Cybersecurity conformance accreditation.

Full accreditation to certify products to ISA/IEC 62443 cybersecurity conformance.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) has announced that UL Solutions has received full accreditation from the International Accreditation Service (IAS) and ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to serve as an ISO/IEC 17065 accredited certification body for ISASecure®.

The ISASecure certification program certifies conformance to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of internationally adopted industrial security standards. UL Solutions is now accepting product submittals for ISASecure certification. UL Solutions contact details can be found here on the ISASecure website. 

ISASecure assesses automation and control products and systems to ensure they are robust against network attacks, free from known vulnerabilities and meet the security capabilities defined in the ISA/IEC 62443 standards. All ISASecure certifications are conducted by globally recognized ISO/IEC 17065 accredited certification bodies.

UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support their customers’ product innovation and business growth.

“UL Solutions is honored to achieve ISASecure accreditation, a significant accomplishment that reflects our unwavering commitment to helping our customers achieve a strong cybersecurity posture and underscores our proactive approach to addressing the escalating risks within the cybersecurity landscape,” said Nicholas Alexiades in the UL Solutions Cybersecurity Center of Excellence group. “By obtaining ISASecure certification, a crucial prerequisite for key cybersecurity regulations, we are empowering our customers with the essential foundation to confidently navigate evolving threats and regulatory requirements.”

The ISASecure program — which currently has ISO/IEC 17065 accredited certification bodies in the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Italy, Germany and India — is rapidly expanding its global reach through additional agreements with certification bodies around the world.*

"We are pleased to have UL Solutions join the ISASecure program as an accredited ISASecure Certification Body. UL Solutions has a long and recognized history in the United States with global offices," said Dr. Mark P. DeAngelo, Program Manager of ISASecure.

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* In the third quarter of 2025, ISASecure will release the ACSSA assessment scheme which evaluates asset owner's control systems to the ISA/IEC 62443-2-1, 2-4, 3-2 and 3-3 asset owner OT cybersecurity standards.

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Quality accrediditation for photonics leader.

Gooch & Housego Orlando (FL USA) has received ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation from international registration body NVLAP (National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program).

Specifically, they are accredited for Spectral Irradiance and Total Spectral and Luminous Flux calibrations. This confirms the company's quality management system meets the requirements of the international standard.  (ISO/IEC 17025 covers general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.)

Prior to this accomplishment, the Orlando facility's QMS was certified to ISO 9001:2008 in 2012 through LRQA and maintains that certification in addition to the newly acquired 17025 accreditation. The facility has earned a worldwide reputation for high quality instrumentation and unique solutions to the most difficult and complex light measurement challenges.

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Acreditation recognises high-quality lifelong automation training expertise.

The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded accreditation status to Endress+Hauser.

One of E+H’s Process Training Units.

IACET Accredited Providers are the only organizations approved to offer IACET Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The accreditation period extends for five years, and includes all programs offered or created during that time. These CEUs are recognised, accepted and, even required by many state agencies and credentialing organisations.

“Endress+Hauser is proud of our education programs which train instrument technicians and engineers from the process automation industry in important installation, programming and troubleshooting skills so that our customers stay on the cutting edge,” stated Jerry Spindler, Customer and Field Service Training Manager, Endress+Hauser. Spindler added, “Our partnership with IACET is a demonstration of our commitment to lifelong learning and high standards for all of our programs, and we are very pleased to remain with such a prestigious organization and the elite group of organizations that offer excellent continuing education and training programs.”

“We are pleased to continue our relationship with Endress+Hauser as an Accredited Provider,” stated Lori Schnaider, president of IACET. Schnaider added, “Endress+Hauser joins nearly 600 organisations around the globe that have had their programs audited by third-party continuing education experts to ensure the highest possible standards are met.”

Upcoming classes in 2017 which offer CEUs at Endress+Hauser include I-101 Basic instrumentation in January, March, June, and September in Greenwood (IN USA).

