QUALITY AND CERTIFICATIONS Home About GfE Quality and Certifications Certificates create trust. When it comes to uniform and binding quality standards, we attach great importance to transparent and comprehensible processes. All processes are carefully documented in work and process instructions. Our interactive management manual provides a general description of all processes. In order to review our own performance, we regularly take part in cooperative tests and carry out internal and external audits. All those factors combined guarantee a consistently high quality standard for our customers. However, the term quality does not only refer to products and manufacturing processes. It also includes the responsibility to protect our environment and to comply with occupational health and safety standards. Our existing quality management system has therefore been extended and certified as an integrated system for quality, environmental protection, and occupational safety as well as energy management. GfE documents its own high standards through important certifications of its quality management system. QUALITY-RELEVANT CERTIFICATIONS AND APPROVALS: DIN EN ISO certificates AEO-F certified business partner Accreditation as Known Consignor Participation in the "Umwelt- und Klimapakt Bayern" (Environmental and Climate Pact of Bavaria) Innovative research QUALITY CONTROL GfE has always been known for high-quality products. As a market-leading manufacturer of high-performance materials, we consider ourselves obligated to provide our customers with products of the highest quality at all times. We ensure our success as a company by involving all employees in the quality management system. GfE has defined quality policies (link to the policies) that we implement company-wide. The management, our executives, and every employee in our company commit themselves to align their daily actions with the defined quality policy. The requirements and wishes of our customers provide the basis for our actions. Accordingly, all of GfE's business processes are designed to meet these customer requirements. ANALYTICS In order to ensure environmentally friendly production and meet the quality requirements of our customers for the products we manufacture, GfE has a state-of-the-art laboratory. Here, our products are carefully tested by means of chemical and physical analyses during all manufacturing steps from the raw material to the finished product. Applied analytical methods are, among others: X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF) Optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) Mass spectrometry (ICP) Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) Elemental analysis through carrier gas hot extraction and combustion methods Wet-chemical procedures Scanning electron microscopy with EDX Physical analyses, e.g., sieve analysis, particle size analysis by laser diffraction, FSSS, BET MULTI-LEVEL INSPECTION For special product requirements and specifications, further quality controls are carried out, such as: Visual inspections (White Light) UV light inspections (Black Light) X-ray inspection (X-Ray) For special products that are supplied to sensitive applications (e.g., the aerospace industry) multi-stage testing and inspection steps can be carried out. This ensures that our products do not contain any high-melting and/or high-density components (such as high-melting metal particles, metal oxides, or nitrides). We run multi-level inspection lines in order to adhere to these quality standards. In the first step, the final grain of the crushed products is visually inspected. In the second, fully automated step, the material flow is inspected for clinging oxide layers under an ultraviolet light. During the third step, also fully automated, the material flow is subjected to an X-ray test to screen for high-density particles. MATERIALS DIAGNOSTICS You would like to test, preserve, or improve the quality of your materials? We are happy to support you in finding the right solution for you. The employees of the independent, accredited test laboratory for materials diagnostics have many years of experience in the assessment of materials. In addition to standard-compliant testing of your samples, our daily tasks also include incident analyses, visual representation of surface finishes, characterization of powders as well as materials science examinations. We test metals, alloys, and various material combinations for you. Our experience lies mainly in the non-ferrous metal sector. The following test methods can be used, depending on the task: Materialography Microanalysis Physical analyses Materials testing You can find our complete range of services in the field of materials diagnostics in our White Paper Diagnostics - Services of GfE Fremat GmbH (PDF) GfE Fremat GmbH is accredited as a test laboratory according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025. Below, you will find our current certificate of accreditation: DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 (PDF) Have questions? Give us a call. © 2021 AMG TITANIUM ALLOYS & COATINGS GfE Gesellschaft für Elektrometallurgie mbH A member of AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group, N.V. Privacy Policy Company Info and Legal GTC