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   Capabilities       
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   Auditing / Assessment
 
     Quality audits or assessments are the independent evaluation of a company's quality assurance procedures and processes (quality manuals, QA sampling, quality control/SPC), and a determination about whether the company complies with these documents and procedures. Quality audits or assessments can also be used to compare a particular aspect of quality performance to a standard for registration purposes, or for vendor approval (qualification) by an OEM or prime contractor.
 
   Consulting / Training
 
     Companies offer training and consulting related to testing, inspection, test methods or techniques, regulations, regulatory impact, and/or the registration process.
 
   Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection
 
     Companies provide field evaluations or on-site inspections at the supplier's facility, or at the site of the supplier's activity.
 
   Pre-assessment / Gap Analysis
 
     Companies offer initial evaluations prior to the final qualifying assessment required for formal certification or registration. The supplier may also provide a gap analysis identifying the areas and corrective actions that need to be taken to achieve compliance or attain certification.
 
   Program Development (QA Manual / Procedures)
 
     Companies assist in the development of a quality management system, quality manuals, process control procedures, process documentation, QA documents, process control, SPC guidelines, and/or establishment of a plan for certification or registration.
 
   Registration / Certification
 
     Companies have the authority or accreditations to register that a client's quality management system meets the required industrial standards or qualifications.
 
   Witness / Review
 
     Witness capability indicates the supplier, laboratory, or certification authority has to the ability to witness that tests or inspections performed by a manufacturer or second party field comply with the required procedures and standards. Review capability indicates that the supplier, laboratory, or certification authority provides an evaluation of the test afterwards to assure that the tests were done to the required standards.
 
   Specialty / Other
 
     Other unlisted capabilities.
 
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Industries




   Industry Applications:       
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   Appliances
 
     Companies test commercial appliances.
 
   Aerospace / Avionics
 
     Companies test aerospace and avionics products.
 
   Automotive
 
     Companies test automotive parts or products such as tires, seals, gaskets, etc.
 
   Battery / Energy Products
 
     Companies test energy storage or generation products such as battery parts, fuel cells, photovoltaic power supplies, and generators.
 
   Building & Construction
 
     Companies test building and construction components, products, equipment, facilities, buildings, installations, repairs, and other services.
 
   Coatings / Paint
 
     Companies test the qualities of coatings and paints.
 
   Drugs / Pharmaceuticals
 
     Companies test drugs or pharmaceutical products. This includes the testing of commercial and industrial pharmaceutical equipment for production, encapsulation, and packaging.
 
   Electrical Distribution
 
     Companies test electrical power distribution parts and products such as circuit breakers, busbars, switch gears, electrical boxes or enclosures, panel boards, power cords, plugs, and receptacles.
 
   Combustion Equipment
 
     Companies test gas, oil, and solid fuel-powered equipment.
 
   Hazardous Location Equipment
 
     Companies test equipment or products designed for use in locations where hazardous situations are expected. These products include devices designed to withstand explosions and exposure to fumes and radiation.
 
   Health Care / Medical
 
     Companies test health care equipment and medical devices.
 
   HVAC, Plumbing and Lighting
 
     Companies test plumbing and lighting fixtures, in addition to heating, cooling, and ventilation (HVAC) products or equipment.
 
   Hydraulics / Pneumatics
 
     Companies test or inspect hydraulic or pneumatic parts and products such as motors, tools, cylinders, compressors, hose, tubing, and fittings.
 
   Industrial / Machinery
 
     Companies test general-purpose industrial equipment and machinery.
 
   Instrument & Sensors / Laboratory
 
     Companies test instruments, sensors, and laboratory equipment.
 
   Latex Products
 
     Companies test tests latex products.
 
   Marine
 
     Companies test products that are used in marine environments.
 
   Materials
 
     Companies test the strength and quality of materials.
 
   Motors and Control Systems
 
     Companies test motors, motor drives, motion controllers, and control systems.
 
   Nuclear / Utility
 
     Companies test parts, products, capital equipment, or facilities used in the nuclear or utility industries.
 
   Paper / Plastic Packaging
 
     Companies test paper or plastic packaging products.
 
   RF & Wireless / IT & Telecom
 
     Companies test radio frequency (RF) and wireless products, or information technology (IT) and telecommunications equipment.
 
   Rubber Products
 
     Companies test rubber products.
 
