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Overview

IMQ S.p.A.

About us

About IMQ
IMQ is the most important Italian certification body, a European leader in conformity assessment and laboratory testing of electric, electronic, gas, and renewable energy products. It provides companies with the necessary tools to enhance product safety and compliance with applicable regulations. 

Accreditations
IMQ is a certification body accredited by Accredia. All laboratories are accredited according to the ISO/IEC 17025 standard.

Main Activities

  • Certification:
    • products & services (ISO/IEC 17065) according to EU directives
    • management systems (ISO/IEC 17021)
  • Testing & calibration measurements (ISO/IEC 17025)
  • Environmental assessments (ISO 14065)
  • Inspections (ISO/IEC 17020)
  • Surveillance of manufacturing abroad, as well as assistance with technical formalities and training
  • Cyber security assessment

International agreements
As a signatory to numerous European and international mutual recognition agreements on tests and certification and thanks to agreements with leading foreign certification organizations, IMQ can assist companies in obtaining marks required in leading industrialized countries and for selecting the most appropriate certification. Some references:

  • IMQ is a certification body and testing laboratory recognized by IECEE for the issue of CB Certification Scheme certificates.
  • IMQ is among the main European certification bodies in issuing ENEC, the European third-party mark attesting the compliance of luminaires and household appliances to harmonized standards and relevant directives.
  • IMQ is authorized by GSO to issue the G-Mark compulsory to market low voltage equipment in the Gulf countries.


FIGURES
18.000 Certified companies
115.000 Certified products
800 employees
21.000 square metres  (laboratories)
200.000 square meters (outdoor laboratories)
10 meters The measuring distance of the new IMQ semi-anechoic chamber

Our business activities 

IMQ LIGHTING AND BUILDING INDUSTRY SERVICES :

  • Product Certifications
    • Safety & Performance marks: IMQ, ENEC 03, ENEC 03 Plus, GS, …
    • Global market: CB scheme, CCC Mark, GS Mark, UAE Civil Defense 
  • EU directives conformity
    • Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC) 2014/30/EU
    • Low Voltage Directive (LVD) 2014/35/EU
    • Radio Equipment Directive (RED) 2014/53/EU
    • CPR 305/2011/EU
    • ATEX 2014/34/EU
    • Ecodesign 2019/2020/EU
    • Energy labelling 2019/2015
  • Testing: IMQ’s laboratories perform tests on luminaires, lamps, LED modules, installation material, and associated components:
    • Electrical safety
    • Performance and energy efficiency
    • Photobiological safety
    • Photometric and colorimetric characterization of lighting equipment
    • Ageing
    • Mechanical (vibration, impact, low atmospheric pressure, sealing tests, UV resistance)
    • Climatic
    • IP rating of casings
    • Impact: IK code
    • Electromagnetic compatibility measurements (IMQ has one of the largest semi-anechoic chambers in the EU with measuring distances up to 10 meters) https://www.imq.it/en/news/emc_chamber_10mt 
    • Energy classification
    • Surge Test (up to 12 kV)
    • Short circuit tests
    • Halt-Hass test
    • Halogen-free and antibacterial
  • Quality Management System Certifications 
  • Cyber Security Assessments

  
MAIN IMQ INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • Info about standards and certification procedures of other nations
  • Preliminary orientation tests according to international standards
  • Issue of main European and international marks
  • Technical assistance
  • Supply and supplier assessment
  • Tests for CE marking (European directives​)

Keywords

  • CERTIFICATION
  • TESTING
  • INSPECTION
  • EMC
  • CYBER SECURITY

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