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Supplier: LAND
Description: worldwide certification laboratories calibrate in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (United States & India ISO/IEC 17025:2017) (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) and are accredited by national bodies to offer a comprehensive
- Capabilities: Certification
- Certify / Evaluate To: IEC, ISO, ISO 17025
- Products Tested: Instruments / Sensors
- Certification Level: Products (Equipment / Devices)
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Supplier: Accuris
Description: Banking - Certificate management - Part 2: Certificate extensions
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Description: Banking -- Certificate management -- Part 2: Certificate extensions
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Description: Implementation of ISO 15782-1:2009 will also be based on business risks and legal requirements. ISO 15782-1:2009 does not include the protocol messages used between the participants in the certificate management process, requirements for notary and time stamping, Certificate Policy and
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Supplier: Intertek
Description: 18001; ISO 13485; ISO 13485/ CMDCAS; ISO 13485/ TGA; AS9100; AS9120; AS9110; FSCC 22000; ISO 22000 (HACCP); ISO/TS 29001; ISO/TS 16949; CE MDD 93/42/EEC; IVDD 98/79/EC (OBL); EMAS; AFS 2001:1; BRC Food; BRC Packaging; BRC Storage & Distribution; BRC Consumer
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Appliances, Automotive, Battery / Energy Products, Building Products, Coatings / Paint, Electronics, Food / Drugs, HVAC, Hazardous Location Equipment, Health Care / Medical, Industrial / Machinery, Materials, Paper / Plastic Packaging, Rubber / Latex
- Capabilities: Auditing / Assessment, Certification, Consulting / Training, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, In-process / In-line Testing, Pre-assessment / Gap Analysis, Program Development (QA Manual / Procedures), Qualification / Commissioning, Registration, Testing, Witness / Review
- Certify / Evaluate To: CB Report, CCC (China), CE Mark (Europe), FDA, GS Mark, ISO, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 14644, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, OHSAS 18001, PSE Mark (Japan), RC 14001, RoHS, S Mark, SA 8000, UL / ETL / CSA, WEEE
- Certification Level: Components / Parts, Facilities / Equipment, Products (Equipment / Devices), Quality / Management Systems, Samples / Materials, Services
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Supplier: Accuris
Description: Securities - Numbering of Certificates
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Supplier: Accuris
Description: Conformity assessment - Fundamentals of product certification and guidelines for product certification schemes (ISO/IEC 17067:2013)
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Supplier: Accuris
Description: Implementing ISO/IEC 20000 Certification: The Roadmap
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Description: ISO/IEC 17067:2013 describes the fundamentals of product certification and provides guidelines for understanding, developing, operating or maintaining certification schemes for products, processes and services. ISO/IEC 17067:2013 is intended for use by all with an
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Description: ISO/IEC 17067:2013 describes the fundamentals of product certification and provides guidelines for understanding, developing, operating or maintaining certification schemes for products, processes and services. ISO/IEC 17067:2013 is intended for use by all with an
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Supplier: CSA Group
Description: Certification Authorities, not requesting any hierarchical structure. It does not prescribe centralized directories or the like, being accessible by all entities involved. With these properties the management scheme is optimised for applications in the automotive domain. ISO 20828:2006
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Supplier: CSA Group
Description: ISO/IEC 17067:2013 describes the fundamentals of product certification and provides guidelines for understanding, developing, operating or maintaining certification schemes for products, processes and services. ISO/IEC 17067:2013 is intended for use by all with an
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Description: Certification Authorities, not requesting any hierarchical structure. It does not prescribe centralized directories or the like, being accessible by all entities involved. With these properties the management scheme is optimised for applications in the automotive domain. ISO 20828:2006
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Supplier: Newark, An Avnet Company
Description: ISO 17025 CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE; Accessory Type:ISO 17025 Accredited Calibration Certificate; For Use With:NI Performance DAQ; Product Range:
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Supplier: PRI Performance360
Description: Transform Manufacturing Challenges into Opportunities Navigate the complexities of manufacturing with confidence. Our custom services offers tailored solutions in audits, certifications, qualifications, training, and assessments ensuring your project not only meets but exceeds industry and
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Automotive, Electrical Distribution, Food / Drugs, Health Care / Medical, Marine
- Capabilities: Certification, Consulting / Training
- Certify / Evaluate To: ISO 14001, ISO 9001
- Features: Other, Specialty / Other
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Supplier: CSA Group
Description: Establishes rules for the numbering of security certificates and applies to all types of securities, regardless of issuer or country of issuance. Replaces the first edition.
