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Northwest EMC Announces Expansion Of Accreditation Services To Worldwide Market

August 10 2010

Hillsboro, OR, August 9th ,2010 – Northwest EMC, Inc., a premier EMC/EMI testing, support, and certification services company, announces expanded accreditation services for worldwide certification through their testing capabilities, including all data, communication, and documentation support.

Since 1992, Northwest EMC, with their state-of-the-art testing facilities, personnel, and accreditations, has quickly become reputed as dependable, consistent, and highly accurate in the services they provide. These services go beyond your basic focus on testing by providing personal consultation, handling all technical support, and providing all necessary data throughout their clients approval process. Northwest EMC now has extended access by providing manufacturers, designers, and importers a single source to handle all the differing regulatory needs throughout the world.

In the global EMC/EMI testing arena, clients will see the biggest return on their investment when working with the newly expanded services of Northwest EMC. As a company that takes ownership of the entire process, they can now leverage all existing test data and parlay it into any country their client decides they want their product, handle all communication, technical questions, and all the paper work for their testing partners. Knowing that an experienced, globally certified company can manage the entire approvals process saves valuable time, energy, and stress. Northwest EMC can also handle multiple country approvals at once to expedite the way to the end result.

About Northwest EMC
Northwest EMC, Inc. offers customers comprehensive, state-of-the-art testing services. We serve our customers from initial contact through completion of the approval process and on to market. We stand fully behind every customer, every test, every time. A one stop shopping source for meeting all regulatory requirements, Northwest EMC goes further and offers a broad spectrum of expanded services as well: personal consultation, initial assessment, design support, professional technical support, full documentation services, and education services. We can help you with Product-Specific EMC standards, military EMC, FDA Reviewers Guide, and we can conduct site surveys.

European Union Official Journal – EN 55022:1998 + cessation postponed until 1 October 2011

August 24 2009

EU Official Journal 21-08-2009

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility and repealing Directive 89/336/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under this directive) (2009/C 197/03)

The date of cessation of presumption of conformity for ‘EN 55022:1998 Information technology equipment — Radio disturbance characteristics — Limits and methods of measurement (CISPR 22:1997 (Modified))’ and its amendments ‘A1:2000 to EN 55022:1998 (CISPR 22:1997/A1:2000)’ and ‘A2:2003 to EN 55022:1998 (CISPR 22:1997/A2:2002)’ which was set out in the Commission communication published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 126 of 5 June 2009, is postponed until 1 October 2011.

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 1999/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on radio equipment and telecommunications terminal equipment and the mutual recognition of their conformity (Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under this Directive) (2009/C 197/04)

The date of cessation of presumption of conformity for ‘EN 55022:1998 Information technology equipment — Radio disturbance characteristics — Limits and methods of measurement (CISPR 22:1997 (Modified))’ and its amendments ‘A1:2000 to EN 55022:1998 (CISPR 22:1997/A1:2000)’ and ‘A2:2003 to EN 55022:1998 (CISPR 22:1997/A2:2002)’ which was set out in the Commission communication published in the Official Journal of the European Union C 280 of 4 November 2008, is postponed until 1 October 2011.

Official Journal of the European Union

Official Journal of European Union PDF Page

Harmonics Amendments Update

May 31 2007

Amendment A2:2005 to EN 61000-3-2:2000 will be mandatory on January 1, 2008. This requires measurements in compliance with the latest version of EN 61000-4-7. Unfortunately, the test equipment presently meeting the older versions of the standard will not meet the new requirements.

As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, we have purchased new flicker and harmonics test equipment for all of our test labs. Our brand new Voltech PM6000 units are capable of testing to the new Standards.

In order to remain in compliance, all units previously tested for harmonics that are to remain on the market will need to be re-tested by the end of 2007. Please call us at 888-364-2378 to schedule a test or determine if your units require additional testing.