Roxettes Paint, one of the products of Roxettes Chemical Industries Ltd. on Thursday, 9th December, 2021 achieved a new milestone as a leading brand in the industry when the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON certified the product.
The Director-General of SON, Malam Farouk Salim, said the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) certificate is a confirmation that Roxettes paint is fit for Nigeria market.
Salim, who was represented by Engr. Francis Onyeji, SON Coordinator in charge of Ebonyi and Enugu States, said “Roxettes Chemical Industries Ltd products has fulfilled all the requirements of Nigeria Industrial standard and the public shouldn’t entertain any fear using their products because today, they’re MANCAP certified and that’s why we’re presenting this certificate to the company to tell them weldon for meeting the standards and even going a step beyond the set mark in national quality.
“We enjoin the general public to patronise their products and others that are MANCAP certified- which is a guarantee of quality.
In her remarks, Mrs. Roseline Onoh, the Head of Chemical Department, Enugu and Ebonyi States SON Office said the journey of quality between the Organisation and Roxettes Chemical Industries Ltd started in April 2019.
Mrs. Onoh applauded the company for their prompt response to any observed ‘non conformity’.
“When we come for inspections (which is done every quarter), any issue of non conformity raised is addressed in record time and subsequently, during the cause of the inspections, samples were collected and sent to our SON lab in Lagos for comprehensive analysis.
“Paint is one of the products with the highest number of parameters- up to 25, and this will tell you the herculean task they went through to get this certification. Roxettes products was able to meet the whole requirements and that gave birth to MANCAP.”
She enjoined Roxettes Chemical Industries Ltd not to deviate from the quality they have set and let that be their watchword.
In his response, the Chief Executive Officer of Roxettes Chemical Industries Ltd, ARC. Kaycee Orji expressed happiness for the certificate and said it will spur them to do more. He maintained that they’re not ready to drop their quality because it has brought them constant growth.
“We want to assure SON that we’re not planning to deviate from this quality that we’re known for. The product has entered the market, thus, we can’t do anything to reduce the quality and we never had that in mind when we were creating the formula. We created this product to bridge the gap in the market and as a contractor, this is what I use for my projects, therefore, reducing the quality will affect me too.”
Speaking further, Orji said the management and staff of the company are confident that the MANCAP certification would give its paint products more credibility and will make its marketing easier within and outside the country.
“Apart from the fact that you know that your products are of high quality; you feel good and encouraged when a government agency like SON recognises and attests to its quality through MANCAP certification among similar competing products in the market.”
Speaking on the quality of Roxettes Paint, Orji revealed that “their products are outstanding; have the highest anti-fungal dosage; are highly weather resistant and give wide coverage and spread, thus giving customers more value for their money and also help them save more.
