Avineon India Achieves Health Safety & Environment (HSE) Certification

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Avineon, Inc., a successful provider of information technology (IT), geospatial, engineering and program management services, today announced that its subsidiary, Avineon India Private Ltd., has received the Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) certification. This includes certification for the international standards of ISO 14001:2004 for EMS (Environment Management System) and OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) 18001:2007. Following an independent audit, Avineon India Private Ltd. is now ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 compliant.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is the world's largest developer and publisher of international standards. ISO 14001:2004 outlines requirements to build and maintain environmental management systems based on legal and industry standards. It assists organizations in protecting the environment, preventing pollution, and in improving their overall environmental performance. OHSAS 18001:2007 is an international standard related to occupational health and safety management systems. This standard outlines the actions an organization should undertake in order to mitigate the occupational hazards of its activities.

"Avineon India has succeeded in implementing the processes needed to achieve the compliance with ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007," said Avineon's President and CEO, Karlu Rambhala. "By meeting these rigorous international standards, our staff has reinforced Avineon's dedication to quality and practicing standards that better serve our customers, employees, and the environment."

About Avineon

Avineon, Inc. was founded to help you Visualize IT and See IT Through. Since 1992, our customers have relied on us to deliver technically sound information technology, geospatial, and engineering support solutions. More recently, we have leveraged our experience to develop Avineonics®, a state of the art emergency management process suite. With headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia and offices in Florida, Canada, Europe, and India, we stand ready to apply our CMMI Maturity Level 3 and ISO 9001:2008 compliant processes for the benefit of your organization. For more information, please visit www.avineon.com.

Company Contact:
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Avineon, Inc.
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