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Ahlstrom Pumps Corp. has announced that its Karhula Foundry, Karhula, Finland, has been awarded the International Quality Rating System (IQRS IQRS IQ Roma Servis (Brno City, Czech Republic)
IQRS International Quality Rating System
IQRS Individual Quality Report System
IQRS Interactive Quality Review System
) Level 5 Quality Certificate. The IQRS concept is a system for the assessment of quality management in businesses. The scale runs from 1-10, with the normal ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
 9000 level corresponding to IQRS level 3. In 1998, Karhula was the first Finnish foundry to have a certified environmental system, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 Ahlstrom. The foundry supplies steel and special iron castings mainly to Ahlstrom's own operations, and 85% of the total production volume of 40,000 castings/year consist of duplex stainless steel stainless steel: see steel.
stainless steel

Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat.
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Comment:FINLAND.(Ahlstrom Pumps' Karhula Foundry achieves Level 5 Quality Certificate)
Publication:Modern Casting
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:4EUFI
Date:Nov 1, 1999
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