Ambuja Cements gets accreditation for tests from NABL

 Ambuja Cements’s Mumbai-based Concrete Futures Laboratory (CFL) has received accreditation for tests in concrete from National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), an autonomous body under the central government’s Department of Science and Technology.
According to Ambuja statement, it is the first cement company in the country to achieve this accreditation for it lab. The company received accreditation for 13 tests.
“The NABL accreditation will provide CFL with a clear differentiation in the market place,” said Ajay Kapur, MD and CEO, Ambuja Cements.
Government of India has authorised NABL as the accreditation body for testing and calibration laboratories. It has been set up with the aim to provide government, industry associations and industry with a scheme for third-party assessment of the quality and technical competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
NABL accreditation system complies with ISO/IEC 17011:2004 and Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC) MR001.  Based on evaluation of NABL operations by APLAC in 2000, NABL has been granted signatory member status by APLAC and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) under their Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs).  Under these MRAs, the reports issued by NABL accredited laboratories are considered to be equivalent to reports issued by laboratories accredited by (currently) 76 accreditation bodies in 64 economies.

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