboratory by KOLAS in 2011 and has obtained 330 domestic and international product certifications and 1,265 pre-certifications.