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Consistent quality testing for transparency and process reliability

quality standards

Quality at voestalpine Wire Technology is based on a certified management system and clearly defined quality standards.

All production and testing parameters are monitored and documented throughout the entire process to ensure consistent properties and complete traceability.

In addition, we rely on established testing procedures and comply with relevant approvals to ensure maximum reliability, safety, and cost efficiency for our customers worldwide.

Our services for your quality assurance – Performance in Quality:

  • Certified Standards for Compliance and Sustainability: Implementation of international standards such as ISO 9001, IATF 16949, and ISO/IEC 17025 for accredited testing, as well as documented test reports for audits. Certifications to ISO 14001, ISO 50001, EMAS III, and EcoVadis Gold for environmentally responsible production. Support for industry-specific approvals (e.g., GL, DNV) as well as customized documentation for your markets and applications.
  • Testing methods, analytical services, traceability, and process control for the highest product quality and maximum safety: AI-supported surface inspection, ultrasonic and eddy current testing, laser dimensional measurement, and comprehensive laboratory analyses (e.g., tensile testing, microscopy, simulations). Complete documentation of all production and testing parameters, as well as statistical process control for early defect detection and prevention.

Certified standards for compliance and sustainability - Our certifications as your proof of trust

Quality standards at voestalpine Wire Technology

Our quality standards and our sustainability and environmental management are backed by numerous international certifications, underscoring our commitment to product quality, environmental awareness, and occupational safety. You benefit from verifiable quality for audits, approvals, and sustainable, standards-compliant processes.

  • ISO 9001 – Quality Management System
  • ISO 14001 – Environmental Management System
  • ISO 45001 / OHSAS 18001 – Occupational Health and Safety
  • ISO 50001 – Energy management
  • ISO 19011 Guidelines for Auditing Management Systems
  • ISO/IEC 17025 – Accredited testing laboratories
  • IATF 16949 – Quality management in the automotive industry
  • EMAS III – EU environmental audit
  • VDA 6.3 – Process audit
  • CQI-9 – Evaluation of the heat treatment system
  • Ethical Code: voestalpine Code of Conduct
  • EcoVadis: Gold for voestalpine Wire Rod Austria (TOP 5%) and voestalpine Wire Austria (TOP 2%)

Our products not only meet international standards but also specific certifications for various industries and markets (e.g., GL, DNV). We support you from development through to certification—with customized solutions and comprehensive documentation.

Overview of all certificates

Our testing procedures, analytical services, traceability, and process control ensure the highest product quality and maximum safety

Quality assurance of wire at voestalpine Wire Technology

Our quality is the result of carefully planned processes. We define all key production parameters as early as the product development stage and continuously monitor them using state-of-the-art process technology and statistical controls. This allows us to intervene at an early stage, prevent production defects, and implement improvements.

To ensure transparency regarding the quality achieved, we rely on a variety of testing methods, such as AI-supported surface inspections, ultrasonic and eddy current testing, precise dimensional measurements, and comprehensive laboratory analyses.

Regular comparative tests with external partners further ensure our high quality standards. You benefit from innovative testing and analysis methods that deliver the highest level of reliability.

  • In this particular area we rely on the use of optical testing methods and artificial intelligence. It starts right from the rolling of the billets, continues with the precise measurement of the billet geometry in the hot-rolling mill, the documentation of the surface condition and the optical testing along the production line. At critical points, the system is supported by thermography or eddy current testing.


    Methods employed along the value-added chain include:

    • Thermography
    • Eddy-current testing
    • Optical testing assisted by AI
    • Acoustic testing assisted by AI

  • Internal flaw tests are carried out on billets to verify core density and absence of cracking.

    • In-line ultrasonic testing
    • Ultrasound immersion testing for critical materials
    • Manual testing for final verification

  • For dimension checks we rely on laser and optical spectrometry. The testing parameters applied are diameter, ovality, angular offset in the case of rectangular cross-sections, and evenness in the case of surface-textured products.

  • To be able to offer the highest standards of laboratory testing, we have established centralised, accredited (EN ISO/IEC 17025) laboratories which are available both for production approvals and stress-proof test results in research programmes.

    The list of laboratory tests covers a wide range:

    • Optical microscopy examinations (available at all our sites)
    • Tensile tests (available at all our sites)
    • Scanning electron microscope examinations for microstructure assessments, phase analyses, element analyses, lattice orientation, slag charts and much more
    • Dilatometer examinations as the basis for optimised heat treatments
    • Physical testing on a thermal-mechanical testing device (temperature, tension/compression. torsion)
    • And much more

    The operational optimum is constantly sought by round robin testing for all testing equipment. Comparative testing with the nearby universities provides a juxtapose with other state-of-the-art technologies.

Wire inspection chain

Quality that takes you further

Certificates of voestalpine Wire Technology

NEWS, STORIES & USE CASES:

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Reliable quality from pre-materials to wire thanks to comprehensive testing expertise
Reliable quality from pre-materials to wire thanks to comprehensive testing expertise
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Zero defect wire: innovative testing approach results in defect-free wire for our customers
Zero defect wire: innovative testing approach results in defect-free wire for our customers 
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Data governance for better quality
Data governance for better quality: innovative into the future
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Thermomechanical rolling: Optimized wire quality while conserving resources
Thermomechanical rolling: Optimized wire quality while conserving resources
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Quality assurance to the highest standards
Quality assurance to the highest standards: successful IATF re-certification at voestalpine Wire Germany
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The importance of metallographers for the quality assurance of our wire products
The importance of metallographers for the quality assurance of our wire products
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Optimization of production processes through the use of artificial intelligence (AI)
Optimization of production processes through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) - employees as key players

Do you have any questions about quality assurance or would you like to receive further information about our certifications and testing procedures? We support you from development to approval - with customized solutions and comprehensive documentation.

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