KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 -- SIRIM QAS International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIRIM Bhd, is offering a wide range of Ex Certifications, reinforcing its commitment to ensuring quality and safety in explosive (Ex) industries with the launch of IECEx Certified Equipment Scheme.
In a statement today, it said the scope of IECEx certification covers the manufacturing and design of equipment and systems, repair and maintenance alongside the competence of people and service providers.
SIRIM Bhd president and group chief executive Datuk Dr Ahmad Sabirin Arshad said Ex industries include any working environment which has the presence of explosive materials such as flammable liquids, vapours, gasses and combustible dust.
He said the sector covers a vast spectrum of industries that are significant contributors to Malaysia’s economic growth such as oil and gas, chemicals, aviation and printing.
“Given the risks of explosions occurring in such environments, there is a need for Ex industries to meet the most stringent quality of safety and competency.
“I believe that conformity assessment has a massive role to play in the future growth of these industries in Malaysia and globally,” he said.
As of Sept 2021, SIRIM QAS has certified 20 IECEx Service Facility Scheme certifications and 450 IECEx Certification of Personnel Competence Scheme certifications.
Besides the launch of the IECEx Certified Equipment Scheme, SIRIM QAS also unveiled its partnership with two Ex testing laboratories, namely the Technology Institution of Industrial Safety (TIIS) in Japan and Karandikar Laboratories Pvt Ltd in India.
It added that the TIIS partnership was a result of a 2019 memorandum of agreement that touched on collaborations for education and training, technical cooperation and exchange of information for IECEx certifications.
The memorandum of understanding with Karandikar Laboratories was signed in 2020 for technical cooperation in IECEx-related testing and certification services.
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