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News Release from: Intertek Caleb Brett
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 February 2008
Intertek acquires Epsilon
Intertek, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification services, is to acquire Epsilon, a leading provider of hazardous-area site assessment, product testing and certification services
"Epsilon is a perfect complement to our burgeoning hazardous locations product testing and certification business," said Gregg Tiemann, President, Commercial and Electrical Division, Intertek "Their expertise provides our clients with a full range ATEX and DSEAR services from one provider; bringing cost efficiencies and further speeding their time to market
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 2 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The deep Epsilon regulatory and technical knowledge in this area will be a valuable resource to our clients and staff".
Epsilon Managing Directors Sean Clarke and Stephen D'Henin added, "As many of our customers have a global presence, we can provide a secured infrastructure that enables us to deliver high quality services to them, now and in the future.
Intertek has offices and laboratories in over 100 countries worldwide and becoming part of that network we can more effectively deliver what our clients need, wherever they are in the world".
The integration of Epsilon with Intertek provides manufacturers with a full suite of complementary service lines required for launching products globally.
Manufacturers seeking hazardous-area product assessments and certification now have single-point access to electromagnetic compatibility testing, product safety testing and certification, with the Intertek ETL Listed Mark for North America, and product performance testing.
Epsilon has hazardous-area product testing laboratories in Chester in the UK, and Webster in Texas: Epsilon also was a Winner of the Queens Award for Enterprise in 2007.
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