Cross-Sector Standardization Effort Needed to Combat Counterfeiting
(ANSI: New York) -- With an estimated effect on 2 to 7 percent of all world trade, counterfeiting is one of the fastest-growing and farthest-reaching economic crimes.
Company News: UL Named Exclusive Testing Lab for Electric Vehicle Deployment
(UL: Northbrook, IL) -- Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a global provider of safety testing and certification, was recently named the exclusive nationally recognized testing laboratory for The EV Project, a groundbreaking study of electric vehicle (EV) charging station infrastructure.
Company News: Emerson Supports Process Manufacturing’s First Global Wireless Standard
(Emerson Process Management: Austin, TX) -- Emerson Process Management, a global business of Emerson, applauds the International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) unanimous vote to certify WirelessHART technology as the first global standard for wireless communications for industrial process m
Last Chance to Enter ANSI’s World Accreditation Day Paper Competition
(ANSI: Washington) -- Only three weeks remain to submit an entry to the 2010 U.S. Celebration of World Accreditation Day paper competition launched by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Paper submissions are due by April 30.
TÜV SÜD Intensifies Effort to Track Down Certification Mark Counterfeiters
(TÜV SÜD: Munich) -- The European market is being flooded with increasing numbers of counterfeit products. These fakes not only cause financial losses for manufacturers, but also generate major safety problems for consumers when statutory safety tests are sidestepped in their production.
ISO Compiles “People Measurements” From Around the World
(ISO: Geneva) -- With changing standards of living, the body dimensions of people have been increasing in many countries over the last few decades.
Event: The Institute of Internal Auditors International Conference
(IIA: Altamonte Springs, FL) -- The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) is bringing a world-class conference to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on June 6–9.
Company News: AIB International Implements MetricStream for Compliance and Safety Audits
(MetricStream Inc.: Palo Alto, CA) – AIB International, one of North America’s largest providers of third-party food safety audits, recently selected MetricStream, a provider of enterprisewide governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) solutions, for implementing an
New European Commission Determined to Make REACH a Success
(ECHA: Brussels, Belgium) -- Vice president Tajani and commissioner Potočnik are taking action to make progress toward the registration of chemicals and the management of substances of very high concern.