A history of Quality
It was in Solesmes, France, a northern region strongly marked by the history of the steel industry, that AFFIVAL developed a revolutionary steel treatment process in the early 1980's: cored wire.
The rest is history, the milestones in which are:
- 1981: First industrial production in Solesmes, France
- 1984: Early commitment to quality marks itself in the ISO 9001:1994 certification.
- 1985: The AFFIVAL Quality is also available in the US with the creation of AFFIVAL Inc. (USA).
- 1987: The most advanced steel market in the world can benefit from the Affival quality with the creation of AFFIVAL K.K. (Japan).
- 1989: AFFIVAL joins forces with SKW, a German producer of ferro-alloys renowned for its strict quality procedures.
- 1997: In order to better serve the growing high-end markets in South-East Asia, AFFIVAL KOREA Co. Ltd. is founded.
- 1999: AFFIVAL introduces continuous feeding and blending of powders, improving homogeneity and consistency of the cored wire.
- 2000: AFFIVAL introduces production line parameter controls through computerization. It enables a full traceability of coil parameters as well as statistical analysis of process influence parameters.
- 2003: AFFIVAL is ISO9001:2000 certified.