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Contech Research has obtained laboratory suitability accreditation from government agencies as well as private sector companies and organizations. These include but are not limited to:

A2LA: Contech Research has received accreditation to ISO/IEC 17025 by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation. The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation is a nonprofit, non-governmental, public service. A2LA provides laboratory accreditation in specific tests. Laboratory accreditation is based on internationally accepted criteria for competence (ISO/IEC 17025:2005).  Please click to download our scope of accreditation for electrical or mechanical tests from A2LA.

ILAC: ILAC is an international cooperation between the various laboratory accreditation schemes operated throughout the world. ILAC first started as a conference in 1977 with the aim of developing international cooperation for facilitating trade by promotion of the acceptance of accredited test and calibration results.

Military: Contech Research is certified by DESC (Defense Electronics Supply Center) on many Military specifications including but not limited to:

• MIL-DTL-24308
• MIL-DTL-38999
• MIL-DTL-55302
• MIL-DTL-83723
• MIL-DTL-83734
• MIL-PRF-23419
• MIL-PRF-83513
• MIL-PRF-12883 (except static load and porosity)
• MIL-PRF-55342
• MIL-C-28754
• MIL-C-39029
• MIL-C-26482
• MIL-C-39024

And the DSCC approved test methods of

• MIL-STD-810
• MIL-STD-202
• MIL-STD-1344
• EIA 364

For a complete listing of military specifications, see the DESC website.  Please click to download our approved test methods from DSCC.

USB: Contech Research is one of 3 independent laboratories world wide certified by the USB Connector and Cable working group.

1394 TA: Contech Research is one of 2 independent laboratories world wide certified by the 1394 TA (Trade Association).