Quality · Certifications & Third-Party Verification

Certified where it matters, verified by third parties

IATF 16949:2016 at all three plants. ISO 9001 since 2002. And beyond our own lab: commissioned SEM, ICP and BET analysis — the report extracts are below.

IATF 16949 all 3 plants ISO 9001 since 2002 RoHS & REACH compliant
Certificates

Three plants. Real certificate numbers

Transcribed line by line from the July 2026 certificate scans; full-resolution copies go to customers on request.

Nanjing plant HQ · est. 1993

IATF 16949:2016

CERTIATF 0560525 · CQC 2024A5863 VALID2024-12-28 → 2027-12-27 SCOPEManufacturing of Micro Glass Fibre Separator

ISO 9001:2015

CERT51223Q00383R0S (TGC) VALIDuntil 2026-11-16 SCOPEMicro Glass Fiber Separator for VRLA Batteries
IATF 16949:2016 certificate issued by China Quality Certification Centre (CQC) for Nanjing Alpha Glass Fibre Product Co., Ltd
Nanjing Alpha Glass Fibre Product Co., Ltd · Qixia District, Nanjing
Inner Mongolia plant Raw material + separator · 2006

IATF 16949:2016

CERTQMS-AUTO 00620CN · IATF 0535701 (SIRIM QAS) VALID2024-08-05 → 2027-08-04 SCOPEDesign and Manufacture of Micro Glass Fiber Separator

ISO 9001:2015 · ISO 14001:2015

CERT06724Q20940R1S · HBQA-24E20025R1S VALIDuntil 2027-08-26
IATF 16949:2016 quality system registration certificate issued by SIRIM QAS International for Inner Mongolia Alpha Fiberglass Products Co., Ltd
Inner Mongolia Alpha Fiberglass Products Co., Ltd · Sulige Economic Development Zone, Ordos
Chuzhou plant Fully automated · 2025

IATF 16949:2016

CERTIATF 0607228 · CQC 2026A00612 VALID2026-06-24 → 2029-06-23 SCOPEManufacturing of Micro Glass Fibre Separator

ISO 9001 · ISO 14001 · ISO 45001

CERT02926Q00093R001 · 02926E00064R001 · 02926S00051R001 VALIDuntil 2029-03-16 SCOPEProduction of AGM separators, incl. environmental and OH&S management
IATF 16949:2016 certificate issued by China Quality Certification Centre (CQC) for Alpha Advanced Materials (Anhui) Co., Ltd
Alpha Advanced Materials (Anhui) Co., Ltd · No. 785 Anqing Road, Chuzhou, Anhui
RoHS — compliant REACH — compliant ISO 9001 — held continuously since 2002 ISO 45001 — occupational health & safety (Chuzhou)
Third-party verification

Not just our own lab

We commission external laboratories to characterize our separators — microscopy, elemental purity, surface area. Three report extracts, transcribed from the originals.

Scanning electron microscopy · Glass fiber separator Thermo Scientific Prisma E · 2 000× · HFW 104 μm · 15.00 kV
SEM micrograph of Alpha Beta glass fiber separator, first field, with twelve fiber diameters annotated between 1.408 and 3.383 micrometres
FIELD 1 · 12 fibers measured · Ø 1.408–3.383 μm
SEM micrograph of Alpha Beta glass fiber separator, second field, with nine fiber diameters annotated between 1.112 and 4.138 micrometres
FIELD 2 · 9 fibers measured · Ø 1.112–4.138 μm
Actual fiber diameter and distribution state
Non-fiber impurity inspection
Slag and broken-fiber content
Fusion bonding state of organic fibers
ICP elemental analysis · Glass fiber separator 2.02×185 22 elements · 8 samples tested · values in ppm
Ag 1.33
Al 48.2
Cd 0
Co 0
Cr 1.37
Cu 0.23
Fe 26.7
Mn <2.0
Ni 0.65
Pb 1.22
Hg 0 — all 8
Pt 0 — all 8
Sb 0
Sn 1.34
Sr 1.17
Ti 1.96
Zn 7.15
K 257
Na 8.26×10³
As 0
Se 0 — all 8
Te 0 — all 8

Values for one representative glass-fiber sample (2.02 mm × 185 mm). Hg, Pt, Se, Te measured zero across all 8 samples. Checks: metal-ion content vs electrolyte activity · human & environmental safety limits · process-water purity. Full 22-element × 8-sample tables on request.

BET surface area · Three commissioned reports BSD-660S · static volumetric · N₂ 77.3 K · tested 2026-03-25
Glass fiber separator
1.6959
m²/g · BET multi-point
avg pore Ø8.9628 nmpore vol0.0038 cm³/gdegas150 °C · 120 min
Synthetic fiber separator
1.6989
m²/g · BET multi-point
avg pore Ø7.5343 nmpore vol0.0032 cm³/gdegas150 °C · 120 min
Pasting paper
1.5155
m²/g · BET multi-point
avg pore Ø9.5018 nmpore vol0.0036 cm³/gdegas150 °C · 120 min

Submitter: Nanjing Alpha Glass Fibre Product Co., Ltd. BET reflects true fiber fineness, micro-porosity and pore-size distribution — the separator's capacity to absorb and hold electrolyte.

HCW Clean System · Developed In-House

Floccules between fibers are a known industry defect. Here is ours removed

An overseas customer sent us an SEM image of another supplier's separator — floccules lodged between fibers. Our HCW cleaning system, developed in-house and installed in-line, is the answer. The comparison below is from our standard technical package, unedited.

SEM image of another supplier's separator showing floccules between fibers
BEFORE · other supplier's product, SEM provided by an overseas customer — floccules between fibers
HCW cleaning system equipment developed by Alpha Beta
HCW SYSTEM · developed by Alpha Beta, installed in-line
SEM image showing a clean fiber structure after the HCW system
AFTER · clear fiber structure after the HCW system
QC system

From raw material to shipped roll

01

First-article inspection

Every startup, shift change, specification change or process change triggers full-dimension first-article inspection under a three-level check: operator self-check, team-leader re-check, inspector verification — with retained samples.

02

Foreign-matter control

A 13-category foreign-matter watchlist with defined sources, detection methods and frequencies: per-bale raw material checks, in-line filtration and heavy-slag removal, light-table inspection of every finished roll.

03

Error-proofing (poka-yoke)

Error-proofing devices are specified at process design for safety-related and high-severity characteristics, with challenge parts to verify each device and defined backup inspection modes if a device fails.

04

Digital process control

Six production systems — pulping, beating, forming, drying, rolling and thickness control — feed a central manufacturing control room monitoring output, pass rate and equipment utilization in real time.

Controlled indicators, lot by lot: thickness under defined pressures, grammage, density, tensile strength, wicking height, porosity and pore size, wet strength, acid absorption under pressure, puncture resistance, compression recovery, moisture, electrical resistance, ICP impurity content, acid weight loss and KMnO₄-reducible matter.

Diagram of the manufacturing control center: a central dashboard connected through the plant data network to the pulping, beating, forming, drying, rolling and thickness control systems
Manufacturing control center · six systems on one data network
QC laboratory testing bench with the workshop visible through the window
QC lab · testing bench, workshop beyond the glass
Row of laboratory testing instruments in the quality inspection center
Raw material & separator quality inspection center
Audit & documentation

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