   Microelectronics / Electronics
 
     Microelectronics or semiconductor testing includes the evaluation of semiconductor wafers, packaged dies, or integrated circuits (ICs). Electronics testing includes the evaluation of electronic assemblies, passive devices, printed circuit boards (PCBs), power electronics modules, commercial audio/visual (AV) devices, and other specialty electronic products.
 
   Semiconductor / IC Packages
 
     Semiconductor, microelectronic, and IC package testing includes testing at the wafer, die, or packaged IC level.  Semiconductor and IC package testing services may provide wafer sort and packaging services in addition to component evaluation. In the packaging process, fabricated wafers are cut into dies and then "packaged" in a lead frame or other system, which protects the chip and allows interconnection to the electronic circuit on the PCB, module, or product.

Wafer sort is wafer-level testing where the individual dies are tested for defects and then marked before the packaging process. Defective dies are rejected, which avoids unnecessary packaging costs. After the packaging and interconnect is complete, the packaged device may be put through additional functional or burn-in testing; this is often done using automated test equipment (ATE).
 
   Valves / Pumps
 
     Companies test valves or pumps.
 
   Specialty / Other
 
     Other unlisted industry applications.
 
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Certifications and Registrations Issued




           
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   AS9000
 
     AS9000 is a set of quality guidelines and requirements published by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in cooperation with major aerospace manufacturers. AS9000 is based on ISO 9001 but maintains a particular focus on the aerospace industry.
 
   ISO
 
     ISO includes any of the variety or ISO certifications such ISO 7779,  ISO 9000 (1994), ISO 9001: 2000, ISO 13485, ISO 14000, ISO 17020, or ISO 17025. 
 
   ISO 9001:2000
 
     ISO 9001: 2000 sets out the requirements for a company's quality management systems. These standards range from manufacturing to services including design and development, production, installation, and servicing. ISO 9001: 2000 standard have replaced the 1994 ISO 9000 standards.
 
   ISO 13485/8
 
     ISO 13485/8 outlines the general requirements for quality management systems for medical device suppliers and related services. ISO 13485/8 provides requirements for design, development, production, installation, and servicing of medical devices.
 
   ISO 14001
 
     ISO 14001 provides an internationally recognized framework for environmental management, measurement, evaluation, and auditing. ISO 14001 does not prescribe environmental performance targets, but provides organizations with the tools to assess and control the impact of their activities, products or services, on the environment.

The term "ISO 14000" refers to a family of standards: ISO 14000:1996, ISO 14001:1996, and ISO 14004:1996. ISO 14000:1996 contains vocabulary and definitions. ISO 14001:1996 contains the actual requirements with which an organization needs to comply in order to become certified. ISO 14004:1996 contains guidelines for the development and implementation of environmental management systems and principles.
 
   ISO/TS 16949:2002 
 
     ISO/TS 16949:2002 is an ISO Technical Specification that aligns existing American (QS-9000), German (VDA6.1), French (EAQF), and Italian (AVSQ) automotive quality systems standards for the global automotive industry.
 
   ISO 17025
 
     ISO 17025 outlines the general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
 
   OHSAS 18001
 
     OHSAS 18001 is the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment System standard developed by a number of countries to address health and safety issues. OHSAS 18001 is loosely based on the ISO 14001:1996 Environmental Management System standard, although OHSAS 18001 is not an ISO standard.
 
   QS-9000
 
     QS-9000 is a quality standard for suppliers of DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Corporation. QS-9000 is based on the 1994 edition of ISO 9001, but contains additional requirements that are particular to the automotive industry. Specifically, QS-9000 applies to suppliers of production materials, production and service parts, heat treating, painting and plating, and other finishing services.
 
   RC 14001
 
     The American Chemistry Council (ACC) established the RC 14001 as a Technical Specification for Responsible Care Programs or management systems for both environmental and health and safety.  The RC 14000 specification incorporates all ISO 14001 Standard requirements. Key aspects of RC 14000 compliant systems include community outreach and distribution.
 
   RoHS
 
     Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) is a European Union (EU) directive that requires all manufacturers of electronic and electrical equipment sold in Europe to demonstrate that their products contain only minimal levels of the following hazardous substances: lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl, and polybrominated diphenyl ether. RoHS became effective on July 1, 2006.
 
   SA 8000
 
     SA8000, an international standard for assessing the social accountability of companies, outlines audit requirements to evaluate workplace conditions. The workplace conditions are inspected for child labor, forced labor, health and safety, freedom of association, discrimination, disciplinary practices, working hours, compensation, and management’s responsibility to maintain and improve working conditions.

