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Eastman Machine Company now ISO
9001:2015 certified
The Eastman Machine Company
recently got the ISO 9001:2015
certificate. The certification is said
to be a result of the company’s
efforts towards continuous
improvement approach.
It’s worth mentioning here that ISO
9001 is the international standard
that specifies requirements for
a Quality Management System
(QMS). The cutting technology
pioneer Eastman acknowledged the
importance of establishing a formal
quality policy with well-defined and
regularly reviewed processes and
procedures.
Furthermore, earning ISO
certification will now position the
company even better to serve its
global customer base. According to
Eastman, the company’s internal
quality policy has been documented
to further solidify its commitment
towards making its products meet,
rather exceed the requirements of
its customers with the purpose to
deliver defect-free products to them
on time every time.
Commenting on the achievement,
Robert L. Stevenson, President and
CEO, Eastman Machine Company,
said, “This is a tremendous and
well-deserved accomplishment for
us and all of our employees. The
certification confirms that we meet
the highest international standards
for quality and process. While
we always strove to be known as
a company that emphasises on
quality, it is an achievement to be
recognised. Eastman continues
every day to improve its quality
to enhance our commitment
to our thousands of worldwide
customers.”
Russia's green signal to duty-free apparel
exports from Bangladesh
Close on the heels of a bilateral
meeting between Bangladesh
and Russia aimed at expanding
bilateral ties in the fields of trade
and commerce, economy, and
science and technology, Moscow
has reportedly informed Dhaka
its decision to allow export of
duty-free products to the
Russian market.
It may be mentioned here that as
per reports, Russia has reportedly
called upon Bangladesh to
formally apply to the Eurasian
Economic Council (EEC) to obtain
duty-free export privilege to the
Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
countries which includes Russia,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia
and Kyrgyzstan.
The meeting between the two
nations which took place recently
during which a protocol was
signed between Bangladesh and
Russia, was reportedly attended
by a 14-member Bangladeshi
delegation led by the immediate
past Secretary of Economic
Relations Department (ERD)
Kazi Shafiqul Azam. Besides the
ERD officials, the Bangladeshi
delegation included business
leaders Habib Ullah Don
(President of CIS-Bangladesh
Chamber of Commerce and
Industry-BCCI) and Aniruddha
Kumar Roy (Managing Director of
RAM Group).
“Bangladesh-Russia bilateral
trade amounted to 160 crore
dollars during 2017. If the aspects
of the recently signed protocol can
be implemented, this figure will
exceed 1000 crore dollars within
three years, “underlined CIS-BCCI
President Habib Ullah Don.
After the disintegration of Soviet
Union, eleven ex-Soviet states
constituted a political block
named Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS). Five
member countries of EEU are
also members of the CIS.
At a time when the industry
is actively looking at market
diversification, duty-free export
privilege to the Eurasian
Economic Union (EEU) is
expected to go a long way towards
facilitating the same.
Russia has reportedly
called upon Bangladesh
to formally apply to
the Eurasian Economic
Council (EEC) to
obtain duty-free
export privilege for the
Eurasian Economic
Union (EEU) countries
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