Guangzhou China December 13, 2016

Guangzhou Low-voltage Electricity Transmission and Distribution Equipment Laboratory (Intertek Group) grandly opened yesterday. Mr. Pierrick Balaire, head of global transmission and distribution equipment business of Intertek Group, Mr. Patrick Gibbons, Certification Manager of ASTA UK Certification Center and Ms. Joan Li, General Manager of Southern China Area of Electrical & Wireless Division and guests and customers of this industry attended.

 "The newly opened laboratory will further consolidate our business layout which takes Southern China as the base and covers China and Southeast Asia. In the future, we will provide convenient and professional business based on our deeper level of localization services, helping enterprises expanding markets in Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the Americas, Europe and other areas. At the same time, we will also make full use of global network resources and unswervingly develop and innovate together with enterprises in Southern China," Joan Li said.

Ms. Joan Li, General Manager of Southern China Area of Electronics & Electrical Division, made a speech

At present, China’s low-voltage electrical appliances enterprises are mainly in coastal areas, such as Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai. The overall competitiveness of this industry in the world gradually increased. In recent years, some successes have also been achieved in the development of traditional and emerging international markets. However, due to the cost increase, lack of innovation capacity and serious product homogeneity, low-voltage electrical products business is still facing great challenges. As the technical center of ASTA certification in Asia-Pacific area, Intertek electrical & wireless Guangzhou transmission & distribution equipment team takes providing one-stop service concept and solution for the whole industry chain as its duty all the time and deepens the understanding of local markets to grasp business needs in the process of providing complete solutions.

As the leading comprehensive quality assurance service provider in the world, Intertek has a wide range of competencies and qualifications in the electrical and electronic industry. This newly opened laboratory can provide customers with ASTA certification testing, R & D pre-checking and other services. Its experimental capacity is at the leading level in this industry. Test capabilities include low-voltage switchgear temperature rise test, lightning impulse test and IP protection grade test, etc. At the same time, at the beginning of the design, the laboratory takes full account of customer needs to put the sample plate in separate spaces to meet requirements of customers for technical confidentiality of newly developed products.