Norges Elektriske Materiellkontroll (NEMKO) is a Norwegian private organization that supervises safety testing for electrical equipment manufacturing. The Nemko Group offers testing, inspection and

certification Certification is part of testing, inspection and certification and the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, service or system in question meets specific requirements. It is the formal attestatio ...

services concerning products, machinery, installations and systems worldwide.

History

The original NEMKO was established in 1933 as an institution for mandatory safety testing and national approval of electrical equipment marketed and sold in

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for connection to the

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network. Later, testing of radio interference requirements became another part of the approval regime. In 1990, as Norway entered into the

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agreement, European Community Directives for product safety were adopted, and the traditional mandatory approval scheme was abandoned. As this stage, NEMKO was transformed into an independent, self-owned foundation, having a council of representatives from different interest groups (

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and

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organizations,

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associations, utility companies etc.) as the highest level of supervision. At the same time, the foundation established and became the sole owner of Nemko AS, which constitutes the central operating company and is responsible for what is today denoted the Nemko Group. Since 1992, both the scope of

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s and the global presence of Nemko have been greatly expanded to testing, inspection, and certification services concerning products and systems on a worldwide basis. Its global network of experts and partners in

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, the

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, and

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helps customers comply with an increasingly complex set of requirements in more than 150 countries.

References

External links

A brief history of Nemko
* https://www.nemko.com/about * https://www.nemko.com/about/history-videos?hsCtaTracking=94e38e27-b0eb-4f1e-9271-11ca8e0bdb54%7C6b0f6eec-14cf-40a8-ae67-5a484a93dcc6 Business organisations based in Norway Certification marks Electrical safety standards organizations Product-testing organizations Product certification {{Norway-org-stub

History

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