HYUNDAI-STEEL

Hyundai Steel’s quality management system prioritizes customer satisfaction and organizational competitiveness improvement through continuous quality improvement. With the firm commitment and active support of our management, we establish quality policies and objectives that clearly reflect customer requirements, promote company-wide quality management activities with full participation, and enhance work efficiency and consistency through standardized procedures and standards. We also manage and control quality performance using measurable indicators, prevent potential risks, and periodically evaluate and continuously improve the effectiveness of the quality management system through internal audits and management reviews. Through these systematic quality management activities, we build customer trust, respond flexibly to market changes, and achieve a sustainable competitive edge.

Hyundai Steel has obtained and maintains a wide range of domestic and global quality certifications to provide customers with quality they can trust and choose. Our quality certifications carry value beyond the certificates themselves; they are systematically applied throughout the organization to support Hyundai Steel’s quality competitiveness. To continuously maintain them, we adhere to the following operating principles:

• Accurately understand customer specifications, reflect them in our products, and fully comply with customer requirements.
• Build and operate an optimized quality system that meets the stringent standards of key industries such as automotive, shipbuilding, and construction.
• Promptly adapt to diversifying global regulations and industry standards of each country to maintain the latest quality levels.

Based on this, Hyundai Steel pledges to deliver the highest global quality standards and continuously provide greater value to our customers.

Quality Certifications

Certification	Location	Certification scope
ISO 9001	Dangjin, Suncheon, Incheon, Pohang	Hot Rolled Steel, Cold Rolled Steel, Steel Plates, Special Steel, Section,
IATF 16949	Dangjin, Suncheon, Pohang, Yesan	Hot Rolled Steel, Cold Rolled Steel, Special Steel, Mobility Parts
KEPIC QSC	Dangjin, Incheon, Pohang	Steel Plates, Section, Reinforcing Bar
ASME QSC	Dangjin, Incheon, Pohang	Steel Plates, Section, Reinforcing Bar
API Monogram	Dangjin	Steel Plates

A determination to take responsibility for the quality of one’s work,
coupled with a mindset to act toward quality improvement.

Hyundai Steel promotes and establishes a quality mindset as a guiding principle and value for all employees to achieve the organization’s quality policies and objectives. Our quality mindset is the foundation of a company-wide quality culture that deeply recognizes the importance of quality and serves as the core driving force for securing sustainable competitiveness. To cultivate and strengthen this mindset, we carry out the following systematic and multifaceted improvement activities:

• Assess quality awareness to objectively evaluate the organization’s current quality level and perceptions and develop training plans for employees.
• Foster and internalize responsibility for quality, problem-solving skills, and continuous improvement capabilities through structured training programs.
• Encourage customer-centric quality perspectives through firsthand activities, such as customer site visits, and reflect these insights in daily work.

Hyundai Steel aims to embed the quality mindset into concrete actions and measurable outcomes, thereby achieving both customer satisfaction and sustainable organizational growth.

Quality Mindset

Quality mindset			Key Actions
	Customer Orientation	External Customer Orientation	Carry out work by prioritizing external customer requirements.
		Internal Customer Orientation	Understand and reflect the needs of upstream/downstream processes and related departments.
	Collaboration Orientation	Collaboration Orientation	Communicate and cooperate actively with other departments to improve quality.
	Commitment to Quality Improvement	Quality Awareness	Recognize quality-related goals and place them as the highest priority.
		Commitment to Standard Compliance	Always work in accordance with standards and strive to uphold them.
		Initiative for Continuous Improvement	Identify problems for quality improvement and take proactive action to resolve them.