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ieve ECE 109 Status
Kayel General Manager Fazeli explained the process; ECE 109, the whole process took longer than it other- wise might have. The pandemic has not helped either with the plant being closed for two months last year. It has been a long road, but we achieved accreditation in March 2021, a year after the start of the process.” Kayel’s service partner in the accreditation process was Spain-based IDIADA and the testing authority in Malaysia was the Rubber Malaysia Board.
In terms of how to leverage Kayel’s new status and pen- etrate new markets overseas, Michael Hutt explained that the company was now planning to take its time to re- search potential markets thoroughly. “Our primary aim is
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