Accreditations

Our involvement with accreditations is historical. Recognizing the importance of laboratory accreditation in international trade, and also as a measure of quality laboratories, Retlif became the first* U.S. laboratory to petition the U.S. Government (NIST) to develop a laboratory accreditation program in the area of Electromagnetic Compatibility. Retlif remains fully committed to meaningful, well administered and technically sound, laboratory accreditations, and our EMC and Environmental Simulation Services are fully accredited at both Retlif laboratory locations. The list of our accreditations is extremely broad in scope. Currently we are accredited to ISO-STD-17025 by both NVLAP and A2LA.

Listings, Approvals, Recognized

Beyond formal accreditations, RETLIF also maintains recognized status on multiple listings, approval and recognition programs. Some of these programs include:

• Federal Communications Commission
  
• VCCI
  
• NIST EU CAB Designation
  
• U.S. Coast Guard
  
• Lloyds Register
  
• American Bureau of Shipping
  
• Industry Canada
  
• Ford Motor Company (XXXXXX Program)
  
• Defense Electronics Supply Center
  
• Defense Security Agency
  
• National Association of Radio and Telecommunications Engineers

In addition to two strategically located, fully equipped laboratories, Retlif also maintains representation in Washington, D.C., with an office devoted to regulatory issues. Due to this unique dedication of effort and resources, Retlif can provide customers with up-to-the-minute information regarding the requirements necessary for their concerns...as well as the likelihood of near future changes in those requirements.
Committee Assignments:

• ACIL Conformity Assessment Section
• ACIL EMC Subcommittee
  
• NIST Laboratory Accreditation Working Group
  
• Dept. of Commerce EMC Sectoral Advisory Committee
  
• NIST/NVLAP Working Group
  
• ANSI C63 EMC Committees
  
• Northeast Product Safety Group
  
• IEEE Long Island EMC Chapter
  
• American Electronics Association
  
• Hauppauge Industrial Association
  
• MacArthur Business Alliance
  
• SAE
  
• ASQC
  
• Institute for Environmental Sciences (IES)
  
• National Conference of Standard Laboratories
  
• FCC Part 68 Working Group
  
• ASTM E36 Lab Accreditation Committee

*Source: Federal Register Jan. 23, 1985