PINENZ Programme
AsureQuality carries out PINENZ programme audits for finger jointed products.
What is the PINENZ Programme and why do you need it?
PINENZ has been established to:
- strengthen consumer confidence in manufactured timber products,
- benchmark production systems, and
- position New Zealand finger-jointed products as product of choice in the Australasian market.
AsureQuality and the Pine Manufacturers Association are joint-owners of the scheme. AsureQuality maintains the register of organisations that belong to the scheme.
PINENZ Governance
The Pine Manufacturers Association (PMA) support this programme with governance of the programme, committee support, by running an update programme for members when standards are amended or changed, and by controlling the use of the PINENZ Mark.
To ensure that PINENZ continues to meet industry requirements, an advisory committee comprising representatives who have a vested interest in maintaining, and improving, the quality of manufactured timber product has been established.
Benefits of PINENZ Programme:
- Strengthens consumer confidence in manufactured timber products.
- Point of difference for suppliers of manufactured timber products to Australia – the PINENZ mark verifies that manufacturers comply with Australian standards and have been comprehensively audited to achieve that certification.
- AsureQuality’s specialist forestry auditors have extensive experience in the industry across the whole supply chain.
Standards covered by PINENZ
PINENZ has, in conjunction with industry representatives, adopted the following standards as the benchmark against which organisations, wishing to be certified, will be audited:
- AS 5067 – Non Structural Glue Laminated Timber
- AS 5068 – Finger Joints in Structural Timber
- AS 5069 – Finger Joints in Non Structural Products
- AS/NZ 1328.1 – Glue Laminated Structural Timber
- AS 1604.1 - Specifications for Preservative Treatment – Sawn and Round Timber
- AS 1604.5 - Specifications for Preservative Treatment – Glue Laminated Timber Products
- NZS 1491:1996. Finger jointed structural standard
The Finger Joint and Glue Laminate standards do not address environmental and health and safety. If this is required additional standards will be referenced.
Plants that also carry out timber treatments will be audited under the AsureQuality Timber Treatment program. If the site wishes to gain certification to both programmes then the two audits may be combined and carried out in one visit.
Steps to becoming PINENZ certified:
The PINENZ programme requires two audits per year.
1. Contact AsureQuality for a registration form.
2. Register and submit your Quality Manual for desk assessment
3. AsureQuality auditor will complete an on-site audit
4. Once assessment is complete and your organisation is assessed as compliant, AsureQuality issue certification.
Certified organisations
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