Integrated Management System

Working to standards

The company operates an Integrated Management System (IMS), incorporating the individual quality, environmental and health and safety management systems and this IMS also ensures that we meet our responsibilities as a socially responsible employer.

The company utilises an extensive and detailed training programme, ongoing performance assessments, a continual improvement culture and a stringent programme of internal (Q.A. Department staff and consultants) and external (NQA Ltd and customers) audits, to ensure the ongoing quality of our products and service.

Find out more in our IMS Policy Statement.

Third Party Accreditations

The company achieved ISO9001:2000 certification originally in November 1991 and ISO14001:1996 certification originally in April 2004.

See below for copies of certificates.

Forest Stewardship Council

Häfele UK have also been certified by FSC since March 2004 for the chain of custody supply of wooden products.

Environmental Initiatives and Objectives

The company has an ongoing improvement programme in place which identifies environmental, quality and health & safety initiatives and objectives for the company and the resources and timescales required for their successful conclusion.

WEEE

Hafele UK Ltd is complying with The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006. We are registered with the Producer Compliance Scheme, Comply Direct, and our Producer Registration No. is WEE/FH0067TX.

Applicable products are labelled according to the requirements of the Directive.

For collection and recycling of Business End User WEEE, please email b2bweee@hafele.co.uk or telephone 01788 548618.

For further information on these Regulations, please see www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/sustainability/weee/page30269.html

RoHS

As part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring awareness and compliance to current and future directives, Haefele UK confirm their compliance to this directive which came into effect on 01.07.2006. Specific details relating to any products can be made available on request.

REACH Regulation

Hafele U.K. Limited are a company committed to the correct implementation of the REACH regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) – Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006) and will be adopting procedures with the objective that their supply chain are compliant with REACH within the given timeline process.

If you would like to know more about Häfele quality management, please contact our quality and environment management manager.