Product Certification

CSI has been operating for many years in the field of product certification with total independence, impartiality and with the technical expertise defined by accreditation standards. The procedures and criteria, to which CSI adheres, are the basis for the international recognition of its activities.

Product certification: the characteristics

Voluntary certification is a particularly effective tool for enhancing one's products; it can also represent the logical complement to the certification of the company management system since it is aimed at evaluating the specific and predetermined requirements typical of the product, process and service itself.
It is precisely the characteristics of voluntariness, specificity and independence that make voluntary third-party certification an important tool available to companies to strengthen the image and market penetration that increasingly requires certainty of performance.

Testing and verification in CSI laboratories

Through its laboratories, CSI is able to provide strong expertise in several areas and, thanks to this know-how, can provide added value to its services.
If a product is certified by CSI, it means that all necessary tests have been performed to prove that all mandatory requirements of the certification regulation and all applicable standards have been met.
These tests are repeated over time to ensure that the characteristics are maintained. After certification, the company becomes eligible to use a specific mark.

Product certification: the benefits

The CSI brand thus becomes a tool for:

  • give certainty to the market on the product, process e services performance;
  • allow the makers and the distributors to differentiate from the competitors, playing a central role in the marketing and promotion strategies of the company name and of its products, processes and services from the customers perspective.

 

 Examination of the application and documentation sent by the Company, listed in the "Special rules" specific to the product to be certified. Any deficiencies and significant deviations from the requirements, found at this stage, will be communicated so that the appropriate changes can be introduced before the assessment visit is carried out. Upon request, CSI will appoint an inspector to visit the organisation to verify the conformity of the product, process or service. If the results of the visit include non-conformities or observations, a corrective action plan will be required to meet the requirements for the issue of the product certificate. After all the non-conformities that may have emerged from the assessment visit have been passed, and after the positive outcome of the laboratory tests, certification will be granted. The issue of the certificate will be followed by surveillance visits to verify that compliance is being maintained. The frequency of surveillance visits and laboratory tests, if any, is fixed by the special rules applicable. The certification shall have the validity defined in the specific special rules, on expiry the contract shall be deemed to be tacitly renewed unless terminated by one of the two contracting parties 4 (four) months before the expiry date. Tool to enhance the agri-food and forestry sectors, increasing market confidence... Tool to certify the capability of an organization to gain and maintain steadily, service standard declared to the public... Formal act of a third-party body that certify the conformity of the product technical reference documents, marketing deed to enhance and diversify the product... For years the training offered by IMQ group represented a point of reference for professional development and the update of freelance and employees. Second and third-party, inspections and testing: expert auditors capable to understand the situation of the company... CSI brand is valuable tool to enhance your brand and distinguish your products on the market, as an epitome of safety and quality. CSI brand assures that the product, before it reaches the market, has been subjected to all the needed test to verify the compliance to the standards’ requirements by a third-party body. CSI brand means also safeguard for the makers in terms of protection for damage caused by a defected product. Product certified by CSI are easily exportable, because of the relationship and the support of other European and international certification bodies.