Accreditation for Ensto Utility Networks laboratory
Ensto Utility Networks’ laboratory in Porvoo, Finland is now an accredited testing laboratory T284. The accreditation certificate states the competence, reliability and credibility of activities and services of our laboratory.
Ensto Utility Networks’ laboratory in Porvoo, Finland is now an accredited testing laboratory T284. The accreditation certificate states the competence, reliability and credibility of activities and services of our laboratory – both nationally and internationally.
FINAS, the Finnish Accreditation Service, gave its approval for the accreditation on 25 November 2014. Accreditation, based on internationally agreed criteria, is a procedure to recognize a body's competence to carry out specific tasks. It means that Ensto Finland Oy, Ensto Utility Networks Laboratory has been approved of conducting laboratory testing for accessories of overhead lines and underground cables based on the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025 standard: the premises and the equipment are appropriate and the personnel is trained and competent.
Test scope can be found from the FINAS website.
Additional information: Janne Lappalainen, Laboratory Manager, Ensto Utility Networks, janne.lappalainen@ensto.com
FINAS (Finnish Accreditation Service) is the national accreditation body responsible for organizing the accreditation activities according to the international criteria. It is a signatory of EA MLA (Multilateral Recognition Agreement) and ILAC MRA (Mutual Recognition Arrangement).
EA (European Co-operation for Accreditation) is an association of national accreditation bodies in Europe that are officially recognized by their national governments to assess and verify, against international standards, organizations that carry out evaluation services such as certification, verification, inspection, testing and calibration.
ILAC is the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation for both laboratory and inspection accreditation bodies formed more than 30 years ago to help remove technical barriers to trade.