Productivity and quality: The key to sustainable development of the steel industry

Improving productivity and product quality are the top goals, key solutions of industrial manufacturing enterprises. For the steel industry, in the context of fierce competition, sticking to this goal is the optimal way to help businesses develop sustainably in the value chain and affirm their position in the market.

A number of steel enterprises have started to improve, invest in their technology and quality management system to improve productivity and product quality. Viet Duc Steel Pipe Joint Stock Company (VG PIPE) is a typical example of continuous improvement and significant results. VG PIPE has invested in a modern system of steel pipe production lines, cold rolled corrugated iron sheets and galvanized iron sheets. So far, Viet Duc steel has expanded production and applied advanced modern technology of European countries and Japan with high automation rate for 38 steel production lines, slitting lines.

Currently, management and production activities of the Company comply with ISO 9001: 2015 quality management system and 5S improvement program according to Japan. Viet Duc Steel products are manufactured according to domestic and international standards such as: Vietnam Standards (TCVN); Japanese standard (JISG 3112); American standards (ASTM) and standards of advanced countries in the world to meet customer requirements and ready to meet the integration process. Therefore, VG PIPE has affirmed the fourth position of the largest domestic steel pipe manufacturing and consuming enterprise in Vietnam, the proportion of export to Europe market is over 50%.

Typically in the steel industry, Hoa Phat Group cannot be ignored. Currently, its factories are controlled under the ISO 9001: 2015 quality management system. In all stages of the steel production chain under the closed blast furnace technology, they are under strict quality control from input materials until the output products continue to undergo a rigorous process again before lauching to the market. Especially, Hoa Phat Steel’s export products have met international quality standards such as JIS GS3505: 2004, JIS G3112: 2010 (Japan), BS 4449: 2005 (United Kingdom), ASTM A615 (United States).

Not outside the technological race, Tan A Dai Thanh has bravely invested in Southeast Asia’s largest water heater factory with a capacity of 2 million products / year in Ha Nam under the model of smart factory with precision automation line with the application of 4.0 technology, the same system of machines and modern technology imported from Italy and G7 countries. Tan A Dai Thanh is one of the few enterprises to apply modern science and technology in production, especially with a large-scale factory in Southeast Asia. In 2019, Tan A Dai Thanh Company is also one of four Vietnamese enterprises that won the Asia-Pacific Quality Awards GPEA.

Steel industry companies have made great efforts in technological innovation, improving productivity and product quality in order to target the international market and improve their competitive position. For sustainable development and international integration, enterprises need to continue promoting their strengths and focus on scientific approach and catch up with the current trend of Industry 4.0.

Productivity and Quality Office