National Standards

Steel specifications are often prefixed with initials. This can indicate the originating country of the grade.

Specification Prefix	Country of Origin
AS	Australia
ONORM	Austria
NBN	Belgium
BDS	China
GB	Canada
CSA	Slovak/Czech Republic
CSN	Finland
AFNOR	France
DIN	Germany
BS	United Kingdom
MSZ	Hungary
UNI	Italy
JIS	Japan
NS	Norway
PN	Poland
STAS	Romania
GOST	Russia
SS	Sweden
UNE	Spain
SNV / VSM	Switzerland
AISI, AMS, ASME, SAE, UNS	United States
EN (Euronorm)	European

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Certification

All our steel specifications and grades are available with a cast and analysis certificate, 3.1 mill certificate or a certificate of conformity. Please request with our sales team when placing orders.

Quality Assured Supply

Our steel is supplied in accordance with our ISO 9001:2008 registration. West Yorkshire Steel aim to satisfy the quality and delivery needs of our customers and we measure our performance by meeting customers’ requirements and work to continually improve the service that we provide. In order to achieve this, it is our policy to maintain an efficient and effective Quality Management System based upon the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001:2008. Our staff are appropriately trained in order to effectively implement the Quality Management System. The achievement of quality and continuous improvement is fundamental to all the steel products and services provided by us and are practiced by all employees as an integral part of their work.