Press Release

08 May 2008, 9:00 am – Canada

Intertek Offers Global Restricted Substance Solutions for the Medical Industry

Intertek (www.intertek.com/rohs) is a leading provider of compliance, certification, consulting, and testing services for medical electronics manufacturers and brand owners. Medical devices are already covered by a variety of global environmental regulations, but more challenging restrictions are continuously being added to which the medical device industries have to react. Intertek offers comprehensive services and solutions to assist the medical devices industry to navigate through and comply with global environmental legislations and regulations that apply to the devices themselves, the accessories sold with the devices, the packaging of the products, and the batteries contained in the products. Intertek offers compliance and testing services related to EU RoHS, EU WEEE, California Proposition 65, REACH, China RoHS, Korea RoHS, Japan Green, EU Packaging Directive, EU Battery Directive, IEC 60601-1-9, testing for Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and Bisphenol-A (BPA), and many other emerging regulations.

Intertek has a comprehensive suite of Restricted Substances and Recycling services that include strategy definition and implementation, as well as identifying, testing and eliminating restricted materials including:

Consulting, workshops, and strategic business alignment sessions
Identifying and executing design for environment, EUP, end-of-life product and recycling strategies
Compliance assurance solutions for EU, China and Korea RoHS and WEEE, US and Canadian E-waste legislation, and California Proposition 65
Product conversion to meet global environmental requirements
Product testing for reliability of converted products
Preparation of and guidance on product declarations (including materials declarations and treatment instructions)
Recycling registration and implementation of recycling systems
Packaging and battery requirements
Government reporting
Product and packaging labeling obligations
IEC 60601-1-9
REACH and TSCA
BPA and DEHP Testing

For more information on Intertek.s restricted substances services for the medical device industry please visit http://www.intertek.com/rohs/industry/medical_devices/.

Contacts

For further information, please contact

Nicole Cooper, Corporate Communications Director
Intertek Ageus Solutions
Telephone: +1 (613) 599-4321
nicole.cooper@intertek.com

Michael Fry, Manager, Global Operations & Business Development
Intertek Ageus Solutions
Telephone: +1 (613) 599-3166 x2233
michael.fry@intertek.com

About Intertek’s Restricted Substances services
Intertek’s Restricted Substances experts assist companies in compliance with global RoHS, WEEE, REACH, California Proposition 65, China RoHS, Korea RoHS, EuP, Japan Green (JGPSSI) , and related waste packaging and battery requirements. Intertek.s Restricted Substances services include testing, certification, auditing, product conversion, compliance assurance, training and outsourcing. Our Restricted Substances services take us into almost every field imaginable including textiles, toys, electronics, cosmetics and medical devices.

About Intertek
Intertek (ITRK.L) is a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the world. From auditing and inspection, to testing, quality assurance and certification, Intertek people are dedicated to adding value to customers' products and processes, supporting their success in the global marketplace.
Intertek has the expertise, resources and global reach to support its customers through its network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 21,000 people in 110 countries around the world.

For further information, visit www.intertek.com.

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