INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POLICY OF KERN s.r.o.

I. QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF KERN s.r.o

KERN s.r.o. is a growing company with state-of-the-art technology and high ambitions in the wire market, applying an integrated management system. Quality is a fundamental prerequisite for the realisation of our objectives and core values.

Quality Policy

The aim of our quality policy is to respect the interests of our customers in the development, production and sale of our entire range of products (goods and services) and to continuously improve quality without exceeding our material, financial or human resources.

In the long term, our aim is to achieve a state where customer needs and interests are met whilst ensuring the company’s prosperity.

Ensuring our customers’ satisfaction with the quality of our products is our number one priority.

Organisational context

To ensure the above objectives are met, the company considers the organisational context. We have identified internal and external aspects (factors that may affect the quality of the products and services provided, including environmental impact) and interested parties that are relevant to our purpose and strategic focus and influence our ability to achieve the intended outcome within the integrated management system.

Risk management

In accordance with the IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 standards, we are committed to identifying, assessing and managing risks that may affect the quality of our products and services. Our aim is to minimise risks and maximise opportunities for improvement.

Management’s Quality Policy

Customer satisfaction: To ensure that, through the quality of our deliveries, organisation and the way our company conducts itself towards its stakeholders, the customer gains and maintains the confidence that KERN s.r.o. is capable of supplying products and providing services of the required quality, at a reasonable price, in the agreed quantity and at the right time.
Deliveries to the specified location: To deliver products to the customer at the location specified by them, maintaining and, where appropriate, improving the agreed quality at optimal production costs.
Expansion of business areas: To expand business areas in specified product categories into designated territories by raising quality standards.

Commitments of company management

Provision of resources: To secure the necessary human, financial, material and information resources for maintaining and developing the quality system.
Training and cooperation: To provide the necessary training in quality assurance and to foster relationships among all staff based on honesty, trust, cooperation and effective problem-solving.
Improving effectiveness: Continuously improve the effectiveness of the quality management system by utilising this quality policy, quality objectives, audit results, data analysis, corrective actions, preventive actions and management reviews of the quality system.
Specific quality objectives: To translate these intentions and commitments into specific quality objectives and related tasks.
Maintain and develop a certified quality management system in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001 and IATF 16949.

Expectations of employees

Identification with the quality policy: To identify with the quality policy and actively participate in the implementation of the quality policy and objectives.
Compliance with management standards: Adherence to all management standards by which the quality system is defined.
Training: Active participation in quality-related training activities.
Improvement of the quality system: Active involvement in the continuous improvement of the quality system.
Safety and tidiness: Compliance with safety regulations and maintaining tidiness in the workplace.

II. Environmental Management System

The fundamental basis of KERN s.r.o.’s environmental protection policy is sustainable development, which entails the responsibility of the current generation towards future generations to preserve and pass on fundamental values of life.

The company undertakes to comply with the applicable legislation of the Czech Republic and other requirements to which it is bound in the field of environmental protection. The company’s aim in the environmental field is the continuous reduction of negative impacts, care for the appearance and cleanliness of the premises, and thereby the continuous improvement of conditions.

Through its environmental policy, the company undertakes to implement the following principles:

All company employees are required to minimise environmental impacts during the production and processing of wire and in all activities associated with this production.
The company’s management is committed to the continuous improvement of the Environmental Management System (EMS) and to the prevention of environmental pollution. To this end, it will utilise all available knowledge and experience in the field of wire production technology and environmental protection. It will ensure the necessary financial, human, material and information resources for the maintenance and development of the EMS.
The company’s management is committed to complying with the requirements of applicable environmental laws and regulations and undertakes to create the conditions for the company’s employees to meet these requirements.
To implement this policy, the company management sets environmental objectives, target values and related tasks. Objectives are approved for one calendar year at a time and their implementation is regularly monitored by the company management. KERN s.r.o. regularly analyses environmental aspects (EA) and identifies significant EAs, which it addresses through organisational and investment measures.
The company’s management implements the EMS policy through technical and organisational measures and procedures. All company employees are involved in its implementation. The measures and procedures of the KERN s.r.o. environmental management system are documented. The company’s management ensures and conducts staff training in this area.
The environmental policy of KERN s.r.o. forms part of the integrated management system policy and is printed and displayed at the workplace, as well as published on the company’s website: www.kern-dr.cz

III. Occupational Health and Safety Management System

In accordance with the company’s strategic plans and objectives, and as an expression of its responsibility for occupational health and safety, including fire safety (OHS), the management of KERN s.r.o. hereby declares this OHS policy, in which it undertakes to:

To protect the health of the company’s employees and all other persons by maintaining and continuously improving conditions for a safe, hazard-free and health-protective working environment and work, so that safety risks arising from the nature and scope of the company’s activities, processes, products and services are managed and minimised.
To reduce the risk of injuries, accidents, incidents and material damage during all activities, with an emphasis on prevention and on thoroughly investigating the causes and taking effective corrective measures to eliminate or mitigate them.
To apply safety considerations from the design stage of new technologies and all related activities, processes, workplaces, etc., and to implement and continuously develop preventive measures under the given operating conditions.
Maintain transport, handling, production and other equipment in a safe and operational condition, in compliance with legal regulations, standards and manufacturers’ instructions.
With an emphasis on prevention and risk reduction, set OHS management objectives and programmes to continuously improve the OHS management system and minimise the risk of occupational accidents and diseases, and review and evaluate their implementation.
To manage the company’s activities in such a way that all relevant requirements of applicable legal provisions, regulations, decrees and other OHS obligations are met, including the requirements of other interested parties.
To cooperate on health and safety matters with employees, authorities and the public, basing this cooperation on the ongoing exchange of information to ensure an understanding of health and safety policy, the objectives set, and the results of health and safety programmes, as well as on a prompt response to any suggestions made.
In dealings with the company’s customers and partners, respect, support and promote approaches that enhance OSH standards.
Apply a systematic approach and ensure oversight to ensure that the same level of health and safety requirements is applied to suppliers and their workers, including temporary workers, and give preference to contractual partners who apply the same principles.
Ensure the necessary resources, skills and funding are available to finance OHS activities and allocate them appropriately according to the acceptability/severity of the risk. In urgent cases, ensure that identified deficiencies are rectified promptly.
Utilise the company’s employee education and training system to raise their awareness and knowledge in the field of OSH.
Encourage and motivate all employees to take greater responsibility for their own safety, the health and safety of others, the protection of company property, and safety within the company’s premises and areas of operation.
At management level and with the participation of employee representatives, systematically assess compliance with the principles and the overall effectiveness of the OHS policy and the OHS objectives set out within the framework of regular management reviews.
Based on the results of the management review of the OHS management system, continuously improve the performance of OHS management to ensure its ongoing suitability, adequacy and effectiveness. The established principles of the OHS policy apply to all employees, from whom the company’s management expects that, within the scope of their competences and responsibilities and for the purpose of continuously improving occupational health and safety, they will actively contribute to the ongoing fulfilment of the principles of the declared OHS policy and the implementation and fulfilment of the associated objectives.

This integrated management system policy is a publicly accessible document, binding on all company employees. It is disseminated and communicated at all levels of the organisation. Comments on it and suggestions for its updating are received by the project manager. The company management is responsible for its implementation, understanding and maintenance at all levels of the organisation.

In Třinec, on 21 August 2025 Approved by: Stanislav Nesrsta, Managing Director