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Press ReleaseAward of ISO 9001 Certificate to Macau Productivity & Technology Transfer Center & Presentation of ISO Certification Subsidy for Year 1998 (22.01.1999)
On January 22 (Friday) at 12:00pm, the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center (CPTTM) will be holding a ceremony to mark its award of ISO 9001 quality management certificate by the Portuguese Association for Certification (APCER), at Hotel Lisboa, East Wing, 2nd Floor, Coloane Room. CPTTM is the first organization in Macau to be certified by APCER; Dr. Manuel Vidigal, the Administrator of APCER and the Vice-President of the Portuguese Institute of Quality (IPQ), will personally present the certificate to CPTTM. In addition, CPTTM will also present certification subsidy to applicants certified to ISO during 1998. The Secretary for Economic Coordination, Dr. Vitor Pessoa has been invited to participate in this event.
Since the establishment of CPTTM in mid-1996, it has been dedicating its efforts in implementing various activities aiming to enhance productivity and competitiveness of the local economy. Such activities professional training, provision of information regarding technology and international cooperation, as well as incentives to encourage the local organizations to adopt new technology, quick response techniques, quality management and ISO certification. Since CPTTM is a young organization, it has to continuously improve its operation for better service – hence the decision of the management of CPTTM to implement an ISO 9000 quality management system. With support from the Hong Kong Productivity Council and efforts of all CPTTM staff, the Center had successfully attained ISO 9001 certification by APCER during December Novermber last year.
APCER is a certification body for quality management system (ISO 9000, QS 9000) and environmental management system (ISO 14000) recognized by the Portuguese System for Quality. In Portugal, APCER has certified more than 700 enterprises, and it has certification activities in other countries such as Mexico, Spain and Morroco. Internationally, APCER is a member of the International Certification Network (IQNET).
IQNET is made up of a number of certification bodies from different countries. Presently, IQNET has 29 members and they come from, among others, Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Israel, South Korea and Poland. The IQNET members account for approximately 50% of the management system certificates issued worldwide. From the point of view of a certified organization, since the certificate issued by one member is recognized by all the other members in the network, the IQNET provides the organization with a passport to international markets. On this occasion, APCER will be awarding CPTTM with 2 certificates: ISO 9001 certificate and IQNET registration document.
Regarding CPTTM’s certification incentive subsidy scheme, between October 1996 and end of1998, the Center’s Quality Management Committee has approved 40 applications. During 1998, there were 14 applicants successfully certified, with 10 in ISO 9000 and 4 in ISO 14000. Together with the 9 applicants certified in 1997, the total came to 23. These applicants come from various industrial sectors, ranging from garment manufacturing, engineering design, construction contracting and materials, freight forwarding, trading, food packaging/wholesaling, banking, public utilities, as well as other manufacturing firms, including electrical appliances, telecommunications equipment, plastic products and toys. If there is any enquiry about the subsidy scheme, please contact CPTTM’s quality department at tel: 781313, fax: 788233, email: quality@cpttm.org.mo, or visit the Center's quality management website at http://www.cpttm.org.mo/quality.
Updated on 2000/10/27.