ACCREDITATION
UKAS
UKAS
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) is the sole national accreditation body for the United Kingdom. UKAS is recognized by government, to assess against internationally agreed standards, organizations that provide certification, testing, inspection and calibration services.
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Accreditation by UKAS demonstrates the competence, impartiality and performance capability of these evaluators. In short, UKAS ‘checks the checkers’. UKAS is a non-profit-distributing private company, limited by guarantee. UKAS is independent of Government.
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UKAS is licensed by BEIS to use and confer the national accreditation symbols (formerly national accreditation marks) which symbolize Government recognition of the accreditation process.
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UKAS accreditation provides an assurance of the competence, impartiality and integrity of conformity assessment bodies. UKAS accredited certification, testing, inspection and calibration reduces the need for suppliers to be assessed by each of their customers.
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UKAS' involvement in international groups such as EA, IAF and ILAC, provides for mutual recognition. This reduces the need for multiple assessments of suppliers, and as a consequence helps to reduce barriers to trade for organizations who have UKAS accreditation.
UKAS is a non-profit-distributing private company, limited by guarantee. UKAS is self-financing and charges fees to conformity assessment bodies to cover operational costs and other expenditure. BEIS sponsors UKAS and provides funding to undertake public interest activities (ie non-fee earning activities) in representing the UK’s interests in the accreditation system.
IAF
The International Accreditation Forum, Inc. (IAF) is the world association of Conformity Assessment Accreditation Bodies and other bodies interested in conformity assessment in the fields of management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programmes of conformity assessment. Its primary function is to develop a single worldwide program of conformity assessment which reduces risk for business and its customers by assuring them that accredited certificates may be relied upon.
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KRISHTECH is operating under licensed by AMTIVO Group Limited UK, which are currently Accredited with UKAS, who is members of the IAF.