By combining the experience of standards writing and management systems assessment, we are in a unique position to offer advice and practical experience to those who need to take their business development plans further.
We can advise and help you on a number of business matters from management systems to trade export and help you cater for solutions to suit your individual needs.
- Our advice is truly impartial and independent.
- Our sole source of revenue is from our clients, we do not accept supplier commissions.
- We have clients from both the public and commercial organizations and in almost all sectors.
- Our name has been trading for over 100 years.
Our capabilities include the following:
- support to quality infrastructures
- assistance to standards associations
- quality and conformity assessment activities
- institution building in standardization and certification
- institution building support, for the application and enforcement of the legal instruments
- approximation of technical rules and standards
- establishment of European standards translation/information facilities
- selection and adoption of standards supporting the new approach
- construction standards and Eurocodes promotional seminars and workshop
- management of WTO National TBT enquiry point.
In addition, we also provide:
- training and seminars
- publications
- formal and private Standardization
- auditing
- trade inspection
- laboratory testing
- trade information.
Our overall expertise includes the following:
- standardization, including developing national, European and international standards, document preparation and management, technical committee training, consumer and other stakeholder policy development, requirements for regional and international standards body membership, database development and record keeping (98/34/EC and WTO TBT notification), standards information management and catalogues, electronic delivery, marketing, sales administration and distribution of standards and related publications
- regulation, including stakeholder research, preparation of draft regulation, consultation, transposition of EU directives, establishing a national quality forum, promoting consumer involvement and establishing a technical regulation/standards framework
- systems certification, including quality management (ISO9001), aerospace (AS 9100), telecommunications (TL 9000), automotive sectors (QS-9000 / ISO/TS 16949 / VDA 6.1), environmental management (ISO14001, EMAS, sustainability management and greenhouse gas verification services), heath and safety management (OHSAS 18001), information security (BS 7799), legal admissibility, complaints management (CMSAS 86:2000), and benchmarking and training (ISO/IEC 17024)
- product certification, including CE marking processes, testing procedures for European standards, notified body and competent authority requirements, laboratory quality management (ISO/IEC 17025), equipment calibration, commodity inspection (ISO/IEC 17020) and market surveillance
- accreditation and legal metrology, including establishing a quality infrastructure and managing conflict of interest, promotion, membership of regional and international organizations and establishing quality procedures (ISO/IEC 17011).