Endress+Hauser completed a rigorous application process, including a review by an IACET site visitor, to achieve its Accredited Provider accreditation. The organization successfully demonstrated adherence to the ANSI/IACET 1-2013 Standard addressing the design, development, administration, and evaluation of its programs. Endress+Hauser has pledged its continued compliance with the Standard, and is now authorized to use the IACET name and Accredited Provider logo on promotional course material. In addition, Endress+Hauser is now linked to the IACET web site and is recognized as offering the highest quality continuing education and training programs.

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Accreditation for calibration laboratory.

LotusWorks Management has recently extended the scope of the ISO 17025 accreditation in the laboratory and onsite at our customer facilities in order to further improve service to customers.
The scope extension included increasing Temperature Calibration from -100˚C to 660˚C, Scales Calibration up to 320Kg and adding Temperature mapping of controlled environments from -90 to 140˚C.

Members of the LotusWorks Calibrations & EHSQ Department along with the SGS Surveillance Auditors.

LotusWorks achieved this by investing in extra test equipment and spending more time bringing procedures, training and capabilities up to the IS0 17025 standard. The Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) reviewed the scope extension during the recent surveillance audit and the team was delighted when it approved all of the exertions and additions to the 17025 scope.

The extensions came as a result of a management review by LotusWorks, which was carried out in early 2015. They deliver a more comprehensive accredited service to customers and are proof of LotusWorks’ culture to continuously seek ways to improve services offered to customers.
Well done to all laboratory staff who played a significant part in getting the scope extended.

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Accredited Calibrations for CO2.

The Austrian sensor specialist E+E Elektronik offers now accredited calibrations also for CO2-fraction in gas. The E+E calibration laboratory is accredited by Akkreditierung Austria according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 and is the only facility in Austria which can carry out CO2 calibrations at this high level.

The E+E calibration laboratory offers accredited CO2 calibrations for gas concentrations in the range 5 … 300,000 ppm (μmol/mol), as well as for the equivalent volume fraction in μL/L. Due to the wide calibration range it is possible to calibrate all common CO2 measuring devices such as sensors, handhelds, data loggers and spectrometers.

The calibration is performed as comparative measurement with a constant CO2 reference concentration. The CO2 reference concentration is generated by a special gas mixing pump according to DIN 51898-1_2015-05 and is freely selectable. The piston pump works with four high-precision pistons. The gas volume flow is precisely defined by the diameter of the cylinder, the stroke and the frequency, and can therefore be traced back to length, which is a fundamental physical quantity of the International System of Units (SI).

According to the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) agreements, only calibration laboratories accredited according to EN ISO/IEC 17025 can ensure the traceability of measurement results to SI and full international comparability. The accredited calibration certificate states the measurement uncertainty associated to the specific calibration process.

Accredited CO2 calibration certificates are generally required for measuring devices used for safety or for the control of key manufacturing processes. Accredited CO2 calibrations are of interest for instance in the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) regulated industries such as food and pharmaceutical. Reliable CO2 monitoring and control is paramount for biological incubators. In building automation, the accuracy of CO2 measuring devices impacts directly on the efficiency of demand controlled ventilation systems.

In addition to CO2, the calibration laboratory of E+E Elektronik GmbH is accredited for humidity, dew point, temperature, pressure, air velocity and mass flow by Akkreditierung Austria / Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy according to DIN EN ISO/IEC 17025 with identification number 0608.

• E+E products are marketed in Ireland by Instrument Technology.

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Cybersecurity accreditation in Germany.

Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS), the accreditation body for certification bodies in Germany, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the ISA Security Compliance Insititue (ISCI) to provide accreditation for Germany-based ISCI ISASecure certification bodies.

All conformity assessment bodies (CB) for the ISCI ISASecure® industrial automation and control systems (IACS) conformity assessment (CA) scheme must meet ISO/IEC 17065 and ISO/IEC 17025 requirements in addition to the ISASecure requirements for technical readiness.

The ISASecure CBs are independently assessed by ISO/IEC 17011 (EN 45011) accreditation bodies (AB) for initial accreditation and are audited annually by the AB to ensure that the CB maintains qualifications for participation in the ISASecure CA scheme.

