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Zochem Inc. Named BSI Canada’s 2015 Award of Excellence Winner

(TORONTO) – BSI Group Canada Inc., a division of the world’s first National Standards Body and a founding member of the International Organization of Standardization (ISO), today announced that Zochem Inc. has been awarded the 2015 BSI Canada Award of Excellence for Quality Management Systems.

The Brampton, Ont.-based company is the largest producer of high quality zinc oxide in North America. It has held ISO 9001 since 1997 and has had an integrated ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 system in place since 2004.

Members of the BSI Canada team presented Zochem representatives with the award in June 2016 ceremony in Brampton. (Pictured below: L-R Mohit K. Sharma, Director – Operations, Zochem; Robert Wood, Client Manager, BSI; Khalid Abdullah, IMS Manager, Zochem; Anne-Marie Pizzitelli, Head of Communications, BSI; Joshua Belczyk, General Manager, Zochem; Mona Ghanam, Quality Control Manager, Zochem).

“Zochem has very effective management review and internal communications practices and continuous improvement processes,” said Anne-Marie Pizzitelli, Head of Communications for BSI Canada. “The company consistently demonstrates continuous improvement of systems with stretch targets being achieved, increased efficiencies, safety initiatives and is constantly improving safe working conditions for employees.”

For example, Zochem has reduced its OSHA recordable incident rate from 9.4 per cent in 2011 to zero ever since 2013.

“The organization has a very strong non-conformance, corrective and preventive action system and integrated internal audit process in place, which is fully embraced by all employees contributing to the effectiveness of overall management system,” said Khalid Abdullah, IMS Manager at Zochem. “Our business demonstrates a culture of excellence and superior performance.”

BSI Canada created the Award of Excellence in 2011 to recognize customers who excel in the implementation of international business standards. This year’s Award of Excellence judging panel consisted of a multi-disciplinary team at BSI Canada which interviewed clients, auditors, senior account managers, and other client facing personnel.

Last year’s winners were ABB Inc. Power & Industrial Systems (single site), a global leader in power and automation technologies, and Schneider Electric (multi-site), a design, repair and service company.

BSI reports highest profits and revenue in 114-year history

15 per cent increase takes total revenue to £331m
Significant acquisitions boost presence in North America and South Africa
New sales orders grow by 27% from the previous year

BSI, the business standards company, has announced its results for the year ended 31 December 2015. Growth of 15% maintains BSI’s consecutive 16-year track record of annual increases in underlying revenue.

Key points:

Revenue increased 15% to £331.1m (2014: £287.1m)*
- Organic revenue at constant exchange grew by 9%
- 2015 acquisitions added 6% revenue growth
- Underlying¹ operating profit up 22% to £35.4m (2014: £29.1m)*

Howard Kerr, Chief Executive, commented: “Over the past few years BSI has developed into a truly integrated global enterprise, able to serve our clients across the world, while broadening our service into different business streams and sectors. The introduction of the principle of Organizational Resilience at the start of this year is another example of our unique product and service offering, combining our business streams of Knowledge, Assurance and Compliance to work with our clients to ensure their businesses stand the test of time.”

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BSI Canada announces 2015 Award of Excellence nominees

BSI Canada has announced the nominees for the BSI Award of Excellence 2015. They include eight companies and organizations that range from manufacturing to wholesale distribution, infrastructure and public services

“2015 was an important year with the introduction of revisions to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in response to important shifts in the business world. The revised standards are adaptable to the changing world, enhance customer satisfaction, meet the demands of all stakeholder and interested parties and provide a consistent foundation for the future,” said Anne-Marie Pizzitelli, Senior Manager, Communications, with BSI Group Canada

The 2015 nominees include:

B.A. Blacktop Ltd. – North Vancouver, B.C.
British Columbia Institute of Technology, Marine Campus – North Vancouver, B.C.
Compugen Inc. – Richmond Hill, ON
Heritage Conservation Directorate, National Capital Area Operations Sector, Public Services and Procurement Canada – Gatineau, QC
Les Emballages MontCorr – Coteau du Lac, QC
Les Compunds Felix Inc. – St-Hubert, QC
Tech Data Canada – Mississauga, ON
Zochem Inc. – Brampton, ON

CIBC Mellon Certified by BSI Canada to ISO 22301:2012 Societal Security and Business Continuity Management Systems Standard

CIBC Mellon is one of only two Canadian companies and the only asset servicing provider to have achieved the internationally-recognized business continuity standard

CIBC Mellon today announced the successful completion of a two-year project to achieve certification to the ISO 22301:2012 Societal Security and Business Continuity Management Systems Standard. ISO 22301:2012 specifies requirements to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and continually improve a documented management system to protect against, reduce the likelihood of occurrence, prepare for, respond to, and recover from disruptive incidents when they arise.

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Vortex Conseils Achieves ISO 9001: 2015 Certification

On October 9^th,2015 Vortex Conseils (Vortex) was the first company in Canada to achieve ISO 9001:2015 by BSI. ISO 9001 underwent its first major revision since 2008 and was released as ISO 9001:2015 on September 23^rd of this year.

“As a consulting firm that helps other companies earn ISO certification and implement quality management systems, it was a strategic goal of ours to be the first company in Canada to achieve our own ISO certification,” said Maxime Clerk, SVP, Strategy & Communications, Vortex. “We planned for this well in advance of the standard’s final release and worked diligently to align our management system to the new requirements.”

Vortex was able to earn certification so quickly following the release of the new standard by working with BSI, the first certification body in the world to achieve ANAB accreditation for the ISO 9001:2015. Vortex was not only the first company in Canada to achieve ISO 9001:2015 certification by BSI, but also the first in North America.

According to the auditor’s report, Vortex had no non conformances and an ‘outstanding’ management system.

“The leadership at Vortex was fully committed to the goal of certification,” said Gary Robinson, Commercial Director at BSI Group Canada, BSI. “We understood how important this certification was to their business and were pleased to see them achieve their goal in such a short timeframe and with such excellent results.”

BSI obtains first global accreditation from ANAB to certify organizations to the new Quality Management standard ISO 9001:2015

BSI, the business standards company, is the first to receive official global accreditation status from the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to certify organizations to the new Quality Management Standard, ISO 9001:2015. The decision was made utilizing ISO/FDIS 9001:2015 and accredited certificates to ISO 9001:2015 cannot be issued until the standard is published, expected in September 2015.

To gain accredited status to certify organizations, BSI’s transition process and internal auditor training to the new standard have been independently assessed to ensure it operates at the highest level of quality and service. This provides assurance to clients that the certificates issued to them, once the new standard is published, are both credible and impartial. BSI is now able to start carrying out audits against ISO/FDIS 9001:2015 which can be used as part of the support for the transition, meaning organizations can begin their transition process now.

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Countdown begins for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Standard launch

ISO 9001 has benefitted millions of organizations worldwide with users reporting increased growth and productivity and significantly higher customer satisfaction and retention.

In September the 2015 edition of ISO 9001 will publish – the first major revision of the standard since 2000. A final draft of the standard (FDIS) has now been released which incorporates changes made following feedback from users and experts around the world.

Existing certification customers have three years from the date the new edition publishes, to transition from the 2008 version. BSI has developed a suite of materials, services and courses to help make the transition as smooth as possible: www.bsigroup.com/revisions

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