April 29, 2024

Domestic LED certification laboratory lacks effective law enforcement supervision

Domestic certified domestic certification laboratories lack effective supervision
[Source: "Engineering LED- Technology and Application" 12 issue of reporter / Long Zong-hui]

With a large number of foreign testing and certification laboratories such as TÃœV Rheinland, American Becker and Swiss SGS entering the domestic market, with its professional strength and international brand influence, it is grabbing the domestic LED certification market share.
At present, domestic LED certification laboratories are mainly based on small and medium-sized enterprises, especially in Shenzhen, with small laboratories. "In order to grab the order, they will reduce the agency fee to the lowest level, and even more will take the risk to provide false certification reports for customers." Zhang Sheng, business manager of China Electrical Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Measurement) Electronic Appliance Division, said that this Unfair competition has greatly disrupted the domestic LED certification market.
What makes the reporter even more puzzled is that the phenomenon of unfair competition has always existed, but to this day, no relevant government departments or regulatory agencies have participated in the law enforcement to maintain market order.
High investment but long return period
If the LEDs exported a few years ago did not carry out the certification of foreign products such as Energy Star and IEC, perhaps everyone is not surprised, but now if they do not export these certifications, it will become a "invisible bomb" for export.
In recent years, the European and North American markets are increasingly regulated. Products that have not passed the corresponding certification will not be able to sell in supermarkets and specialty stores in the above-mentioned countries and regions, and they will not be able to participate in the bidding of related projects. "Although it is not a legal compulsory certification, it is actually more strict than compulsory certification." Zhang Sheng said.
Thanks to the “invisible coercion” of LED exports in recent years, the days of LED certification by major certification companies are becoming more and more “moisturizing”. The person in charge of China's testing and testing said that they will have a certain percentage of revenue growth in LED certification this year.
It is the high gross profit at the beginning of the business opportunity and certification “mandatory” brought by the certification. Whether it is an international certification laboratory or a domestic certification laboratory, the investment in LED-related certification projects has been increased, and some unknown certification experiments have been carried out. The room also quietly rose at this time.
According to the reporter's understanding, in addition to the branch offices established by internationally renowned certification companies, the certification laboratories currently practicing in China are more small laboratories or various agent laboratories that cooperate with these laboratories.
Generally, international certification laboratories will only consider cooperation when the laboratory equipment is put in place and the personnel are fully competent. The main reason for cooperation is to be able to solve the certification problem locally and save the customer certification cost. According to the relevant person in charge of the Standards Technical Service Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SGS), the choice of agent means that you must bear the corresponding risks, because all reports issued by the cooperative laboratory will be marked with SGS, and once the problem occurs, SGS will bear Most of the responsibilities.
Judging from the accreditation requirements for certification laboratories, the ENERGY STAR audit is the most stringent.

For more information, please refer to "High - tech LED - Technology and Application" 1 February issue
According to Zhang Sheng, Huaxuan's annual investment in LED-related qualification maintenance is very high, and these do not include the preparation of relevant materials and the purchase of new equipment and personnel training costs. According to the reporter's understanding, every 18 months, the US certification authority will send a special person to the laboratory for review. The review time is about three days, and the cost is more than 100,000 yuan. In addition, an annual inspection review and a three-year review will require tens of thousands of yuan. From this point of view, the certification industry is definitely a high-input industry, but cost recovery takes a long time. Lack of effective supervision in the laboratory
With a large number of foreign testing and certification laboratories such as TÃœV Rheinland, American Beko, and Swiss SGS entering the domestic market, with their professional strength and international brand influence, they are grabbing the domestic LED certification market share.
At present, domestic LED certification laboratories are mainly based on small and medium-sized enterprises, especially in Shenzhen, with small laboratories. "In order to grab the order, they will reduce the agency fee to the lowest level, and even more will take the risk to provide false certification reports for customers." Zhang Sheng, business manager of China Electrical Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Measurement) Electronic Appliance Division, said that this Unfair competition has greatly disrupted the domestic LED certification market.
What makes the reporter even more puzzled is that the phenomenon of unfair competition has always existed, but to this day, no relevant government departments or regulatory agencies have participated in the law enforcement to maintain market order.
High investment but long return period
If the LEDs exported a few years ago did not carry out the certification of foreign products such as Energy Star and IEC, perhaps everyone is not surprised, but now if they do not export these certifications, it will become a "invisible bomb" for export.
In recent years, the European and North American markets are increasingly regulated. Products that have not passed the corresponding certification will not be able to sell in supermarkets and specialty stores in the above-mentioned countries and regions, and they will not be able to participate in the bidding of related projects. "Although it is not a legal compulsory certification, it is actually more strict than compulsory certification." Zhang Sheng said.
Thanks to the “invisible coercion” of LED exports in recent years, the days of LED certification by major certification companies are becoming more and more “moisturizing”. The person in charge of China's testing and testing said that they will have a certain percentage of revenue growth in LED certification this year.
It is the high gross profit at the beginning of the business opportunity and certification “mandatory” brought by the certification. Whether it is an international certification laboratory or a domestic certification laboratory, the investment in LED-related certification projects has been increased, and some unknown certification experiments have been carried out. The room also quietly rose at this time.
According to the reporter's understanding, in addition to the branch offices established by internationally renowned certification companies, the certification laboratories currently practicing in China are more small laboratories or various agent laboratories that cooperate with these laboratories.
Generally, international certification laboratories will only consider cooperation when the laboratory equipment is put in place and the personnel are fully competent. The main reason for cooperation is to be able to solve the certification problem locally and save the customer certification cost. According to the relevant person in charge of the Standards Technical Service Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SGS), the choice of agent means that you must bear the corresponding risks, because all reports issued by the cooperative laboratory will be marked with SGS, and once the problem occurs, SGS will bear Most of the responsibilities.
Judging from the accreditation requirements for certification laboratories, the ENERGY STAR audit is the most stringent.
According to Zhang Sheng, Huaxuan's annual investment in LED-related qualification maintenance is very high, and these do not include the preparation of relevant materials and the purchase of new equipment and personnel training costs. According to the reporter's understanding, every 18 months, the US certification authority will send a special person to the laboratory for review. The review time is about three days, and the cost is more than 100,000 yuan. In addition, an annual inspection review and a three-year review will require tens of thousands of yuan. From this point of view, the certification industry is definitely a high-input industry, but cost recovery takes a long time.

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