Apr 042013
 

TÜV SÜD is an international service corporation focusing on consulting, testing, certification and training. At over 600 locations, primarily in Europe, North America, Asia Pacific,

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TÜV SÜD America – Certification and Consultancy

History – Independent TÜVs Founded in the 1870′s by the German steam boiler industry.

“Technischer Überwachungsverein” means “Technical Inspection Association”

Services – Consultancy, inspections, tests and expert opinions as well as certification and training.

Objectives – Reliability, safety and quality as well as environmental protection and cost effectivenes

TÜV SÜD – Munich, Germany

TÜV SÜD Group is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Oct 162012
 

The National Electronic Distributors Association (NEDA) and the Electronic Components Association (ECA) have consolidated forces to form the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA), bringing together all of the elements of the electronic components supply chain – component manufacturers, their distributors and their independent manufacturer representatives.

Electronic Components Industry Association – ECIA

ECIA holds accreditation rights through ANSI, the American National Standards Institute, under the mark “EIA”. Any standards committee choosing to develop an American National Standard may process the work through the ECIA accreditation.

“The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) works to promote and improve the business environment for the authorized sale of electronic components.”

ECIAauthorized.com site is the fastest and most complete authorized electronics inventory search.

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Oct 102012
 
Underwriters Laboratories - Product Compliance

UL is the trusted source across the globe for product compliance. Benefiting a range of customers – from manufacturers and retailers to consumers and regulating bodies – we’ve tested products for public safety for more than a century. Underwriters Laboratories – Product Compliance Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit product safety certification organization that has been testing products and writing Standards for Safety for over a century. What is functional safety? IEC 61508 is concerned with functional safety, achieved by safety-related systems that are primarily implemented in electrical and/or electronic and/or programmable electronic (E/E/PE) technologies, i.e. E/E/PE safety [Read More ....]

Oct 082012
 

Malcolm Baldrige – Leadership Lessons “While the Baldrige Award and the Baldrige recipients are the very visible centerpiece of the U.S. quality movement, a broader national quality program has evolved around the award and its criteria…” . History of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence serve two main purposes: (1) To identify Baldrige Award recipients that will serve as role models for other organizations and (2) To help organizations assess their improvement efforts, diagnose their overall performance management system, and identify their strengths and opportunities for improvement. In addition, the Criteria help strengthen U.S. [Read More ....]

Aug 092012
 
Compliance Engineering ESD EMC Safety

Ce-mag.com is the world’s foremost on-line resource for international developments in regulatory compliance for electronics engineers. Compliance Engineering ESD EMC Safety Ce-mag.com serves as an on-line extension of Compliance Engineering magazine, providing the same in-depth print resources readers have come to expect from the print publication. These include all current and archived articles, the annual reference guide, a current events calendar, and the suppliers directory. Compliance Engineering Reference Guide CE-Mag Discussion Forum Mr. Static

Sep 012011
 

ETSI – European Telecommunications Standards – ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). Includes – Fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies. ITU-T – Infocommunications Standards – “ITU-T Recommendations are defining elements in information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure. Whether we exchange voice, data or video messages, communications cannot take place without standards linking the sender and the receiver. See ” Telecommunication Standardization Bureau” TSB CDG – 3G Wireless CDMA Development – “The CDMA Development Group (CDG), founded in December 1993, is an international consortium of companies who have joined together to lead the adoption and [Read More ....]

Aug 082011
 

First Aid and Flame Resistant Uniforms At Cintas you will find many Tools to make workplace safe. These are like Uniforms and Apparel, First Aid and Safety, Fire Protection and Flame Resistant Clothing. Also a Cleanroom Resources section, which is very important for Microelectronics and Precision Instrumentation. In spite of “Prevention better than cure”, a worker can get injured, more so on the field, where preventive measures may not be in place. Here is a Portable First Aid Kit that should be in Service and Commissioning Departments. A stitch in time saves nine. in reference to: “Your employees may require [Read More ....]