Together with Customers
Since its founding, N.E. CHEMCAT has provided high-quality products and services that earn the confidence of customers and meet their expectations. We strive to improve our quality on a daily basis so that we can work with customers to provide them with optimal solutions.
Quality Management System
At N.E. CHEMCAT, the General Manager of the Production & Technology Div. is ultimately responsible for service quality assurance and product liability, and oversees the company's quality assurance activities.
Our quality management system has been certified under the ISO 9001 and IATF 16949 programs, and we provide a stable supply of high-quality products.
Business Sites That Have Acquired Quality Management System Certification
ISO9001:2015 | Numazu Plant |
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IATF16949:2016 (Auto Exhaust Catalysts) | Head Office, Numazu Plant, and Tsukuba Plant |
Quality Audits
Based on our quality management system, each plant conducts external and internal quality audits once a year.
Continuous Quality Improvement
N.E. CHEMCAT makes the following efforts to continuously improve quality.
Internal Bodies for Quality Improvement
The company has established the following bodies for quality improvement, and has established a system enabling departments to cooperate for enhancing quality.
- Audit Reporting Committee
- Quality Committee
- Quality Manufacturing Liaison Committee
- Quality Defect Reporting Committee
- Quality Patrol
Global Cooperation system
Our technology transfer system has been created to enable manufacturing of auto exhaust and other catalysts developed in Japan at overseas production plants without any loss of product performance.
We also regularly share technical information with the BASF Group and adopt the latest technology to further enhance quality.
Customer Satisfaction Surveys
We often work closely with our customers, from catalyst development to scale-up. In order to further improve customer satisfaction and quality, we conduct an annual Customer Satisfaction Survey.
The results are used for our continual quality improvement.
Main Quality Control Training in FY2022
Training Programs
Plants/ Sections
Fundamentals of manufacturing
Numazu/ Tsukuba
Introduction to IATF for new process owners /
scopes due to organizational change
Numazu/ Head office
IATF process approach
Tsukuba
IATF standards study group
Numazu
IATF core tools
Head office
Corrective action review using QMS-style cause investigation diagram and Naze-naze Analysis
Numazu
Supplier Audit Approach
Numazu
Measurement system analysis (MSA)
Tsukuba
Measurement instrument and apparatus management
Tsukuba
CP and P-FMEA preparation
Numazu/ Tsukuba
Training Programs | Plants/ Sections |
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Fundamentals of manufacturing | Numazu/ Tsukuba |
Introduction to IATF for new process owners / scopes due to organizational change | Numazu/ Head office |
IATF process approach | Tsukuba |
IATF standards study group | Numazu |
IATF core tools | Head office |
Corrective action review using QMS-style cause investigation diagram and Naze-naze Analysis | Numazu |
Supplier Audit Approach | Numazu |
Measurement system analysis (MSA) | Tsukuba |
Measurement instrument and apparatus management | Tsukuba |
CP and P-FMEA preparation | Numazu/ Tsukuba |