Accreditations

We, at Global Advantage International are committed to providing the best possible service for your team. In order to maintain such service, we must maintain our accreditations and affiliations with the certification and regulatory bodies. A list of current accreditations are as indicated in the table below:

Regulatory Body	Certificate	Scope of Accreditation
A2LA	Certificate	Global EMC is among the first commercial available labs in Canada to become fully accredited by A2LA for electrical testing to a broad scope of European immunity testing as well as meeting the ISO/IEC Guide 17025 requirements. Global EMC is proud to join companies like Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm and many more in our ISO 17025 A2LA accreditation status.
FCC	Certificate	The GLOBAL EMC TDK 3 Meter Ferrite lined Semi-anechoic Chamber complies with Section 2.948 of the FCC Rules and operates within the requirements of ANSI C63.4 for both site approval and digital device testing.
Industry Canada	Certificate	The TDK 3 Meter Ferrite lined Semi-anechoic Chamber maintains approval and filing with the Certification and Engineering Bureau for Spectrum Management for Industry Canada for digital device testing and certification.
TUV America	Certificate of Partner Testing Laboratory	Global Advantage is an approved Partner Testing Laboratory (PTL) for TUV America. This partnership allows us to test to UL and CSA standards for the North America market and obtain the TUV product safety mark.
CSA	CSA Agency Certificate	Global Advantage provides consulting, product evaluation, testing, certification services, and UL witnessed testing for numerous product safety standards.
UL	Certificate	Global Advantage has been accredited as a CB Testing Laboratory under the responsibility of Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada as National Certification Body.
VDE	Certificate of Test Data Acceptance Program of the VDE Testing and Certification Institute.	Global Advantage International is a partner with VDE, the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies. We are able to perform testing and certification evaluation on behalf of VDE and assist to issue the VDE mark to your end product.
Nemko	Certificate of Acceptance to Participate in the IECEE CB Scheme	We are a CBTL (CB Testing Laboratory) for Nemko for IEC 60601-1 (medical equipment).
VCCI	VCCI Certificate	The Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment or VCCI is the Japanese body governing RF emissions standards. Global Advantage have been registered with VCCI as a recognized laboratory.