Intertek Testing Services has finalized an agreement with the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation that will enable the company to provide clients with single compliance audit for A2LA ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation and ISO 9000 registration.
ITS, a registrar for ISO 9000 and ISO 14001, provides environmental and quality management systems registration services for an array of domestic and international standards, including TL 9000 (telecommunications). ITS is based in Boxborough, Mass.
Manufacturers with testing laboratories that require corporate registration to ISO 9000 and laboratory accreditation to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard may now realize a more efficient, cost-effective process.
"As accreditation is a formal recognition of technical competence, many market leaders requiring ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation for their suppliers' in-house testing facilities," says Ken Campanale, director of sales for ITS. "Similar to the ripple effect of QS-9000 and TL 9000, we saw the trend of total supply chain quality and accountability making its way to the in-house lab. Consequently, we began to work with the A2LA to ease the auditing load for our clients."
The agreement allows for specially trained ITS assessors to conduct initial, surveillance and renewal audits of clients' in-house testing laboratories and commercial laboratories for conformance to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9000.
For more information, visit www.itsintertek.com.