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BSI/Great Britain
The British Standards Institution, an independent organization established more than 100 years ago, has extensive experience in the creation and implementation of a wide variety of standards, both in the UK and globally. See also Great Britain Electrical Testing.
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Cosmos/Japan
In Japan, COSMOS was registered as the first authorized testing laboratory under Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law in 2001. COSMOS provides conformity assessment services for electrical components and appliances for domestic and international standards. A CB laboratory under the CB scheme of the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) in the categories of: IEC60065, Household Electronic Apparatus and IEC 60950, Information Technology Equipment. MET reviews COSMOS’ CB reports for product safety certification needed in North America. See also Japan Electrical Testing.
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CTI: Centre Testing International Corporation
Centre Testing International Corporation is China’s leading product testing, inspection, certification, and consulting firm. Providing comprehensive services for virtually all consumer products, CTI ensures quality and enables companies to sell their products to markets worldwide. CTI, a publicly traded company on the Chinese Stock Exchange, performs product testing on industries not limited to: electrical and electronic products, toys, footwear, textiles, leather, automobiles, food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.
CTI is headquartered in Shenzhen, China, and possesses over 30 branches in mainland China alone. Moreover, CTI possesses branches in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, UK, Germany and North America to respond to the needs of a global economy.
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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.
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EMC Research Institute (ERI)/Korea
ERI was established as a non-profit organization and is accredited by the Korean government to help small and mid-sized companies resolve technical issues so as to export their products to overseas markets, including North America.
ERI testing supports KC certification, which guarantees the safety of the electrical & electronic products sold in Korea with the KC Mark. MET Laboratories and ERI have signed an MoU, with mutual recognition of the CB reports issued by both parties.
North America customers will gain access to the Korea market by obtaining the KC Mark through the CB Services of MET Labs. See also Korea Electrical Testing.
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emitel/China
emitel, located in the Futian District of Shenzhen, China, is a multinational company specializing in product testing, designing, and technological support and consulting services relating to all areas related to EMC, Safety, Telecommunications and approvals. |
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Eurofins
The Eurofins Group provides testing, certification, and consulting on the quality and safety of products to manufacturers, distributors and retailers. Our expertise encompasses a multitude of national and international specifications and regulations. The Group applies the highest technical standard to ensure impartial testing and independent judgment. |
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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.
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Israel Testing Laboratories/Israel
Israel Testing Laboratories (ITL) serves Israeli high tech industry with certifications towards international standards for the export of electronic and electrical products. ITL provides a complete compliance and approval center, guidance and training in product safety, EMC, radio, telecom and environmental conditions for equipment categories such as ITE, telecom, medical, machinery, SEMI, A/V, industrial, household appliance, measurement, security and alarms, military and more. See also Israel Electrical Testing.
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Korea Institute of Machinery and Material (KIMM)
KIMM was established in 1976, by the Korean government to develop source technologies for the implementation of the national agenda and to promote new growth engines. The RAC department provides reliability engineering life test programs to estimate the life of equipment within the Korean industrial sector designated as machinery and materials. KIMM’s RAC focuses particularly on the assessment of equipment life and the administrating the Korean RM as authorized by the Ministry of Commerce. See also Korea Electrical Testing.
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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.
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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.
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LTA Labs
LTA, located in Korea, is a resource for global market access for information technology, telecommunications and wireless products. LTA, provides true in-country support, employing experienced technical advisors with engineering background as well as in-country lobbying services for new technologies that do have established certification paths. Additionally, LTA provides pre-testing and preliminary evaluations for IT safety standards and international EMC emission and immunity standards, and EMC regulatory compliance standards issued by FCC, CE, JATE and others. |
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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.
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Nemko
MET and Nemko have a joint cooperation agreement. Nemko is based in Norway and has testing facilities throughout the world. MET’s customers can gain access to certification in many countries via Nemko Direct. This is a system of agreements that Nemko has established with countries in Eastern Europe, Asia and South America. Much of the testing can be performed at MET's test facilities in the United States.
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NSF International
NSF International, an independent, not-for-profit organization, helps protect consumers by certifying products and writing standards for food, water, dietary supplements and consumer goods. Founded in 1944, NSF operates in more than 120 countries. Additional NSF services include training and education, safety audits for the food and water industries, management system registrations delivered through NSF International Strategic Registrations, and organic certification provided by Quality Assurance International. See also Combined Safety & Sanitation Testing.
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Professional Testing, Inc.
Professional Testing, Inc. (PTI) is an Austin, Texas lab providing EMC/EMI, environmental, reliability, and product safety testing services for manufacturers in Texas and the surrounding area.
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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. |
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TRaC Global/Great Britain
TRaC 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. TRaC offers testing, validation and certification for electromagnetic compatibility, environmental, telecom, safety, radio and wireless, supported by computational analysis and global approvals. TRaC 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 Great Britain Electrical Testing.
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