In 2008, to meet the export needs of domestic customers' building materials products and help enterprises save costs and reduce risks, the Center continued to deepen its European CE certification cooperation project and improve its inspection and certification service capabilities.

In January 2008, the Center sent a delegation to successively visit inspection and certification institutions and their affiliated laboratories in EU countries and other countries. Subsequently, the Center received a number of visits from internationally renowned peers. The Center successively held cooperation discussions with Spain's APPLUS, France's BV, France's CSTV, and other institutions. The Center's laboratory capabilities and personnel quality were recognized by these institutions, and cooperation gradually entered the implementation stage.

Through continuous efforts, the Center can now carry out CE certification testing and agency services for more than 100 categories of building materials products, involving safety glass, sanitary ware, porcelain tiles, wood flooring, etc.

Phased Achievement of the European CE Certification Cooperation Project: 

CTC Officially Becomes a Contracted Subcontracted Laboratory of Spain's APPLUS

In March, personnel from LGAI Technological Center, a member of Spain's APPLUS, conducted a one-week CE certification auditor training for engineers of the Center. This training marked a major step forward in cooperation in the inspection and certification field as a contracted subcontracted laboratory of APPLUS. Going forward, the Center can help domestic enterprises apply for CE certification, issue EU-recognized test reports, and dispatch domestic auditors to conduct on-site audits within the scope agreed in the contract, enabling enterprises to greatly save international audit costs incurred by certification.

Related Background

Spain's APPLUS

Applus is a leader in the vehicle inspection market and a world-renowned institution in the certification field.

APPLUS+ (LGAI TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER, S.A.) is its technical center for building materials and machinery.

Business Scope and Products:

It provides customers with technical support through integrated services and engages in product development, testing, and certification business for industries such as food, agriculture, construction products, retail and distribution, information and communication technology, and automotive.

France's BV

Bureau Veritas (France International Inspection Bureau) is currently a highly international impartial institution with the broadest business scope in the world. It was founded in 1828 and is headquartered in Paris, France. The BV Group has 700 branches and laboratories in more than 140 countries around the world and is recognized by more than 160 countries, regions, and international organizations. The BV Group has four major business divisions: Industry and Facilities, Consumer Products Inspection, Government Procurement and Trade, and Marine Inspection (Bureau Veritas Register). They are respectively engaged in management system certification, product certification, industrial product inspection, container inspection, engineering supervision, marine inspection, import and export commodity inspection, and aerospace inspection. In 2006, the BV Group's turnover was EUR 1.846 billion, an increase of 12% over 2005 (EUR 1.647 billion). Its total number of employees reached 26,207, providing services to more than 280,000 customers worldwide.

France's CSTV

Centre Scientifique et Technique de Batiment is a scientific research department with an industrial and commercial nature, established in 1953. Its task is to conduct scientific research in the field of civil engineering construction, mainly including the social economy of civil engineering construction, energy consumption of civil engineering construction, quality of equipment and materials, climatology and aerodynamics, fire protection, municipal cleaning and sanitation, computerization and automation related to construction, building technology and engineering progress, robots, etc. CSTB is a French testing and consulting institution, and its test data are highly recognized internationally.