IMQ - Istituto Italiano del Marchio di Qualità

Product certification

• National marks: IMQ; IMQ-CSV; IMQ-UNI; CSICERT/UNI; CSI/FISI
• European marks: EMC

Conformity to EC directives

• Medical devices
• Personal protective equipment (89/686)

Company management system certification

• Quality management systems (ISO 9001:2000)
• Medical devices quality management systems (ISO 13485)
• Environmental management systems (ISO 14001)
• Occupational health and safety management systems (OHSAS 18001)
• Social accountability (SA 8000)
• IT security management systems (ISO/IEC 27001)
• Business continuity management systems (BS 25999-2)

Second-party audits

Laboratory tests

• Tests for ECE R22 approval

Research and test laboratories

• Electrical, thermal and mechanical safety
• EMC measurements
• Chemical/physical tests
• Climatic tests
• IP rating tests for enclosures
• Mechanical tests: vibration, impact absorption, low atmospheric pressure, watertightness
• Optical tests

Technical assistance with standards

Training

Import/export assistance

• International marks and approvals
• CMDCAS (Canadian Medical Devices Conformity Assessment System) approval for the Canadian market
• Pre-shipment