CEAT first tyre producer in Sri Lanka to be IATF 16949 certified

Three manufacturing plants of CEAT Kelani Holdings have been awarded IATF 16949 that verifies that their products meet exceptionally high quality standards and supply chain efficiency, making CEAT Sri Lanka the first tyre manufacturing group in the country to qualify for this prestigious international certification.

The certification covers CEAT Kelani International Tyres (Private) Limited, CEAT Kelani Radials (Private) Limited and Associated CEAT (Private) Limited as well as the CEAT Kelani Head Office and CEAT R&D India as the remote supportive locations for the three manufacturing plants.

Awarded by the International Automotive Task Force (IATF), IATF 16949 is an automotive quality management system standard, that certifies that CEAT Sri Lanka has met the extensive requirements to create high standard quality products with a process of continuous improvement that focuses on defect prevention and reduction of variation and waste in the supply chain.Applicable to automotive production and service part organisations, the certification also defines how an organisation could meet the requirements of its customers and other stakeholders.