SA8000 is not an ISO-series standard. UL is not accredited to perform certification assessments to SA8000; non-certification assessments to the requirements of SA8000 may be performed though CITS.
 
   TL 9000
 
     TL 9000 provides quality system requirements for telecommunications hardware, software, and services providers. The QuEST forum (The Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications Leadership) was  originally developed the TL 9000 requirements using ISO 9000 as a baseline.
 
   Other
 
     Other unlisted certifications
 
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Registrar's Accreditations




   Registrar's Accreditations       
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   ANAB (ANSI-ASQ, Formerly "RAB")
 
     The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) is the U.S. accreditation body for management system registrars or Certification Bodies (CBs). 

ANAB's website states, "The ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) was established January 1, 2005. Previously, the accreditation activities of ANAB were operated by the ANSI-RAB National Accreditation Program (NAP) under a partnership agreement. ANAB had it roots in the Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB), which was established in 1989 by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). RAB's original mission was to provide accreditation services for ISO 9000 certification bodies (CBs). When RAB was created, it immediately sought to strengthen the U.S. system for CB accreditation by pursuing a formal relationship with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). In 1991, ANSI and RAB joined forces to establish the American National Accreditation Program for Registrars of Quality Systems. In 1996, with the release of the ISO 14000 standards, the ANSI-RAB NAP was formed, replacing the original joint program. ANAB is a member of the International Accreditation Forum and a signatory of the IAF multilateral cooperative arrangements (MLAs) for QMS and EMS."
 
   Industry Canada
 
     Laboratories are accredited or accepted by Industry Canada to test products including EMC and terminal testing. 
 
   InMetro (Brazil)
 
     The Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalização e Qualidade Industrial (InMetro) or the National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality establishes measurement and quality standards in Brazil. Within Brazil, Inmetro is responsible for the activities of accreditation of certification bodies, inspection bodies, product performance verification bodies and training bodies, and for the activities of accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories.
 
   ISO
 
     ISO includes any of the variety or ISO certifications such ISO 7779,  ISO 9000 (1994), ISO 9001: 2000, ISO 13485, ISO 14000, ISO 17020 or ISO 17025. 
 
   ISO 9001:2000
 
     ISO 9001: 2000 sets out the requirements for a company's quality management systems. These standards range from manufacturing to services including design and development, production, installation and servicing. ISO 9001: 2000 standard have replaced the 1994 ISO 9000 standards.
 
   JAB (Japan)
 
     The Japanese Accreditation Board (JAB) for conformity assessment was established in 1993 by Keidanren (Japan Federation of Economic Organizations).  JAB developed and established third party conformity assessment schemes in Japan.  JAB provides accreditation programs for testing and inspection bodies, certification bodies, training bodies and medical laboratories.
 
   KETI (Korea)
 
     Laboratories are accredited or accepted by the Korea Electric Testing Institute (KETI) to test products.  KETI accreditation allows a laboratory to perform EMC and safety testing necessary to obtain the mandatory EK Mark certification required on products sold in Korea.
 
   METI (Japan)
 
     Laboratories are accredited as certifying bodies by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to test products.  METI accreditation allows a laboratory to perform EMC and safety testing necessary to obtain the mandatory S Mark certification for products sold in Japan. The new standards have been in place since August 2004 for Electrical Appliances and Materials, as defined under the DENAN Law, for products manufactured in or imported to Japan.
 
   Notified Body (Europe)
 
     Notified or competent body accreditation indicates laboratories that are recognized for meeting the product testing requirements according to SWEDAC, EN, ISO, ISO/IEC or other European organizations or standards bodies. 
 
   RvA (Netherlands)
 
     Raad voor Accreditatie (RvA) is the Dutch Accreditation Council. The RvA is the only accreditation body in the Netherlands that works in the public field. RvA provides accreditation programs for testing, calibration, inspection and laboratories as well as registrars or certification bodies.
 
   SCC (Canada)
 
     Laboratory or body is accredited or accepted by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) standards body. 
 
   UKAS (United Kingdom)
 
     The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) is the sole national accreditation body recognized by government of the United Kingdom to assess, against internationally agreed standards, organizations or bodies that provide quality system registration, certification, testing, inspection, calibration and proficiency testing.
 
   Other
 
     Other unlisted system assessments.
 
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