“Establishing the ISASecure IACS certification as an ISO/IEC 17065 conformance scheme ensures that the accredited CBs providing ISASecure certifications are qualified for assessing complex industrial control systems, are credible, and have no conflicts of interest,” stated Andre Ristaino, ISCI managing director. “In addition, through the EA, ILAC, and IAF multilateral recognition arrangements among the accredited CBs, the ISASecure certificates of conformance are formally recognized by signatory labs in jurisdictions around the globe.”

The ISASecure CA scheme is a standards-based certification that assesses the cybersecurity of IACS products and systems to the IEC 62443 international standards governing control systems cybersecurity.

Unique accreditation for European lab.

Yokogawa’s European Calibration Laboratory has become the world’s first non-governmental facility to receive full ISO17025 Accreditation for power measurements at up to 100 kHz. This is in addition to its established capability for providing high-accuracy calibration at 50 Hz, especially at very low power factors (down to 0.0001) and at high currents.

There is a growing demand to remove uncertainty in power measurements, particularly with the growing focus on renewable energy markets and the need to optimise energy efficiency while complying with international standards on power quality, especially at low power factors. In addition, the inverters used in renewable energy systems are switching at higher speeds: a scenario that introduces harmonics at higher frequencies.

There is also a demand for high-frequency power measurements on devices such as switch-mode power supplies, electronic lighting ballasts, soft starters in motor controls and frequency converters in traction applications. As a result, power calibration at 50 Hz is no longer sufficient, and accredited power calibration at up to 100 kHz is necessary to address these markets.

“The recognition offered by ISO17025 accreditation is objective proof that the knowledge of our personnel and the quality of our instruments are at a world-class level”, says Terry Marrinan, Yokogawa’s Vice President, Test & Measurement, for Europe & Africa: “For customers working with tight tolerances, ISO 17025 accredited calibration of the measurement is vital to major critical measuring projects and provides the high level of quality assurance that our customers need.”

Obtaining this accreditation for the laboratory, based at the company’s European Headquarters in Amersfoort (NL), is a key part of Yokogawa’s strategy to maintain and grow its market-leading position in the European digital power analyser market.

Engineers need to be sure the measurements they make are correct to meet the exacting requirements of modern design. Their power meters need to be calibrated at the frequencies present in their specific application and not just at 50 Hz. However good the calibration result at 50 Hz, it does not say anything about high-frequency performance.

Frequency is just one factor being addressed by Yokogawa in the calibration of power meters. Whereas in the past it was sufficient merely to list voltage and current measurements in a power meter’s data sheet, today’s power environment needs to address variables such as phase shift, power factor and the effects of distorted waveforms: all factors that are included in Yokogawa’s instrument specifications.

In fact, without high-quality in-house calibration facilities, most other power instrument manufacturers cannot provide the sort of evidence that is available to Yokogawa to show that their instruments perform within their specifications. Yokogawa’s recently introduced WT3000E, for example, can be confirmed as the most accurate power analyser in the world because of its accreditation certificate.

The Calibration Laboratory’s accreditation will provide Yokogawa with an essential development tool for the future, ensuring that new products will have undergone the most rigorous compliance testing and certification before release. Yokogawa’s customers can also be totally confident that they also have easy access to accredited traceable power calibration for all their needs, avoiding time-consuming submission to national standards laboratories.

“The fact that the European Standards laboratory can offer up to 100 kHz of accredited traceable power calibration puts us in a unique position in the market, and ISO 17025 accreditation is the recognised international standard which enables us to justify these claims”, confirms Terry Marrinan: “The ability to both offer accredited calibration and to be able to explain its relevance - particularly at higher frequencies - demonstrates that Yokogawa are the experts in power measurement and that Yokogawa power meters are truly the most accurate in the world.”

In addition to wideband and high accurate power-meter calibration systems, the state-of-the-art calibration laboratory also includes systems for calibrating oscilloscopes, recorders and optical products, and is therefore capable of calibrating a wide range of instruments in the test & measurement industry.

US calibration facility receives accreditation!

Yokogawa Corporation of America has announced that its Newnan (GA USA) facility’s Calibration Laboratory has been awarded ISO/IEC 17025:2005 accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The A2LA Certificate No. 3474.01 was issued on November 26, 2013. The Yokogawa Calibration Laboratory also meets the requirements of ANSI/NCSL Z540.3-2006 and holds ISO 9001:2008 certification.

