PT Timah gets ISO-9002

PT Timah gets ISO-9002

JAKARTA (JP): State-owned tin mining company PT Tambang Timah received an ISO-9002 quality certificate yesterday from SGS International Certification Services (ICS) of Switzerland.

"We have been preparing the management of Tambang Timah to get the certificate since 1993," the company's president, Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas, said after the certification ceremony here.

Erry said the Swiss surveyor company awarded the certificate after conducting an in-depth assessment of Tambang Timbah in September.

SGS ICS's president, Erik Roger, said the certificate will be valid for three years.

Tambang Timah floated shares on the London, Jakarta and Surabaya stock exchanges on Oct. 19. (04)