ISO 9000 Logos
ISO 9001 logos are used on marketing literature and web sites to display the fact that the company has an ISO 9001 certified facility.
After the company successfully completes a 9001:2000 certification audit, the company will receive a document from their registrar stating that the company can advertise that their quality system is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
It is an important point that the facility and it’s quality system are ISO 9001:2000 certified but the products are NOT ISO 9001:2000 certified. Although you can add logos to your product literature, you must NOT advertise that the product is ISO 9001:2000 certified.
In most cases, the registrar will provide the you with an ISO 9001:2000 logo that includes their name as part of the design. This is free advertising for them but it also shows that the company is affiliated with a respectable registrar.When you add a registrar specific logo to your literature, you are making it more difficult and expensive to change registrars. If your registrar is charging you too much money for traveling expenses or you just don't like the way they treat you, you can change your registrar if stick to generic ISO certification logo.
You can chose to use other ISO 9001:2000 logos that do not associate your company with the registrar but they must be clear that the ISO connection is for the quality system and not the product. Here are some logos that are not tied to a registrar.
