Teijin’s CFRTP obtains ISO/TS 16949 accreditation

Tokyo, Japan-based Teijin Limited announced that its Teijin Composites Innovation Center (TCIC) has obtained ESO/TS 16949 accreditation of requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2008 for automotive production and service part organizations. TCIC is an R&D and mass-production plant of Sereebo™, Teijin’s technology for mass producing carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastics (CFRTP).

ISO/TS 16949 defines quality management system requirements for organizations providing services for automotive products. It was designed by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF), a body comprised of nine European and American automakers and five automotive industrial organizations from the U.S., Germany, France, Italy and the U.K. ISO/TS 16949 incorporates customer specifics added by individual automakers and enables product-service suppliers to maintain international quality standards.