American ETL certification

About ETL certification |ETL logo　　

ETL SEMKO is part of Intertek Testing Services, Inc., the world's largest product and commodity testing organization with 240 laboratories and 469 offices in 93 countries in North America, Europe and Asia. ETL SEMKO provides testing and certification of product safety, EMC testing, product performance testing, as well as registration of quality management systems for a variety of industries such as pharmaceuticals, HVAC, appliances, telecommunications, aviation, automation, semiconductors, building materials, energy generation systems, etc.

　Any electrical, mechanical or electromechanical product bearing the ETL inspection mark indicates that it has been tested to comply with the relevant industry standards. Each industry has different testing standards, so be sure to consult a professional for specific product requirements. ETL inspection marks are widely used in cable products, indicating that the relevant tests have been passed.

　ETL certification is required for export to the United States and Canada. The ETL mark indicates that the product has passed the NRTL or SCC accreditation tests in Canada. Intertek is one of the few license-issuing organizations recognized by OSHA and SCC. Our company cooperates with Intertek, acting for ETL certification. ETL mark recognition is equivalent to the UL or CSA mark and complies with the relevant safety standards. The ETL listing mark means that a product has met the minimum requirements of the product safety standard. In addition, the ETL mark indicates that the manufacturer's production site meets a certain range of standard requirements, and learns to follow up with regular factory audits to ensure continuous consistency. ETL has been around for more than 100 years. The three letters ETL are short for Electrical Testing Labs, founded by inventor Mr. Edison in 1896. ETL stands for innovative, influential, independent and open product testing and extensive experience.

　　ETL is the exclusive logo of Intertek, the world's leading quality and safety services company, with a history dating back to 1896. After the American inventor Edison founded the Lamp Testing Bureau (Lamp Testing Bureau), it was renamed "Electrical Testing Laboratories" in 1904, that is, today's ETL, which enjoys a high reputation in the United States and the world. Since its founding more than a century ago, ETL has evolved into a diverse laboratory, It is also listed as a National Recognized Testing Laboratory by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Laboratory-NRTL). Meanwhile, The Standards Council of Canada-SCC also recognizes ETL as an Accredited Certification Body and an Accredited Testing organization Organization), recognized as Canada's independent product safety certification organization. SEMKO was founded in Sweden in 1925, and was originally a compulsory safety certification unit approved by the Swedish government, which can be said to be the Swedish Inspection Bureau. SEMKO is one of the first safety testing organizations in the world and is listed as a nationally accredited laboratory by the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment-SWEDAC. It is a Notified Body under several EU directives and the test body that issues the largest number of test and certification reports under the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)CB program. SEMKO was acquired by Intertek in 1994.

　　Federal authorities in the United States do not have any mandatory certification requirements for electrical products, and recognize most certification bodies, including ETL, UL, etc. In fact, as long as the NRTL is recognized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), it can provide independent evaluation, testing and certification services for electrical products and gas (oil) products according to current safety standards.

　Like UL and CSA, ETL can test and issue ETL certification marks according to UL standards or U.S. national standards, and can also test and issue composite certification marks according to UL standards or U.S. national standards and CSA standards or Canadian standards. The "us" at the bottom right of the ETL logo means it applies to the United States, the "c" at the bottom left means it applies to Canada, and having both "us" and "c" applies to both countries.

　　Any electrical, mechanical or electromechanical product with the ETL mark indicates that the product has met the minimum requirements of the generally recognized product safety standards in the United States and Canada, it is tested by the Intertek National Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL), in line with the relevant national standards; It also means that the production plant agrees to receive strict regular inspections to ensure the consistency of product quality and can be sold to the U.S. and Canadian markets. For distributors, retailers and consumers, it means that they buy products that have been tested and certified by third parties.

ETLus mark (only us, no c) : Safety mark for products entering the us market cETL mark (only c, no us) : Safety mark for products entering the Canadian market cETLus mark: Safety mark for products entering the US market and the Canadian market Factory inspection ETL certification in the US needs to be checked 4 times, and Canada 2 times a year; With both, four times a year.

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