2020.04.20
EBARA Corporation
Vietnam plant acquires JIS mark certification for castings


EBARA Corporation (hereinafter: EBARA Vietnam Pump Company Limited, an overseas group company of EBARA Corporation *1 (below: EVPC is a JIS mark certified by the Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA) for castings to meet the high product standards required by the Japanese market. *2 We have passed the certification audit and obtained "JIS G 5121" and "JIS G 5502" certification.
1. Background and Objectives
EVPC has its head office and factory in Hai Duong Province in northern Vietnam (approximately 50 km east of the capital Hanoi), and manufactures and sells custom pumps, as well as imports and sells standard pumps within Vietnam. As our main business, we produce highly difficult castings such as two-phase stainless steel impellers for custom pumps for overseas markets. Now that EVPC's products have been certified as meeting the high product standards required in the Japanese market, we will further focus on expanding sales in the global market, leveraging our strengths of reliability and high quality.
2. Overview
To obtain certification, we conducted a "Factory Audit" and a "17025 Survey". *3 " and "Product testing."
This time, we have obtained the following certifications:
Standard Number | name | kinds |
JIS G 5121 | Stainless Steel Castings | SCS1, SCS2, SCS5, SCS6, SCS13, SCS14, SCS16 |
JIS G 5502 | Spheroidal graphite cast iron products | FCD400-15, FCD450-10, FCD500-7 |
3. Our future development
The Vietnamese economy continues to grow steadily as the second most promising market in Asia after China, and demand in the pump market is also stable. EVPC will further solidify its EBARA brand position in Southeast Asia as a whole by reinforcing its overall industrial sector, including agriculture and infrastructure, in line with EBARA's long-term vision of regional strategies in the global market outlined in E-Vision2030. Using the experience gained from this certification, we will continue to strive to improve quality and expand sales, thereby contributing to the creation of safe and secure social infrastructure and the improvement of people's lives.
The EBARA Group will continue to contribute to solving social issues, including the SDGs, through its business, and will simultaneously increase social and environmental value as well as economic value.
- *1: EBARA Vietnam Pump Company Limited
In 1995, EBARA Vietnam Hai Duong Co., Ltd. (EHD) was established as a joint venture with Hai Duong Pump Manufacturing Joint-Stock Company. In 2011, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of EBARA, and in 2012 it changed its name to EBARA Vietnam Pump Co., Ltd. (EVPC), where it remains today. - *2: JIS mark
A mark given to products that comply with Japanese Industrial Standards. Based on the Industrial Standardization Act, only businesses that have been certified by a certification body, which is an organization registered with the government, can display the mark on certified industrial products, etc. - *3: Survey 17025
An inspection to check whether a test facility has the capability to satisfy the relevant parts of JIS Q 17025 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories).