ISO/Quality Assurance

QUALITY ASSURANCE

Champion knows that building and protecting a valuable brand requires highly effective quality control.  Champion Brands is an ISO 9001:2015 manufacturer and has held certification for almost two decades.  From approving raw production and packaging materials to final inspections of packaged goods, our processes ensure high quality and consistency for our customers.  Our commitment to continuous improvement also ensures that customers can expect Champion to work as a partner to improve efficiency, reduce risk and eliminate errors.

Champion is a proud member of the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers’ Association (ILMA) and a supporter of the ILMA Code of Ethics, which works to ensure that manufacturers produce products that meet today’s exacting specifications.  We are a licensee for the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System, and we hold numerous industry and OEM approvals for our products. Champion also actively participates in Missouri’s stakeholder processes for Missouri Weights and Measures Petroleum Quality Program, working to keep inferior-quality products and products with misleading labels off the market.

LABORATORY CAPABILITIES

Champion has a fully-functioning, on-site Quality Control lab where product and material quality can be monitored at multiple stages of our supply and production processes.  We can also work with customers on method development or unique quality test requirements they may have for their products.  Some of the select test methods and equipment available include:

  • Density by Digital Density Meter
  • Kinematic Viscosity
  • Low-Temperature Viscosity by Brookfield Viscometer
  • Cold-Cranking Viscosity of Engine Oils
  • Elemental Analysis by EDXRF
  • ATR and fixed-path FT-IR Spectrometry
  • Demulsibility of Lubricants
  • Foaming Tendency of Lubricants
  • Water by Karl Fischer Titration
  • pH of Glycols and Brake Fluids
  • Reflux Boiling Point of Automotive Brake Fluids and Glycols
  • Other Brake Fluids Tests as Defined in FMVSS 116

ISO Cert
ISO 9001:2015 specifies requirements for a quality management system when an organization:

a) needs to demonstrate its ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, and

b) aims to enhance customer satisfaction through the effective application of the system, including processes for improvement of the system and the assurance of conformity to customer and applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

All the requirements of ISO 9001:2015 are generic and are intended to be applicable to any organization, regardless of its type or size, or the products and services it provides.