Compliance with the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard provides an internationally recognized basis for laboratory accreditation. The standard is used to govern a laboratory's quality management system (auditing and corrective action procedures) and requires adherence to rigorous technical requirements.

Specifically, the ISO/IEC 17025:2005 standard dictates that a laboratory maintain testing facilities and equipment to a specified standard, adhere to documented protocol, train employees to proper competence levels, validate proper methodology, follow industry standard mathematical methods for calculating uncertainty, confirm that test equipment meets necessary criteria and that all equipment used for accredited calibrations is also, in fact, ISO 17025 calibrated. This equipment must also be calibrated to and traceable to independently maintained national or international standards. An ISO 17025 calibration will always provide both ‘as found’ and ‘as left’ performance test data in an approved report format.

Today, the ISO 17025 is the single-most important standard for test and measurement products. It is the global standard for the technical competence of calibration and test laboratories.

Across today’s industries, manufacturers who use test equipment are seeking ISO 17025 calibrations for the added assurance that both the products they purchase as well as those that they produce will meet specifications.

"When a customer sends in a unit to calibrate, they can be sure that the calibration has been performed by proven processes, and their unit has been managed by streamlined and repeatable methods," said Aytac Yaraneri, Yokogawa's Laboratory Process Manager.
     
Yokogawa’s calibration facility is used to calibrate a wide range of test equipment, including the WT3000 & PZ4000 power meter line, the DL850 ScopeCorder, and other digital oscilloscopes, each of which is used within numerous industries by a wide customer base within North America.

PITC Brazil Accreditation!

A visit was undertaken to Brazil by Hassan Kaghazchi, chairman of PROFIBUS Ireland to audit PITC Sao Carlos, as PITC PROFINET . The audit was successful and PITC Brazil will now become an official training centre for PROFINET. The centre is well equipped to run Certified PROFINET Engineers training courses, and has good classrooms and certified instructors at University of Sao Paulo campus at Sao Carlos.

Hassan Kaghazchi (Chair PI- Ireland), & 

Marco Padovan (President PI- Brazil), 

sign the PITC Accreditation document.

Additionally a presentation was made during the visit to RPA Brazil board. The tile of the presentation was “Onwards & Upwards”, in which the Irish experience was shared with Brazilian counterparts, as well as updates on global automation market, research and development.

PICC Ireland has a long standing record of co-operation with PICC Brazil through long term placement of Brazilian researchers at the Irish PICC.

ISO 17025 calibration extensions!

LotusWorks, headquartered in Sligo and with operations throughout Ireland and internationally, have recently added Pipette and Balance calibration to their existing ISO 17025: 2005 scope of accreditation. They were awarded the extension to their accreditation by the Irish National Accreditation Board (INAB) on the 25th February 2014.

Pictured above are some of the team from LotusWorks receiving the award from INAB.  From left: Tom McGuinn Calibrations Supervisor LotusWorks, Tom Cafferkey Director LotusWorks, James Stapleton Accreditation Officer INAB, Noel Molloy Calibrations Manager LotusWorks & Nicola Kennedy Quality Manager LotusWorks

ISO 17025:2005 is the international standard that formally recognises the demonstration of the technical competence of laboratories to carry out calibrations. LotusWorks, previously trading as Lotus Technical Services, first achieved ISO 17025: 2005 accreditation in December 2010 for Electrical and Temperature calibration. The company’s full scope of accreditation can be found on the INAB website under registration number 277C. The addition to the existing scope for Pipette calibration covers 1ul to 10,000ul and for Balance calibration ranges from 1mg to 20,000g. LotusWorks can perform the full scope of accreditation in their laboratory in Sligo or onsite at their customer’s facility.

ISO 17025: 2005 accreditation is recognised as the industry’s top standard, and it assures the quality of LotusWorks laboratory calibration services, processes, technicians, and data accuracy. The company’s calibration capability extends from onsite calibration, to a mobile calibration service and laboratory calibrations performed at the company’s calibration laboratory at their headquarters in Sligo.

