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July 2001:Agreement
signed with SII Israel The latest expansion of our Nemko Direct program was made in May this year when we signed a cooperation agreement with the Israeli certification body SII situated in Tel-Aviv, which is the appointed body for the mandatory certification of products in Israel. The agreement concerns mutual acceptance of testing and inspection reports, and also to act as applicant on behalf of respective clients. Regarding exporting of products to Israel, the agreement covers both the minimum option with type testing certificate needed for release of the products from customs, as well as the more comprehensive option of certification for SII mark of conformity, which may be preferred for manufacturers with frequent shipments to Israel. With this latest expansion, the Nemko Direct program now encompasses totally 33 agreements through which we offer our clients easier global market access for their products Nemko
labs accredited by Chinese CCIBLAC + The labs of Nemko AS in Oslo are now formally accredited by CCIBLAC, the accreditation body for testing to the Chinese CCIB mark. The assessment, which was carried out by a three-member team from CCIBLAC during a full week last fall, was very thorough and covered a range of IEC safety standards and also EMC. Nemko is the first body in Europe to have achieved this exclusive status. From now on CQC can entrust testing assignments to our laboratories, whether it is type testing or testing of samples taken from factory inspection which Nemko is also entrusted to perform for CQC. With the CCIBLAC accreditation in place, our present agreements with the Chinese authorities may now be extended to cover also type testing, so that sending of sample to China for CCIB certification may later be avoided. This extension is, however, delayed since the involved authorities are in a process of reorganization. Former CIQ-SA (State Administration for Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine of P.R. China) and former CSBTS (China State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision) has merged into a new entity named State General Administration of P.R. China for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ). This new organization is now preparing to launch the new mandatory national certification mark to replace the CCIB and Great Wall marks in the future. For further information and registration, please contact Ms. Ruth Raaen at Nemko Oslo, by E-mail ruth.raaen@nemko.no, or fax +47 22960550, or phone +47 22960303 February 26, 2001:KTL North America Joins the Nemko Group The KTL North American operations of KTL Dallas Inc. and KTL
Ottawa Inc., the premiere Telecomm and ITE regulatory and product development
testing service providers' in their respective markets, have been acquired by
Nemko. Nemko is the world's largest issuer of International Certificates
for Information Technology and Telecommunications products with a market share
of 28% of all certificates issued in 2000. For the past 5 years, Nemko has
been pursuing a proactive international expansion program with the objective of
providing Global Market Access for its' customers. This acquisition
provides Nemko with a presence in two additional key market places.
Equally important, however, KTL Dallas and KTL Ottawa join an established,
multinational organization committed to the continuing development of our
industry leading testing and certification capability in analog, optical,
digital and wireless telecoms and EMC. In addition, the KTL operations
(now Nemko Dallas Inc. and Nemko Canada Inc.) will immediately enhance their
current safety service by having access to the extensive capabilities of the
Nemko Group. The purchase of the KTL operations in Dallas and Ottawa
expand Nemko's existing North American presence currently located in San Diego
and Los Angeles, CA and Nashua, NH. Nemko, in addition to its headquarters
in Oslo Norway, also has laboratories in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy,
Taiwan, China and Korea, complemented by partnership agreements in South America
and Japan. For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us at
1-888-Nemko US (636-5687) or visit our web site at www.nemko.com |
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