Custom Products receives ISO/IEC 17025:2005 Accreditation

Custom Products of Litchfield Inc., Litchfield, MN, was granted ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation status. The laboratory accreditation uses criteria and procedures specially developed to determine technical competence and will provide customers assurance that the destructive tests and measured data recorded at the Litchfield testing facility are accurate, reliable and will meet domestic as well as international industry and governmental consensus standards.

“Our testing services are a crucial part of our commitment to safety and standards,” said Randy Reinke, president and CEO of Custom Products. “This accreditation provides us with a validation that we perform our testing to the appropriate standards plus serve as a benchmark for maintaining that competence.”

The accreditation process was conducted by technical assessors from Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA) using criteria and procedures specifically developed to determine technical competence. This process began on October 1, 2009 and was completed on February 11, 2011.

The PJLA assessors completed a thorough evaluation of management and quality control systems in the Custom Products testing laboratory, and will also conduct an annual regular assessment. This criteria, based on the international standards ISO/IEC 17025, is used for evaluating laboratories throughout the world.

Custom Products of Litchfield has been a member of this Association since 1973. For more information please go to 800cabline.com. ◆