Suzhou Hengtong Passes ISO 9001 / 14001 / 45001 Annual Surveillance Audit 2026
From Aug 5 to 7, 2026, China Quality Certification Centre (CQC) Jiangsu Branch sent four auditors to Suzhou Hengtong Custom Uniform Co., Ltd. for a three-day ISO three-system annual surveillance audit. The scope covered all custom uniform lines, including business suits, workwear, school uniforms, medical uniforms, and hotel uniforms.
Conclusion: all three systems passed; the certificates remain valid until September 2027.
Cover image shown at the top of the article.
Audit Scope and Conclusions
| System | Standard | Audit Focus | Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISO 9001 Quality | GB/T 19001-2016 | Fabric supply chain, measurement and cutting flow, complaint handling, on-time delivery | ✅ Passed |
| ISO 14001 Environmental | GB/T 24001-2016 | Dye waste gas treatment, scrap recycling, chemical storage compliance | ✅ Passed |
| ISO 45001 OH&S | GB/T 45001-2020 | Worker protection, needle detection safety, electrical circuits, fire and emergency | ✅ Passed |
The Three Audit Days in Detail
Aug 5 morning ── headquarter and offices. The audit team reviewed 17 control documents under ISO 9001, including the master measurer SOP, incoming fabric inspection procedure, and customer confidentiality agreement. Hengtong's signed agreements with the more than 5,000 corporate customers were all on file.
Aug 5 afternoon ── fabric laboratory in Suzhou Industrial Park. The ISO 14001 team checked the color-fastness equipment (D65 standard light source, A light, UV, TL84 four-source box) and verified all CMA test reports sent from August 2025 to August 2026 (every month had at least 6 batches). The audit team issued a written recognition of the lab's color-difference control level of ΔE ≤ 0.8.
Aug 6 ── five in-house production lines. The ISO 45001 team checked needle detection equipment (3 SHINTO full-inspection machines) maintenance logs, protective equipment issuance records for line workers, and pre-job safety training files. The audit team found no occupational health non-conformities.
Aug 7 morning ── customer service and after-sales. The audit team randomly sampled 35 after-sales service orders from January to July 2026 to verify after-sales response time (24 hours for solution reply), quality problem traceability processes, and customer follow-up records.
Three Optimization Suggestions (Non-mandatory)
The audit team proposed three internal control optimization suggestions during the closing meeting:
- MSDS digital filing: shift from paper to electronic ledgers for easier traceability.
- Automated temperature and humidity logging in fabric warehouse: replace manual 4-hour recording with automatic instruments.
- Onboarding safety training video: standardize a 30-minute video for newly-hired line workers.
The company plans to complete these three optimizations by the end of September 2026, and add them to the next internal-audit checklist.
Hengtong Qualification Profile (updated August 2026)
After this surveillance audit, Suzhou Hengtong Custom Uniform Co., Ltd.'s qualifications are:
- Business license: 18 years of registration, 10 million RMB registered capital, scope includes garment manufacturing and textile clothing
- ISO three-system: 9001 / 14001 / 45001 (verifiable on CNCA website)
- AAA-grade Credit Enterprise: Great Hall of the People certificate, passed the 2024 re-evaluation
- OEKO-TEX Standard 100: exclusive certified workwear factory in Suzhou Industrial Park
- Needle detection: 3 SHINTO full-inspection machines, 100% bulk goods inspection
- In-house production: 5 lines, 120 full-time workers
- Service years: 18 (since 2008)
- Service customers: more than 5,000 corporate customers
- On-site measurement service: whole Suzhou city plus Shanghai, Wuxi, Nantong, Changzhou, Nanjing
- Fabric laboratory: in-house color matching ΔE ≤ 0.8
To learn more about Hengtong's qualification profile or to schedule an on-site visit, you can start from the About Us page or contact the business team.
What This Audit Means for Buyers
For procurement teams currently shortlisting uniform factories, this audit provides three quantifiable signals:
- Verified certificate validity: CQC is an accreditation-body-approved body, and the certificate is verifiable on CNCA website. This avoids the trap of fake AAA documents bought online.
- Audit scope aligned with buyer needs: the audit covered workwear, school uniforms, medical uniforms, and all custom uniform lines, not a generic manufacturing certificate unrelated to your business.
- Stable audit frequency: this was the eighth consecutive annual surveillance audit, proving the system is not a one-time patch.
The formal surveillance audit report generated this time has been archived in the Case Center for buyer verification. If you need a copy of Hengtong's ISO three-system certificate for factory audit purposes, please submit a request through the Contact Business Team page.
This surveillance audit was completed in Suzhou Industrial Park. Hengtong's other regional bases follow the same system standards. This audit does not involve any change to other regional subsidiaries.
