Inter-laboratory agreements
FM Approvals holds mutual testing agreements with testing and certification labs around the world. We examine and test products to the applicable standards used by the laboratories listed below.
When you participate in FM Approvals’ Inter-laboratory Agreement program, your product is tested according to global standards. And, participating international laboratories may conduct testing and submit a test report based upon Approval Standards.
DEKRA Certification B.V. and DEKRA EXAM GmbH
Netherlands/Germany
https://www.dekra.com/en/explosion-protection-services/
Type of equipment:
Equipment for use in Explosive Atmospheres
- Intrinsic safety
- Flameproof/explosion proof
- Encapsulated
- Pressurized
- Type n
- Increased safety
- Oil immersed
- Powder filled
- Other
Tested to:
Hazardous Locations Standards
- European Standards
- US Standards
- Canadian Standards
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Andrew Lozinski
Efectis France SA
France
Type of equipment:
- Fire endurance testing
Tested to:
- Various Standards
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Phillip Smith
Jiangsu Tianyu Building Materials Testing Co., Ltd. (CTCSZ)
CHINA
http://www.cnwb.net
Type of equipment:
- Wind uplift testing of single ply and metal roof configurations
Tested to:
- FM 4471 and FM 4474
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Phillip Smith
Korea Fire Equipment Inspection Group
KOREA
Type of equipment:
- Sprinklers
- Waterflow Detectors
- Valves
- Hoses
- Portable Extinguishers
- Extinguishing Agents
- Fire pumps
Tested to:
- Korean standards
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David Fuller
Physikalisch—Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Germany
Type of equipment:
- Flameproof, Ex d
- Encapsulated, Ex m
- Pressurized, Ex p
- Intrinsically Safe, Ex i
- Type n, Ex nA, nC, nR, nL
- Increased Safety, Ex e
- Oil Immersed, Ex o
- Powder Filled, Ex q
Tested to:
- European standards
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Andrew Lozinski
Verband der Sachversicherer Schadenverhutung (VdS Schadenverhutung)
Germany
Type of equipment:
- Pipe hangers, couplings, right angle gear drives, ESFR sprinklers
- Fire alarm signaling equipment
Tested to:
- European standards
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David Fuller