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Supplier: TUV Rheinland of North America
Description: TÜVRheinland® delivers premier independent testing, assessment, and certification services to help companies gain access into global markets. Boasting an international network across six continents, the company's in-country experts ease the path to compliance with cost-effective pricing and
- Certify / Evaluate To: AAMI, ASTM, C-TICK (Australia & New Zealand), CB Report, CCC (China), CE Mark (Europe), CSA Mark, FCC (US), FDA, GS Mark, Gost R (Russia), IEC, IEEE, ISO, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 14644, ISO 17020, ISO 17025, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, InMetro (Brazil), NOM (Mexico), OHSAS 18001, PSE Mark (Japan),
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Appliances, Automotive, Building Products, Combustion Equipment, Electrical Distribution, Hazardous Location Equipment, Health Care / Medical, Industrial / Machinery, Materials, Piping / Pressure Vessels, RF / Wireless Products, Semiconductors / IC Packages, Welding &
- Capabilities: Auditing / Assessment, Certification, Consulting / Training, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, In-process / In-line Testing, Pre-assessment / Gap Analysis, Program Development (QA Manual / Procedures), Qualification / Commissioning, Registration, Testing
- Certification Level: Components / Parts, Facilities / Equipment, Products (Equipment / Devices), Quality / Management Systems, Services
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Supplier: Edgetech Instruments Inc.
Description: Edgetech Instruments services all brands of hygrometers with our quick and friendly Rapid Response Customer Service. Dew/frost point, humidity, temperature and oxygen content recertification and calibration services are performed in the USA, in our ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited, ISO
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Automotive, Battery / Energy Products, Cleanrooms, Coatings / Paint, Food / Drugs, HVAC, Health Care / Medical, Industrial / Machinery, Instruments / Sensors, Marine, Nuclear / Utility, Semiconductors / IC Packages, Welding & Fabrication
- Capabilities: Certification, Consulting / Training, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, In-process / In-line Testing, Qualification / Commissioning
- Features: Food & Beverage, Other, Specialty / Other
- Certify / Evaluate To: ISO 17025, ISO 9001
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Supplier: Mobius Institute
Description: The Mobius Institute has been offering certification since 2005; over 5700 people have been certified in that time. However, in 2011 a new, independent organization was formed; the Mobius Institute Board of Certification - abbreviated to MIBoC, to conduct personnel
- Capabilities: Certification, Consulting / Training
- Certify / Evaluate To: ISO
- Features: Other, Specialty / Other
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Supplier: CSA Group Testing and Certification Inc.
Description: Break into new markets, launch innovative products, and boost customer confidence by earning the trusted CSA mark
- Certify / Evaluate To: AAMI, ASTM, CB Report, CCC (China), CE Mark (Europe), CISPR, CSA Mark, FCC (US), FDA, IEC, IEEE, IES, ISO, InMetro (Brazil), NOM (Mexico), NSF Standard Mark, OEM Specific, RoHS, UL / ETL / CSA, WEEE
- Products Tested: Appliances, Automotive, Battery / Energy Products, Building Products, Cleanrooms, Coatings / Paint, Electrical Distribution, Electronics, HVAC, Hazardous Location Equipment, Health Care / Medical, Industrial / Machinery, Instruments / Sensors, Materials, Motor Controllers / Control Systems, Paper /
- Capabilities: Certification, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, Pre-assessment / Gap Analysis, Testing, Witness / Review
- Certification Level: Components / Parts, Facilities / Equipment, Products (Equipment / Devices), Quality / Management Systems, Samples / Materials
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Description: has a global network of offices can help when you have a product you want to analyze with respect to various requirements. There are many reasons for choosing DNV as your partner, also within product certification. Try us!
