SHAH ALAM: Proton's in-house testing facilities here have been issued the ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation from the Department of Standards Malaysia, a department under the umbrella of the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI).
Proton Group Engineering director Hazrin Fazail Haroon received the certificate of accreditation from the Department of Standards Malaysia director-general Shaharul Sadri Alwi.
MS ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is a standard that measures the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
This standard is used by testing and calibration laboratories to develop quality management systems and to assess their own competence.
(From left) Shaharul, Hazrin and Proton Engineering Validation head Abdul Wahab Long with the certificate.
As ISO 17025 is a globally recognised standard accreditation, it not only provides proof of the reliability of results as well as the integrity, competence and overall quality of the Proton Test Centre.
The certification also allows Proton Test Centre to meet the testing requirement for vehicles co-developed with Geely and even opens up the possibility of conducting testing for other Geely models.
Hazrin said the accreditation is a recognition of the hard work put in by the engineering and testing teams at Proton to elevate the centre's level of technical capability to be in line with Proton's partner, Geely.
“It also allows us to reduce our product development costs as we no longer need to send our parts to be tested overseas and will help better manage our timelines too.
“Ultimately, this will result in better quality Proton vehicles, which will benefit our valued customers,” said Hazrin.
