MET Certification
Certification Overview:
MET Laboratories, Inc. is a renowned certification body in the United States, established in Maryland in 1959. MET has earned a stellar reputation for its development of product testing technologies and certification standards. For nearly half a century, MET has focused on certification and testing of high-tech products in the United States, becoming a prominent brand in high-tech product certification. Today, consumer appliances bearing the MET certification mark are widely accepted by major North American retailers, with over 10,000 retail outlets selling appliances carrying the MET certification mark in the North American market.
Detailed Information:
What is MET Certification?
MET Laboratories, Inc., a prominent certification body in the United States, was established in Maryland in 1959. MET is highly regarded for its development of product testing technologies and certification standards. Over the decades, MET has specialized in certification and testing of high-tech products in the United States, establishing itself as a leading brand in high-tech product certification. Consumer appliances bearing the MET certification mark are widely accepted by major North American retailers, reflecting MET's reputation and rigorous standards.
Due to historical reasons, product certification in the United States had been monopolized by certain entities. In the 1970s and 1980s, MET led efforts to challenge this monopoly in product safety certification, taking legal action against government agencies overseeing the certification industry. After nearly a decade of persistent efforts, MET gained widespread industry support and government recognition, ultimately winning a marathon legal battle against monopolistic practices. Subsequently, the United States introduced a mandatory National Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) program, stipulating that certification bodies authorized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as NRTLs enjoy the same legal status as previous monopolistic entities, such as UL. Thus, the MET certification mark holds equivalent certification authority as UL in the United States, marking a new era in American product certification history.
Scope of Certification:
Currently, MET offers services to a wide range of clients, including product safety certification, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing, reliability testing, and communication product testing across various industries such as automotive, cables, home appliances, fiber optic products, medical devices, communication equipment, wireless devices, NEBS, radio frequency identification (RFID), and military products.
MET is among the few organizations in the United States with comprehensive qualifications for testing and certification, including being the world's only RFID certification body. Under agreements of mutual recognition between the United States and Europe, MET also conducts testing for EU R&TTE, EMC, and LVD, issuing certificates as a European Cooperation Notified Body (NB). MET is a certification body (NCB) and testing laboratory (CBTL) in the CB Scheme, offering customers globally convenient and efficient one-stop professional services. MET's safety certification mark holds equivalent authority as the UL mark in the North American region. MET conducts testing and certification recognized by both the U.S. and Canadian governments for various electrical products such as electronics, household appliances, telecommunications equipment, medical devices, and power tools.
Training Services:
Our company employs a team of engineers with extensive experience in product safety certification, familiar with safety standards and performance of various export electrical products, capable of providing various technical training services. These include product safety knowledge training, product certification standards seminars, troubleshooting testing experiments, and dynamic communication regarding UL certification standards.
Our training aim is to provide customers with more needed value-added services. For old customers, we will offer preferential prices or even free prices. We welcome new and old customers to call or write to propose training needs, and we will take every customer's inquiry seriously.
Standard Translation:
Our company employs a team of engineers with extensive experience in product safety certification, not only familiar with the safety standards and safety performance of various export electrical products, but also proficient in listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English, Japanese, German, and other languages. For various Chinese and foreign standards and technical documents, we can translate them skillfully, quickly, and accurately. If customers have such needs, they can contact our company's marketing department, and we will arrange personnel familiar with related products and technologies to be responsible for translation to ensure that your documents arrive accurately and timely.
Product Design:
Our company has been engaged in product safety certification for a long time, and product certification engineers have accumulated a wealth of product safety knowledge and product safety technology, and are very familiar with product structure. At the same time, we have close contact and communication with foreign engineers and customers, and can understand the product trends in foreign markets in a timely manner. Our company can design and develop products that fully comply with UL, CE, and GS safety certification standards according to customer needs, combining international market trends. This includes product drawing design, mold development, sample production, UL/CE/GS certification, and other comprehensive services.
Supplier/Customer Inquiry:
Our company has information on domestic and foreign manufacturers certified by UL and can quickly prepare to help customers find UL component suppliers that meet requirements, greatly accelerating customer product development and production progress, and also helping customers effectively reduce costs. Similarly, as UL-certified component manufacturers, you can also query corresponding customer information through our database in advance to seize business opportunities.
Sample Pre-testing:
Our company has a laboratory with an area of more than 3500 square meters, accredited by internationally renowned certification bodies such as UL, NEMKO, VDE, INNOVA, and SIQ (witness testing laboratory), and is also applying for CNAL national laboratory accreditation. Our laboratory has a large number of advanced testing equipment, and laboratory personnel are familiar with various testing standards and have proficient testing skills. Therefore, we can provide customers with various pre-testing services or commissioned testing services to help customers understand the safety performance of their products in order to further improve and enhance them.