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Appliances, Automotive, Battery / Energy Products, Building Products, Coatings / Paint, Combustion Equipment, Electrical Distribution, Electronics, Food / Drugs, HVAC, Hazardous Location Equipment, Health Care / Medical, Industrial / Machinery, Instruments / Sensors, Marine,
- Capabilities: Auditing / Assessment, Certification, Consulting / Training, Pre-assessment / Gap Analysis, Registration
- Certify / Evaluate To: CE Mark (Europe), ISO, ISO 13485, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949, OHSAS 18001, RC 14001, RoHS, TL 9000
- Certification Level: Components / Parts, Products (Equipment / Devices), Quality / Management Systems, Services
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Description: ISO/IEC Guide 67:2004 gives guidance on product certification systems by identifying their various elements based on current practices. It is intended for use by product certification bodies and other interested parties wishing to understand, develop, establish or compare
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Supplier: Element Materials Technology
Description: Rolls-Royce, Element laboratories are accredited to ISO/IEC Guide 17025 by the American Association for Laboratory and listed in the current A2LA Directory of Accredited Laboratories. Contact Element today to answer your quality questions: Call 1-888-786-7555, or visit us at www.element.com.
- Certify / Evaluate To: ASTM, C-TICK (Australia & New Zealand), CCC (China), CE Mark (Europe), CISPR, CSA Mark, FCC (US), IEC, IEEE, ISO, ISO 17025, ISTA, MIL-SPEC, NRC, NSF Standard Mark, OEM Specific, RoHS, Telecordia / Bellcore, WEEE
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Appliances, Automotive, Battery / Energy Products, Building Products, Cleanrooms, Coatings / Paint, Combustion Equipment, Electrical Distribution, Electronics, HVAC, Hazardous Location Equipment, Health Care / Medical, Industrial / Machinery, Instruments / Sensors, Marine,
- Capabilities: Auditing / Assessment, Certification, Consulting / Training, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, In-process / In-line Testing, Program Development (QA Manual / Procedures), Qualification / Commissioning, Registration, Testing, Witness / Review
- Certification Level: Components / Parts, Facilities / Equipment, Products (Equipment / Devices), Samples / Materials, Services
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Supplier: F2 Labs
Description: Product Certification Overview If you are selling your product in the US and Canada, you need to comply with the applicable nationally accepted UL & CSA (and possibly other) standards. F2 Labs can evaluate and test your product, help you through the certification process and enable you
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Appliances, Automotive, Combustion Equipment, Electrical Distribution, Electronics, HVAC, Hazardous Location Equipment, Health Care / Medical, Hydraulics / Pneumatics, Industrial / Machinery, Instruments / Sensors, Marine, Materials, Motor Controllers / Control Systems, RF /
- Certify / Evaluate To: C-TICK (Australia & New Zealand), CB Report, CCC (China), CE Mark (Europe), CISPR, FCC (US), Gost R (Russia), IEC, ISO, ISO 17025, MIL-SPEC, UL / ETL / CSA
- Capabilities: Certification, Consulting / Training, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, In-process / In-line Testing, Qualification / Commissioning, Registration, Testing, Witness / Review
- Certification Level: Components / Parts, Products (Equipment / Devices)
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Supplier: PCE Instruments / PCE Americas Inc.
Description: Data- Logger is shipped with a factory calibration. An ISO calibration can be ordered separately. Its many components provide the Data- Logger with a multitude of uses. Optional components include a tripod, an RS-232 to USB adaptor and replacement rolls of paper for the printer
- Fahrenheit Scale: -40 to 932 F
- Celsius Scale: -40 to 500 C
- Configuration/ Features: Battery Powered
- Display / Scale Characteristics: Celsius, Fahrenheit
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Description: Specifies general requirements for third-party operating a product certification system. Replaces ISO/IEC Guide 40:1983.
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Supplier: CSA Group
Description: ISO 17090-2:2015 specifies the certificate profiles required to interchange healthcare information within a single organization, between different organizations and across jurisdictional boundaries. It details the use made of digital certificates in the health industry and focuses, in
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Supplier: NDE Professionals Inc.
Description: office, training, and laboratory space. Quality System NPI quality program meets the requirements of NQA-1 and IEC/ISO-17025.
- Certify / Evaluate To: ASTM, MIL-SPEC, NRC, UL / ETL / CSA
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Building Products, Coatings / Paint, HVAC, Industrial / Machinery, Marine, Materials, Nuclear / Utility, Piping / Pressure Vessels, Semiconductors / IC Packages, Valves / Pumps, Welding & Fabrication
- Capabilities: Auditing / Assessment, Certification, Consulting / Training, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, In-process / In-line Testing, Program Development (QA Manual / Procedures), Testing, Witness / Review
- Certification Level: Components / Parts, Facilities / Equipment, Samples / Materials
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Supplier: ASTM International
Description: used in place of the full term "certification body for persons", and the term "certification scheme" is used in place of the full term "certification scheme for persons".
