The UKAS-accredited certification covers the company’s operations across Saudi Arabia
Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, has awarded Saudi Arabia’s Almarai Company, Middle East’s leading food and beverage manufacturer and distributor, the ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management Systems.
The certification has been obtained for all Almarai’s operations in the Kingdom through a series of multi-site certification audits across its various subsidiaries and facilities in the Kingdom. The Intertek ISO 9001 certificate is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS).
Intertek has collaborated with Almarai for the certification since 2018, when it began an extensive audit process which involved numerous production facilities and subsidiaries.
As one of the world’s largest dairy companies and the world’s largest vertically integrated producer, Almarai controls all facets of the production process from crop production and dairy farming to manufacturing, processing and packing.
The vertical integration requires Almarai’s stringent quality standards to be met at every stage of the production, and the Quality Management Systems to be put in place across all operations.
“The standard provides a competitive advantage and helps ensure that customers get consistent, good quality products and services through continuous improvement,” remarked Phil Clarke, Head of Quality, Almarai.
“Almarai’s continued success and leadership in the market is driven by a strategic commitment to quality,” commented Samir Ahmed, General Manager, Intertek Business Assurance, Gulf Region.
“From the initial stages of our audit planning process, and by applying the risk-based Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) approach, we were confident with Intertek as our certification partner,” noted Tariq Naeem, Group Quality Audit Manager – Quality, Regulatory, HSS & Sustainability, Almarai.
