Annual Report 2009

Ž E L E Z I A R N E P O D B R E Z O V Á PRODUCTION AND SALE CERTIFICATION Our quality management system is certified under ISO 9001:2008 by SGS Yarsley International Certification Services Limited. Our automotive industry products are certified under ISO 9001:2008 – VDA 6.1 and ISO/TS 16949:2009, as issued by SGS ICS Gesellschaft für Zertifizierungen m.b.H. und Umweltgutachten. Železiarne Podbrezová a.s. owns product certificates issued by renowned certification companies such as Lloyd's Register of EMEA, TÜV NORD, Bureau Veritas, API, Germanischer Lloyd, Det Norske Veritas, TSÚS, individually for the production and testing of steel, seamless hot rolled tubes, precision tubes, precision calibrate and drawn welded tubes, large-diameter welded tubes, and welded tube elbows. The Company’s environmental activities are certified by SGS European Quality Certification Institute, E.E.S.V., under ISO 14001:2004. Production and Sale of Core Products in 2009 11 Production Total sale Slovakia 8% Export 92% Tonnes Tonnes EUR '000 Share in sales Tonnes EUR '000 Tonnes EUR '000 Steel billets 191 166 41 521 15 725 12% 220 88 41 300 15 637 Seamless hot rolled tubes 123 481 86 397 68 752 53% 6 154 5 708 80 243 63 043 Seamless precision tubes 25 642 25 119 34 815 27% 1 547 2 526 23 572 32 289 Welded precision tubes 2 708 2 614 2 783 2% 504 541 2 109 2 242 Butt-welded elbows and reducers 2 395 2 354 3 802 3% 141 293 2 214 3 509 Large-diameter welded pipes 1 566 1 526 1 628 1% 546 528 980 1 100 Secondary metallurgical production (1) 1 209 1 218 1 957 2% 466 729 752 1 229 Company outlet (2) 378 359 0% 378 359 0 0 Total 348 168 161 126 129 821 100% 9 956 10 771 151 170 119 050 (1) Secondary metallurgical production - semi-finished goods made of seamless and welded tubes, hydraulic and pneumatic tubes. (2) Retail of seamless and welded tubes and butt-welded fittings.