Directory of Accredited Laboratories
Fasteners & Metals Program
The Fastener Quality Act (FQA), Public Law 101-592, was signed by President Bush on November 16, 1990. The Act protects the public safety by: (1) requiring that certain fasteners sold in commerce conform to the specifications to which they are represented to be manufactured, (2) providing for accreditation of laboratories engaged in fastener testing, and (3) requiring inspection, testing and certification in accordance with standardized methods.
The Act requires the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Director of NIST, to establish a laboratory accreditation program for fastener testing laboratories under the procedures of the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP). The accreditation program includes test methods which are required by fastener specifications or standards covered by the Act. Since fastener testing involves a wide range of expertise, accreditation will be offered in the areas of mechanical and physical testing and inspection, metallography, nondestructive inspection, dimensional inspection, and chemical analysis.
On March 7, 1996, President Clinton signed the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995, Public Law (PL) 104-113, which amended the FQA to further clarify and define the requirements of the original Act.
The FQA was further amended by PL 105-234, exempting certain aircraft fasteners from the Act, and PL 106-34, the FQA Amendments Act of 1999, enacted on August 14, 1998, and June 8, 1999 respectively.
Listed below are all laboratories accredited within this program as of February 8, 2013. For additional information, contact NVLAP at (301) 975-4016.
Send E-Mail to NVLAP at: NVLAP@nist.gov
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IL
Casey Products, Woodridge, IL [200278- 0]Modern Plating Corporation, Freeport, IL [200320- 0]
Rockford Bolt & Steel Co., Rockford, IL [200255- 0]
Sterling Steel Company, LLC, Sterling, IL [200722- 0]
MI
Dexter Fastener Technologies, Inc., Dexter, MI [200144- 0]Wolverine Plating Corp., Roseville, MI [200230- 0]
TX
Trinity Metals Laboratory, Dallas, TX [200654- 0]BRAZIL
Chemical Laboratory of Arcelor Mittal Monlevade, 35.930-900 Joao Monlevade, M.G., BRAZIL [200497- 0]
CANADA
Ivaco Rolling Mills LP, Chemistry Laboratory, L ORIGNAL ONT K0B 1K0, CANADA [200143- 0]INDIA
Sundram Fasteners Limited (Inhouse Test Laboratory), Aviyur 626160, INDIA [200736- 0]Sundram Fasteners Limited (Inhouse test laboratory), Chennai (Madras),Tamil Nadu 600 050, INDIA [200212- 0]
Sundram Fasteners Limited Chemical Testing Laboratory, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 500 01, INDIA [200256- 0]
JAPAN
O & K Company Limited, Osaka Test Center, Osaka-Shi 555-0041, JAPAN [200166- 0]TAIWAN
Fong Prean Industrial Co., Ltd., Kaoshing City, TAIWAN [200288- 0]San Shing Fastech Corp. Test Laboratory, Tainan 711, TAIWAN [200158- 0]