HAL, Bengaluru, conferred full membership of APAQG

16 September, Bengaluru

India has become the seventh nation to jointhe Asia-Pacific Aerospace Quality Group (APAQG) under theInternational Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG).

Defence Aviation major HAL has been conferred its full memberstatus of APAQG with voting rights.

Other countries in the group were China, South Korea, Taiwan,Indonesia, Singapore and Japan.

”HAL is now a part of Global Quality team dedicated to bringimprovements in the Aerospace Quality. The Company can participatein international forums and contribute to the development andrevision of current and new Quality Standards. The membershipenables HAL to have access to various Quality System Standards andother guidelines developed by IAQG”, HAL Chairman and ManagingDirector T. Suvarna Raju said here in a statement today.

HAL had participated in the Council meeting recently held at Zhuhai,China and made a presentation to the APAQG members and the Councilon the Company’s activities with thrust on quality management.

IAQG is an International non-profit cooperative globalorganization that brings aviation, space and defence companiestogether to deliver more value at all levels of the supply chain. The IAQG establishes and maintains Quality Management Systemstandards (9100 series) and controls the certification system.

IAQG is comprised of Americas (AAQG), Europe (EAQG) andAsia-Pacific (APAQG) sectors. To become a part of IAQG, HAL has tobe a member of APAQG and then graduate to IAQG as a voting member byvirtue of being an OEM in India.