The ST Malta Plant has been successfully audited against stringent international Occupational Health and Safety Standard OHSAS18001. It is the first backend manufacturing facility in the world to achieve this international certification for its health and safety programmes. The audit was performed by the international renowned auditing firm Bureau Veritas (BVQI). It certified Malta, together with plants in Tours, France, and Agrate, Italy.
The OHSAS18001 standard enables an organisation to control the workplace's health and safety sector. It has also been developed to ensure that it is compatible with the ISO9001 and ISO14001 standards.
This certification gives a positive message to the company's shareholders, stakeholders, customers and employees that ST Malta is committed to the highest international standards in accident prevention, health and safety in the workplace, risk management and industrial hygiene.