As a part of our consultancy service, we also provide high integrity expertise for a range of inspection services. Our inspection and testing service is valued for its independence and objectivity, with value added reporting that applies all of the appropriate conformity assessment directives and legislative requirements.
Our aim is to ensure that your product complies with both legal and technically specified requirements with the objective of underpinning any market surveillance scrutiny. We are regularly commissioned to project manage and deliver against the following range of inspection services:

Product Inspection
From product compliance against CE marking, through to customer supplied specifications, our expertise will undertake "route n branch" inspection, testing, measurement and fit for purpose evaluations - providing a confidential report with recommendations for improvement and correction where necessary.

System Auditing
Ensuring consistent product reliability, our auditing expertise will interrogate management systems, production processes, materials traceability, supply-chain integrity, capacity planning against your interests and / or a range of EN or ISO requirements.

Ethical & Integrity Evaluation
Negative socio-economic issues associated with a manufactured product, particularly from an emerging economy can be devastating to a retailer's ethical trade policy. The scope of our inspection services may be designed to include preventive investigation reports highlighting any potential supply-chain risks.

Technical Competency Review
Recognising the critical importance of the human element within product inspection and testing, our experts will review the technical competency of personnel to ensure continued professional and technical development is maintained in compliance with technical requirements.

Test & Measurement Methodology
International manufacturing best practice must be supported by mirrored methodologies for legal metrology and testing. Our expertise will focus on national and international calibration techniques and methods applied, for ensuring equipment is correctly used, stored and controlled - reporting on any necessary performance improvements.

Laboratory & Certification
Working closely with accredited test and calibration laboratories*, our expertise may recommend the use of an appropriate testing laboratory in support of product inspection** reporting. In addition, when undertaking a product inspection, we review a products documentation against the accredited certificates and reports provided - reporting on suspect and non-accredited facilities.

European Commission
On behalf of the European Commission, we are regularly selected to provide technical assistance in drafting and enforcement of the framework legislation on:

	Technical Requirements for Products and Conformity Assessment
	Market Surveillance and Product Sampling
	General Product Safety Evaluation and Reporting
	Food Safety Inspection Scheme - Evaluation of Certification
	Mutual Recognition Agreements - Compliance Reviews
	Registration, Evaluation & Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH***)

* ISO 17025 Accredited Laboratory Services
** ISO 17020 Accredited Inspection Services
*** REACH (Registration, Evaluation & Authorisation of Chemicals)