Speaking about the accreditation extension, Calibrations Manager of LotusWorks Noel Molloy commented “We are delighted to add Pipette and Balance to our existing Temperature and Electrical offering, accreditation to this standard is a formal recognition that our laboratory is competent to carry out calibrations detailed in the ISO 17025 scope. This extension to our accreditation demonstrates our continued commitment to improving our service delivery.”

More about Lotus LotusWorks is a leading process and laboratory calibration service provider who has recently celebrated 25 years in business. As a leader in the market since 1989, LotusWorks is consistently broadening their calibration capabilities to keep up with the changing practices of the key markets they serve including pharmaceutical, medical device, semi-conductor, ICT and food and beverage. LotusWorks continuously look for innovative ways to improve their service offering and add value for their customers. In 2012 the company developed a web based calibration application which provides companies with online access to calibration information regarding their own equipment. This application adds value for customers and allows them to track their calibration statistics instantly online. This instant access to data helps customers with items such as records management. In 2013, the company was shortlisted as finalists in the Irish Laboratory Awards for the categories of “Calibration Laboratory of the Year” and “Start-up Laboratory of the Year” demonstrating their continued recognition as a leading calibration service provider. LotusWorks now employs over 400 people on both sides of the Atlantic and continues to grow. In 2013 LotusWorks increased its Irish engineering and technical workforce by 35 and in February this year was awarded the much sought after CPD (Continuing Professional Development) standard by Engineers Ireland.

Accredited calibration

• The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) has accredited NI Calibration Services Austin to one of the highest international calibration standards in the industry, ISO/IEC 17025:2005.
• NI now offers 17025 calibration services for OEMs and other organizations seeking to maintain compliance with the strictest governmental, medical, transportation and electronics regulations.
• The new calibration service offering is ideal for companies standardizing their automated test and measurement systems on PXI modular instrumentation, which provides some of the most advanced technology for addressing the latest engineering challenges.

The Calibration Services Austin headquarters of National Instruments has been accredited by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to provide calibration for ISO/IEC 17025:2005, one of the most rigorous international calibration standards in the industry. The accreditation recognizes NI’s commitment to excellence in quality and customer service and extends the company’s investment in PXI-based test and measurement offerings. The company’s new ISO 17025 accredited calibration service is ideal for the ever-growing field of engineers standardizing their automated test systems on the PXI modular instrumentation platform, which offers some of the most advanced technology possible to address demanding engineering challenges.

For companies subject to government regulation – including OEMs that develop medical devices, transportation products and electronics – as well as multinational corporations looking for a single quality benchmark, ISO 17025 provides the most highly recognized global standard for calibration. The ISO 17025 accredited calibration service, which also complies with the ANSI/NCSL Z540-1-1994 standard, helps any organization that needs its PXI instrumentation certified for compliance with rigorous quality standards.

Certification for IEC 61850 driver

COPA-DATA has received another accreditation for its zenon hmi/SCADA software: the zenon Client Driver, developed in-house to meet the IEC 61850 energy technology standard, has been certified by KEMA.

Tested Interoperability
In order for an automation system such as zenon to be able to communicate with different protocols and standards when being used in substation systems, users need a corresponding driver. For this reason, the COPA-DATA development team developed the zenon IEC 61850 Client Driver in 2006 to enable the exchange of data using the international standard IEC 61850. After comprehensive tests, the zenon Client Driver has now been certified by the international testing and certification company KEMA. This certification confirms smooth communication with this standard and seamless interoperability with all available servers within a zenon substation project.

Certification ensures competitive advantage
Jürgen Resch, Energy Industry Manager at COPA-DATA, stresses the importance of this certification: “The zenon IEC 61850 Client Driver has already been successfully integrated into energy projects. However, the certification of the driver is now often required in tenders in the field of substation automation. Only a few companies in the world are currently able to offer this certification. This makes it all the better for us; the fact that we can also meet this criterion now. Confirmation from an independent testing body such as KEMA guarantees us significant competitive advantage and underscores our role as a pioneer in substation automation.”