Certification

ISO 9001 is a quality management system that demonstrates our organisation's commitment to quality. Through certification HEL Performance has implemented processes and practices for the purpose of improving productivity, reduce costs and increasing customer satisfaction.

The ISO 9001 definition of quality extends to organisations demonstrating good practice across areas of business such as:

• Services
• Management
• People
• Facilities
• Equipment
• Products
• Training

The ISO 14001 environmental management system allows HEL Performance to demonstrate to stakeholders and customers that the business is committed to reducing its environmental impact, as well as reducing costs associated with waste management.

The ISO 14001 standard was developed in 1996 with the aim of helping companies comply with regulations and laws, and improve their environmental impact. ISO 14001 is one of the most popular standards in the world, as it applies to all sectors of business, and organisations of any size.

We obtained full ABE approval for all of our brake line kits to allow certified entry to the German, Swiss and Austrian marketplaces. Our lines were already approved for use on all roads around the world with our FMVSS-106 approval but in some countries this means that the customer must pay an additional fee to allow the part to be added into their log book. By obtaining full KBA and ABE approval our parts can now automatically be added to the log book at any testing station without cost to the customer. By obtaining this additional certification shows that we are continually committed to offering the highest certified and quality assured products to the consumer.

We are pleased to announce that this new approval has now been fully obtained after our headquarters in the UK were visited and assessed by the KBA and our KBA number is: KBA61360 and Dekra completed all necessary tests with hoses fitted to vehicles.

Our ABE approval has been obtained for our OEM replacements, our Full Length replacements and our Over The Mudguard / Fender replacement brake line kits. We believe that this is another world first.

The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt approves vehicles types and parts, monitors the work of test centres for the periodic examination of vehicles and quality control at manufacturing plants, designation of Technical services, accompanies recall actions by manufacturers of vehicles and vehicle parts, manages the Central Vehicle Register, the Register of driver fitness, the Central Register of Driving Licences and the Central Register of Tachograph Cards (only in German), provides information from these Registers and produces and publishes statistics on the basis of these Registers and also about vehicle defects and goods transports.

The Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt is within the scope of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure.

Our brake lines have been accepted by the Australian Department Of Transports ‘ADR — Australian Design Rules’ under FMVSS-106 design criteria and have been entered on the database of certificated suppliers by the Queensland Government.

Our brake lines have recently been independently tested by Dekra and have been granted full certification for use on the roads in Germany and countries requiring Dekra/TÜV approval.

Our brake lines have been accepted by the United States Department Of Transport under FMVSS-106 design criteria and have been entered on the DOT database of certificated suppliers.

NHTSA was established by the Highway Safety Act of 1970 to carry out safety programs previously administered by the National Highway Safety Bureau. Specifically, the agency directs the highway safety and consumer programs established by the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966, the Highway Safety Act of 1966, the 1972 Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, and succeeding amendments to these laws. Dedicated to achieving the highest standards of excellence in motor vehicle and highway safety, NHTSA works daily to help prevent crashes and their attendant costs, both human and financial. The agency strives to exceed the expectations of its customers through its core values of Integrity, Service, and Leadership.

Our brake lines have been accepted by the New Zealand Department Of Transport LTSA under FMVSS-106 design criteria and have been entered on the database of certificated suppliers.

SAE International is a global association of more than 128,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary consensus standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series. They aid the industry by helping with the writing of specifications and design principles. They also are responsible for the SAE J1403 requirement required for brake hoses used on the road of which are brake lines fully comply with.