Suzanne Scales

The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) recently announced accreditations for testing fasteners:

“A Agrati SPA of Milano, Italy, was accredited in physical testing, dimensional testing, metallographic evaluation and chemical analysis.
“Boycote Materials Testing Inc. of Houston, TX, was accredited in physical testing, metallographic evaluation and chemical analysis.
“Chem-Plate Industries Inc. of Elk Grove, IL, was accredited in physical testing and metallographic evaluation.
“Creative Machining Technologies of East Moline, IL, was accredited in physical testing, metallographic evaluation and dimensional testing.
“IMR Metallurgical Services of Louisville, KY, was accredited in physical testing, chemical analysis and metallographic evaluation.
“Kerr Lakeside Inc. of Euclid, ID, was accredited in dimensional testing, metallographic evaluation and physical testing.
“Nucor Fastener Division of St. Joe, IN, was accredited in physical testing, dimensional testing and metallographic evaluation.
“Rockford Products Corp. Metallurg-ical Laboratory of Rockford, IL, was accredited in physical testing and metallographic evaluation.
“Specialty Screw Corp. of Rockford, IL, was accredited in physical testing, metallographic evaluation and dimensional testing.
“SPS TechnologiesWaterford Co. of Waterford, MI, was accredited in physical testing, metallographic evaluation and chemical analysis.
“Suzhou Yeswin Mfg. Co. Ltd. Testing Lab of Suzhou, Jiangsu, CHINA, was accredited in physical testing, dimensional testing and metallographic evaluation.
“Textron Fastening Systems of Holly, MI, was accredited in physical testing, dimensional testing and metallographic evaluation.
“Textron Fastening SystemsWytheville Operations of Wytheville, VA, was accredited in physical testing, dimensional testing and metallographic evaluation.
“Yieh United Steel Corp. of Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, was accredited in physical testing and and chemical analysis.
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