The Inmetro’s General Coordination of Accreditation (Cgcre) granted the ISO 17043:2011 accreditation to ITAK – Instituto de Tecnologia August Kekulé Ltda under the code PEP021, according to the requirements established in ISO / IEC 17043: 2011.
ITAK is accredited to carry out Proficiency Tests for for:
1) Iron Ore
2) Gold Ore
3) Nickel Ore
4) Copper Ore and Concentrates
5) Ferro-Niobium Alloys
6) Silver
The Accreditation Scope and Certificate can be found at http://www.inmetro.gov.br/credenciamento/acre_prod_ep.asp . Read more... Proficiency Testing Schemes (Round Robin) are services aimed at evaluating the performance of calibration and testing laboratories through interlaboratory comparisons. The laboratory participation in a proficiency test is one of the most efficient ways to evaluate its technical competence, as it allows comparison in the same field, establishing a benchmarking. In a broad context, a proficiency test enables the participating laboratory to: Proficiency tests and interlaboratory comparisons are key to credibility enhancement of measurement results and, consequently, they contribute to the improvement of international trade and the prevention of technical barriers. ITAK´s proficiency tests are globally accepted, with the current participation of companies from over 30 countries. ...Click here to close.
ITAK conducts annual proficiency tests (round robin) for several matrices as: