Canadian Standards Association CSA (Canadian Standards Association)referred to as it was founded in 1919, is Canada's first designed for the non-profit organization to develop industrial standards. Electronic, electrical appliances and other products sales in the North American market are needed to achieve the security certification. At present CSA is Canada's largest security authentication mechanism, security authentication mechanism is one of the mostfamous in the world. It on the machinery, building materials, electrical appliances,computer equipment, office equipment, fire safety, environmental protection,medical and sports and entertainment aspects of all types of products to providethe security authentication. CSA already provides certification services forthousands of manufacturers all over the world, every year billions of a sign CSA products in the North American market sales.
Introduction of CSA certification
Before 1992, sales of CSA certified products only in the Canadian market, andproducts to enter the market American, must obtain the relevant certificationAmerican. Now CSA International has been recognized USA federal governmentas a national recognized testing laboratory. This means can according to yourproduct testing and certification of Canada and American standards, while ensuring your certification recognized federal, state, provincial and localgovernment. A valid CSA product safety certification, to enter into the world's most tenacious and broad market will be an easy job to North America. CSA can help your product quickly and effectively into the American and Canadianmarket. CSA International will by eliminating repetitive procedures to apply for certification process to help companies save time and money. For vendors, we need to do is to make a request, provide samples and pay a fee, safety signsand the obtained can be federal, state, province and from New York toLosangeles at a local level of recognition. CSA International will work together with the manufacturer to provide a high quality, safe and reliable certification program. In North America and around the world, CSA people with integrity andskill to win people's trust.
CSA International has four laboratories in canada. From 1992 to 1994, they allhave access to "USA government department of labor occupation safety and health administration" (OSHA) formally recognized. According to the rules of OSHA, obtained the approval, can be used as a national recognized testing laboratory, a series of products in accordance with more than 360 USA ANSI/UL standards for testing and certification. The CSA International testing and certification of products, is determined to fully meet the standard requirements,can be sold America and Canada market.
To obtain certification in North America will save both time and money, only need to complete an application, provide a set of samples, pay a fee. With CSA, a step can help you enter the bilateral market. CSA this convenient testing and certification services, excluding repeat testing and assessment is required to obtain two different authentication. This will undoubtedly reduce themanufacturer tracking test and re test the cost in product certification, but also save valuable time, and save the certification body manufacturers with different kinds of dealing with trouble, so as to achieve a multiplier effect.
CSA Marking is a Canadian Standards Association to the Canadian Standards Association for login, through the security of the units approved products andauthorized, begin to products of additional CSA Marking logo.
CSA is a nonprofit membership sponsoring agencies, including the standard setting areas: health care technology, oil and gas pipeline system, occupational safety, electrical products and solar energy. CSA in Canada except thecompany, another the Atlantic area division, Kui grams area, the central plain area and western area, the Pacific, also affiliated institutions and representativein the world.
CSA standards are voluntary. The city and the provincial and federal governments often in the management of the use or reference CSA standards toreplace them to develop their own standards. In this case, the CSA standard has become the government specification reference. The government or otherorganizations and associations may be required to comply with certain standardsor to indicate a particular product must be validated to demonstrate compliance with certain standards. This is based on whether each organization wants to require operation using the CSA standard and verification within their jurisdiction.
CSA Marking is currently one of the world's most famous product safetyaccreditation logo, even non enforcement, manufacturer of a lot of areas are to achieve this sign as the recommended the product safety an important basis for the customers, many buyers even buy specified requirements products haveadditional CSA mark. Recently, manufacturers are Canadian importers or buyersneed to obtain the CSA designated landmarks of the increasing.
CSA certification purposes
CSA is the abbreviation of the Canadian Standards Association, it is Canada's largest certification agencies, as an independent, non-governmental, non-profitorganization is mainly for the public and the government, the business community to engage in product certification, inspection and related standards development and information service. It is not only in accordance with the relevant departments of the government of Canada for authorization to engage in project safety certification, but also bear the detection performance of quality.
CSA certification process
1, preliminary the completed application form, together with the relevant products(including all electrical components and plastic materials) over together with thespecifications and technical data to the CSA International.
2, the CSA International will determine the cost of certification according to the specific circumstances of product, and then notify the applicant company by fax.
3, the applicant company is confirmed, will send the formal application form andnotice, the notice include the following requirements:
(1) the formal application form