ESI Group successfully pursues global ISO 9001 certification

An approach to quality management acknowledged for excellence worldwide

ESI Group, a pioneer and world-leading provider of virtual prototyping solutions for industry, announces the successful continuation of its global ISO 9001 certification effort.

ESI Group obtained its first ISO 9001 certification in 2000 and followed up by independent certifications for its subsidiaries; actions intended to guarantee the quality of its products and services and ensure client satisfaction. Given its philosophy of continuous improvement, ESI then set out in 2011 to achieve global ISO 9001 certification that would bring together ESI Group, the parent company, and its subsidiaries under a single certificate. The ambition to achieve global certification testifies to the confidence ESI has in the quality of the solutions it provides to its clients and also to the concern of excellence that the company has for the global alignment of processes in the context of risk and quality management. Global certification guarantees that ESI pays special attention to ensuring the excellence of all Group processes and for employees it provides a common and consistent framework that facilitates the implementation of Company procedures, simplification of interactions and the sharing of best practices.

Three new subsidiaries are added to the global certification

Global certification has been successfully achieved across Europe, Asia and the United States; for the parent company and the following subsidiaries: ESI US R&D, ESI France, ESI Japan, ESI Calcom in Switzerland, ESI SW India and ESI SW Germany. In 2014 three new entities were successfully added: ESI NA in the United States, Mecas ESI in the Czech Republic and ESI Services Tunisia.

Success tied to a very high level of personnel and Quality team mobilization worldwide

This approach fits the ESI Group profile perfectly. We are a multicultural company present in nearly 40 countries. We have over 1,000 employees and share transversal processes and complicated interfaces. Uniting, motivating and harmonizing are the goals pursued and achieved to ensure permanently high levels of internal process quality, increased efficiency with overall consistency, stronger and clearer relations between Group entities. This ambitious project has been very successful, thanks to the very high level of involvement of all employees and the Quality teams worldwide. It reflects ESI’s strong commitment to its clients”, states Dominique Grolade, Group Quality Director. 

More entities in Europe and Asia will be integrated in the global certification in 2015. As part of its five-year plan (2016-2020), developed taking into account the maturity level of each entity and client expectations, ESI Group expects to achieve full global certification by 2020.