From June 4 to 5, 2012, TUV NORD assigned three auditors to conduct a two-day laboratory assessment of the National Center for Quality Supervision and Inspection of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Products / National Center for Quality Supervision and Inspection of Safety Glass and Quartz Glass, core members under China Building Materials Test and Certification Group Co., Ltd. (CTC).

After two days of rigorous assessment, the assessment experts unanimously considered that the management system established by the laboratory operates in a standardized and effective manner, meets the requirements of ISO 17025 and relevant IEC photovoltaic testing standards, and gave a high evaluation. At the same time, the assessment experts also put forward some valuable suggestions on the management system and test operations, which will help the laboratory to continuously improve and enhance its management level and testing capabilities. Through this assessment, the CTC PV Laboratory will become a TUV NORD certification testing laboratory for PV modules. PV enterprises that need to export PV modules to Europe and obtain TUV certification certificates can send their products to our PV Laboratory, and the test results will be directly recognized and accepted by TUV NORD as the basis for issuing TUV certification certificates.

This assessment is another stage of progress in the construction of the CTC PV Laboratory, following the National Center for Quality Supervision and Inspection of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Products passing the China Metrology Accreditation (CMA) assessment on March 30, 2012, and the National Center for Quality Supervision and Inspection of Safety Glass and Quartz Glass passing the “three-in-one” (CMA, CAL, CNAS) scope expansion assessment for PV products on May 25, 2012. The National Center for Quality Supervision and Inspection of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Products / National Center for Quality Supervision and Inspection of Safety Glass and Quartz Glass not only possesses the qualification to conduct testing of PV modules, PV arrays, and grid-connected PV systems in accordance with international standards such as IEC 61215, IEC 61646, IEC 61730-1, IEC 61730-2, UL 1703, and IEC 62446, but is also continuously cooperating with foreign certification bodies to gradually improve the testing level and scope of PV products. At the same time, it actively applies to undertake relevant national scientific research projects and topics, and is committed to providing more comprehensive and higher-quality services to domestic PV enterprises.