- Symbio obtains the Letter of Conformity to IATF 16949 on the Design and Manufacturing pe-rimeters for its SymphonHy gigafactory.
- Symbio is the first player in hydrogen fuel cell technology to obtain this certification in Europe.
- This certification is a major strategic milestone for a Tier 1 automotive supplier, recognizing the company's technological and industrial maturity.
Symbio becomes Europe's first hydrogen fuel cell actor to be certified to IATF 16949, the benchmark automotive standard.
Symbio, the European leader in fuel cells for zero-emission hydrogen mobility, has announced that Bureau Veritas has awarded the Group a Letter of Conformity to IATF 16949 certification for the Design and Manufacturing perimeters. This certification testifies to the technological and industrial maturity of Symbio and SymphonHy, Europe's largest site dedicated to the development and production of hydrogen fuel cells and systems. Symbio is the first player in fuel cell technology in Europe, and the second worldwide, to obtain this certification (*).
The IATF 16949 standard is an international reference in quality management, specifically designed for the automotive industry. Based on the principles of ISO 9001, it aims to ensure that products and services comply with automakers' quality standards, thus certifying their quality and reliability throughout the automotive supply chain. It is a key criterion for selecting suppliers of components, sub-assemblies and services to automakers.
As chance would have it, Symbio received its Letter of Conformity in December 2024, one year to the day after the inauguration of SymphonHy, rewarding Symbio teams’ outstanding work and the site's intensive production ramp-up in just 365 days.
(*) Based on publicly available information.