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Supplier: Gagemaker L.P.
Description: Thread Height, Thread Length, etc. Become Gagemaker Certified Today! Trust Gagemaker’s decades of experience to train and certify your staff using current inspection tools and procedures. Gagemaker’s interactive certification classes focus on the how and why of thread inspections. This
- Technology / Subject Expertise: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- Features: North America, Southern US Only, United States Only
- Services: Product Training / Training Manuals, Tutorial / Workshop Development
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Description: ISO/IEC Guide 28:2004 gives general guidelines for a specific product certification system. It is applicable to a third-party product certification system for determining the conformity of a product with specified requirements through initial testing of samples of the product,
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Certification Services - Regulatory Pressure Vessel and Boiler Compliance and Certification ServicesSupplier: HSB
Description: When it comes to regulatory compliance, the world is a complicated place. To stay competitive, you need a company with global experience in compliance issues. Through our worldwide network, Hartford Steam Boiler is qualified to provide certification to a range of international compliances
- Certify / Evaluate To: ASTM, ISO, NRC
- Products Tested: Aerospace / Avionics, Automotive, Combustion Equipment, HVAC, Industrial / Machinery, Marine, Nuclear / Utility, Piping / Pressure Vessels, Valves / Pumps, Welding & Fabrication
- Capabilities: Auditing / Assessment, Certification, Consulting / Training, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, Pre-assessment / Gap Analysis, Program Development (QA Manual / Procedures), Qualification / Commissioning, Witness / Review
- Certification Level: Components / Parts, Facilities / Equipment, Quality / Management Systems, Samples / Materials
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Description: has a global network of offices can help when you have a product you want to analyze with respect to various requirements. There are many reasons for choosing DNV as your partner, also within product certification. Try us!
- Applications / Industry: Aerospace / Avionics, Appliances, Automotive, Battery / Energy Products, Building Products, Coatings / Paint, Combustion Equipment, Electrical Distribution, Food / Pharmaceuticals, HVAC, Plumbing and Lighting, Hazardous Location Equipment, Health Care / Medical, Industrial / Machinery, Instrument &
- Capabilities: Auditing / Assessment, Consulting / Training, Pre-assessment / Gap Analysis, Registration / Certification
- Registrations / Certification Issued: ISO, ISO 13485/8, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949:2002, OHSAS 18001, RC 14001, RoHS, TL 9000
- Features: Other
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Supplier: Master Bond, Inc.
Description: EP40Med is a two component, room temperature curing epoxy with high elongation that passes ISO 10993-5 for cytotoxicity. It features exceptional adhesion to polycarbonates and acrylics.
- Applied Thickness / Gap Fill: 0.002 to 0.004 inch
- Use Temperature: -80 to 250 F
- Coeff. of Thermal Expansion (CTE): 30,555,555.555555556 to 33,333,333.333333332 µin/in-F
- Tensile Strength (Break): 2,000 to 3,000 psi
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Supplier: Intertek
Description: 14001; OHSAS 18001; ISO 13485; ISO 13485/ CMDCAS; ISO 13485/ TGA; AS9100; AS9120; AS9110; FSCC 22000; ISO 22000 (HACCP); ISO/TS 29001; ISO/TS 16949; CE MDD 93/42/EEC; IVDD 98/79/EC (OBL); EMAS; AFS 2001:1; BRC Food; BRC Packaging; BRC Storage & Distribution;
- Applications / Industry: Aerospace / Avionics, Appliances, Automotive, Battery / Energy Products, Building Products, Electrical Distribution, Food / Pharmaceuticals, HVAC, Plumbing and Lighting, Hazardous Location Equipment, Health Care / Medical, Industrial / Machinery, Marine, Materials, Microelectronics / Electronics,
- Capabilities: Auditing / Assessment, Consulting / Training, Field Evaluation / On-site Inspection, Pre-assessment / Gap Analysis, Program Development (QA Manual / Procedures), Registration / Certification
- Registrations / Certification Issued: ISO, ISO 13485/8, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO/TS 16949:2002, OHSAS 18001, RoHS
- Features: Other, Specialty / Other
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