Partners

Partners

Cosmos/Japan 
In Japan, Cosmos provides conformity assessment services for electrical components and appliances for domestic and international standards.  Cosmos is a CB laboratory under the IECEE CB Scheme in these categories: A/V equipment, household electronic apparatus, and IT equipment.

Cosmos is authorized under Japanese acts for Medical Devices, Radio Equipment, and Telecommunications.  Cosmos can also perform conformity testing for electrical appliances subject to Electrical Appliances & Materials Safety Law of Japan and is an Accredited Calibration Laboratory under JCSS.


Core Source
Concept to prototype engineering services: mechanical design and engineering, structural and thermal analyses, PCB design, prototyping, compliance test support, supply chain, and technical writing of test plans, installation guides, manuals, and quick cards.New Product Introduction (NPI) services transition a product from a prototype/pilot stage to full scale low and high volume production. This includes contract manufacturer qualification, supply chain sourcing, DFMA (Design for Manufacturability and Assembly) studies, documentation control, and change management control.


DEKRA

DEKRA is one of the world’s leading expert organizations. The company currently runs activities in more than 50 countries. Around 25,000 employees are committed to ensuring long-term safety, quality and environmental protection. The DEKRA Business Units “Automotive”, “Industrial” and “Personnel” provide professional and innovative services in the fields of vehicle inspections, expert appraisals, international claims management, consulting, industrial testing, product testing, certification, environmental protection, qualification, temporary work as well as out- and new placement.



ElementElement Materials Technology
Element is a European partner for MET, offering testing, regulatory and compliance services to a range of European directives for the CE Mark and safety testing for the MET Mark.  Element offers testing, validation and certification for electromagnetic compatibility, environmental, telecom, safety, radio and wireless, supported by computational analysis and global approvals.  Element is accredited as a National Certification Body (NCB), Certification Body Test Laboratory (CBTL) under the IECEE CB scheme, EX Certification Body (ExCB) under the IEC Ex scheme, and a Notified Body for the ATEX Directive.  See also Europe Electrical Testing.


GRGTest
GUANGZHOU GRG METROLOGY&TEST CO., LTD. (GRGT) was established in 1964,the company is currently one of the fastest developing , the most competitive and the strongest comprehensive technical capacity third-party metrology and testing institutions .The services include instrument calibration, products safety testing and certification, environment Monitoring, environmental & reliability, EMC testing, chemical analysis, technical consultation and training services and so on, cover multiple markets including commercial, industrial, military, home appliance, automobile, etc.


Hermon Labs/Israel
Since 1987, Hermon Laboratories has been a leading provider in Israel of EMC, product safety, telecom, environmental testing and worldwide certification services. Hermon Laboratories offers a wide range of services including EMC, Radio, Product Safety, Telecom and Environmental accommodating multiple markets including commercial, industrial, military, medical, home appliances and security. Hermon Laboratories is accredited for ISO/IEC 17025. Founded by the late Dr. Edward Usoskin, Hermon Laboratories was the first independent compliance testing facility established in Israel. See also Israel Electrical Testing.


IMQ Group

The IMQ Group is Italy’s leading organization in conformity assessment (certifications, tests, verifications and inspections). The IMQ Group of companies has more than 50 years of experience and a complete range of services.The IMQ Group operates in numerous sectors, from the electro-technical and electronics industries to telecommunications, the automotive industry, the gas sector, plant engineering, construction products and the food and agricultural industry. The IMQ group can provide general or targeted services for each product category, based on needs. See also IMQ Iberica.


IMQ Iberica, S.L.

IMQ Iberica  is part of the IMQ group. With offices in Madrid and Barcelona, IMQ Iberica is responsible for the entire Spanish territory, including Portugal and South America. IMQ Iberica offers all the services available in IMQ Group like certification of management systems and also product certification.


Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA) / Japan

Established in 1957, JQA has grown to be one of the most trusted certification bodies in Japan. As an internationally and domestically accredited certification body, JQA offers ISO management systems certification, product testing, and product certification services for electrical safety, EMC, radio equipment, and medical devices in Japan and overseas. We are extremely pleased to offer services for North America market access to our customers through cooperation with MET..


Korea Testing Certification/Korea
KTC  is accredited as a Certification Body Testing Laboratory (CBTL) and National Certification Body (NCB) from IECEE in the field of LlTE, HOUS, TRON, OFF and EMC. MET Laboratories and Korea Testing Certification (KTC) signed an MoU. There will be mutual recognition of the CB reports issued by both parties. This will allow Korea-based manufacturers requiring safety certifications for North America to gain it locally through working with KTL. North American-based customers can now attain market access in Korea by working with MET to gain the KC mark, which is a mandatory safety and EMC mark for Korea. See also Korea Electrical Testing.


Korea Testing Lab/Korea
As an official body named by the Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy, KTL helps to ensure that imported products comply with international standards and with Korean legislation on safety. MET Laboratories and Korea Testing Laboratory (KTL) signed an MoU. There will be mutual recognition of the CB reports issued by both parties. This will allow Korea-based manufacturers requiring safety certifications for North America to gain it locally through working with KTL. North American-based customers can now attain market access in Korea by working with MET to gain the KC mark, which is a mandatory safety and EMC mark for Korea. See also Korea Electrical Testing


LCIE Bureau Veritas

LCIE BUREAU VERITAS offers a wide range of services including testing, certification, inspections and audits, assistance and expertise, training. Areas of intervention are electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility and radio frequency, potentially explosive atmospheres , environmental testing, sustainable development.
LCIE Bureau Veritas serves the following industries ; Consumer products, IT and Telecommunications, Aeronautics – Defense, Automotive and Rail, Industrial equipment, Energy and systems, Medical devices.


NCC
NCC is a National Certification Body accredited by INMETRO and Designated organization by ANATEL and DENATRAN. Responsible for the technical conformity assessment of products and services according the Brazilian regulatory standards and currently amendments, official resolutions, based on established directives of ABNT ISO/IEC guide 65 and ABNT/ISO IEC 17021, with responsibility, impartial and objective analysis.


SIQ – Slovenian Institute of Quality and Metrology
SIQ was founded in 1992 as the successor of the Institute of Quality and Metrology (IKM). SIQ is an EN ISO/IEC 17025 accredited testing and calibration laboratory, a type-A inspection body according to EN ISO/IEC 17020 standard; a product certification body according to the EN 45011 standard; and an EN ISO/IEC 17021 management systems certification body.


TESTING
TEST
ING is an Italian independent organization offering testing, verification and inspections services for electronic, medical, information technology, industrial and consumer products.

Thanks to its qualified laboratory and experienced staff, TESTING provides full assistance to foreign manufacturers who market their products in Europe.TESTING assists in getting these companies the CE marking and all other international certification marks, granting the quality of the devices and the safety for users worldwide.

TESTING has been also qualified by MET to locally perform Field Evaluations.


VDE Testing and Certification Institute

The VDE Testing and Certification Institute is an independent institution which is nationally and internationally accredited. It is responsible for testing and certifying the safety and performance of electrotechnical products, components and systems for consumers and the general public by applying the highest standards of quality.

Since 1920, the VDE Mark has stood for safety and quality in electrical and information technologies. The Institute’s independent test engineers subject more than 100,000 electric and electronic products a year to rigorous tests before affixing the VDE Mark. VDE experts supervise over 7,000 manufacturing plants throughout the world. Cooperation agreements with more than 50 countries ensure that the inspections conducted by the VDE Institute are internationally recognized. More than 200,000 product families and well over a million individual products worldwide carry VDE certification marks.