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Bureau Veritas Electrical Announces Local Access to Global Market Access Homologation Service

~ Approval Teams in Three Continents Ensures Fast and Effective Electrical Equipment Market Access for 110 Countries ~

November 14, 2006 – BUFFALO, NY, USA - To aid electrical equipment suppliers access global markets quickly and cost-effectively, Bureau Veritas, an industry leader in the provision of testing and certification services for a wide range of electrical products, is pleased to announce International Homologation Services for 110 countries. Through their sister companies: Advanced Data Technology (ADT) in Taiwan, Curtis-Straus LLC in the USA, and LCIE in France, Bureau Veritas’ dedicated experts can guide their customers’ products through the homologation maze thereby accelerating access to world markets. With a presence in each major world market, Bureau Veritas’ solution offers a local laboratory for global market access.

Determining what standards and country requirements apply to a given product is an arduous task. ADT, Curtis-Straus, and LCIE have many years of experience guiding high profile manufacturers of electronic products through the approval process. Leveraging their expertise in this segment is a significant benefit for customers seeking world-wide market access for their products, further strengthening the total one stop shop solution for Bureau Veritas customers. Jim Lewis, Founder and Sales/Marketing Director at Curtis-Straus, noted “Curtis-Straus is famous for its customer focus. Now that we can provide world wide homologation services, our customers can access markets for 110 countries, thus providing the tools they need to compete in today’s global marketplace.”

Marie-Yolande DUPUY, the key contact for International Compliance Service at LCIE, adds, “Achieving on-time compliance in today's complex, competitive and changing environment entails expert knowledge of the differing in-country compliance requirements for electrical equipment, as well as the in-depth knowledge of the legislation which can change for certain products on a daily basis. To maintain competitive advantage, equipment suppliers cannot risk being late to market because of approvals bottlenecks. With over a century of experience in the approvals market and being active participants on many influential international compliance committees and working groups such as the IECEE and IECQ, Bureau Veritas LCIE France has the experience, knowledge, skills, pedigree and global contacts to assist equipment suppliers to get their products to market quickly and on-time."

Ching-I Chang, Head of Marketing at ADT, further adds “ADT reports have been recognized by many worldwide authorities, there is no doubt we can save manufacturers cost and time in achieving certifications in many countries. Our International Approval Division is also responsible for studying the regulations in many countries and keeps close relationships with worldwide certification organizations. We have helped customers’ access more than 100 countries and it is our goal to provide you the most updated information for certification. Our patented 24/7 project tracking system also enables you to maintain knowledge of progress with your product’s approval status in your target countries.”

Bureau Veritas has particular expertise with a wide range of electrical equipment, including:

• Wireless Bluetooth products: Bluetooth Earphone, Bluetooth Dongle and all related applied product
• Telecommunication products: Telephone, ADSL, Modem etc..
• 802.11 a /b /g WLAN products and Wi-Fi/WMM/WPA2: Wireless LAN card, Wireless AP, VOIP, etc.. equipment
• 2G-2.5G mobile communication devices: GSM/GPRS 2 band and 3 band cell phone and related product
• 3G mobile communication devices: WCDMA, CDMA2000 cell phone and related product
• WiMAX, HomePlug, UWB, ZigBee, RFID etc
• Information Technology Equipment (ITE): PDA, Notebook and all related information technology equipment
• Home appliances: Refrigerator, air conditioning, bake oven, electric tool etc..
• Broadcast products: Digital TV, audio, DVD Player, LCD TV etc..
• Industrial technology and medical instruments
• Light Bulbs: All kind of home use lighting equipment
• Remote control, wireless microphone and other low frequency devices

About Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas is a leading international conformity assessment body with 280,000 clients, 23,000 employees, 700 offices and laboratories in 140 countries. They have been active in testing and inspections since 1828; forward-looking and fast-growing, they have realized a 16% growth per annum since 1995.

The electrical product services division of Bureau Veritas, benefiting from significant investment in recent years, now encompasses many of the major international test and certification companies including ADT, Curtis-Straus and LCIE. Together, they provide state-of-the-art capabilities and knowledgeable experts and laboratories in every major trading region of the world. Bureau Veritas supports clients all over the world locally, whilst testing is carried out at the source of manufacture so as to improve time to market.

Their services for manufacturers, importers and retailers of electrical equipment focus on five key areas, as below. Partnering Bureau Veritas helps their clients demonstrate that their products meet regulatory, quality, and performance requirements.

• Testing (EMC, Safety, Environmental, NEBS/FOC, RF/Protocol: GSM/WLAN/WiMAX, SAR, RoHS, ATEX, Performance)
• Certification (CE marking, TCB, NRTL, RoHS, NF, GS, CB)
• Inspections, Audits & Assessments (Social Audits (CSR/SA8000), Factory Inspections (Quality, IT & Security), RoHS HSPM, pre- & post-shipment, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001)
• Training (Managing Compliance: CE marking / FCC, Environmental: RoHS/WEEE/EuP, ATEX, Safety/EMC/RF)
• Consultancy (RoHS/WEEE/EuP, document reviews, specification development, 1 – 5 star product compliance assessments, failure and reliability analysis, complaint analysis, homologation/approvals management, benchmarking)

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