Swets’ quality management systems reflected globally in new ISO 9001:2008 certificate

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Lisse, The Netherlands
June 10, 2009


Swets’ quality management systems reflected globally in new ISO 9001:2008 certificate

Swets is proud to announce that it has recently been awarded a new ISO 9001:2008 certificate, covering all of its operating offices worldwide. The ISO 9001 certificate has been revised in order to ensure that organizations keep up with recent developments in management system practices. Swets has been globally ISO certified for more than a decade and this latest certificate plays testament to the stringent operation and client service procedures in place throughout the organization.

“We are relentless in our pursuit of operational excellence,” said Johan van Campen, Chief Operations & Information Officer at Swets. “Our global ISO certification represents the high level of service and expertise present throughout the organization, at every level. Only by ensuring that our internal processes are reliable, effective and up-to-date can we be sure to provide the highest level of service to our clients.”

ISO 9001:2008 – the fourth edition of the standard – introduces clarifications to the requirements existing in the previous standard ISO 9001:2000, based on user experience over the last eight years, and changes that are intended to improve further compatibility with the ISO 14001:2004 standard for environmental management systems. The amended version of the quality management standard ISO 9001 was published on November 15th 2008.

About Swets
Swets is the world's leading subscription services company. We build on more than 100 years of experience to maximize the return on investments in time and money for clients and publishers in today's complex information marketplace. With clients in over 160 countries and more than twenty offices around the world, Swets is a true “long tail” powerhouse that provides the most comprehensive and sophisticated e-commerce platform currently available in its field.

Swets has been included in E-Content Magazine's “100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry” for the past six years, and is consistently featured in FEM Business' “Top 500 Companies in The Netherlands”. We are the only subscription services company that is ISO 9001:2008 certified on a global basis --a testament to our stringent operation and client service procedures.

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