Breda, The Netherlands - Cobar BV, a supplier of fluxes, solder pastes and soldering materials to the electronics manufacturing industry, has been certified to the ISO/TS 16949 global automotive quality standard.
 
ISO/TS 16949 aligns existing American (QS-9000), German (VDA6.1), French (EAQF) and Italian (AVSQ) automotive quality systems standards within the global automotive industry, eliminating the need for multiple certifications to satisfy customer requirements.
 
With ISO 9001:2000, it specifies the quality system requirements for the design/development, production, installation and servicing of automotive related products.
 
Cobar BV was accredited to ISO 9001 in 1994 and to ISO 14001 in 1997, and is also accredited to NATO's AQAP-110.