The IAPMO Group is pleased to announce it has concluded a rigorous approval process to join the Amazon Service Provider Network (SPN), becoming a valuable resource for manufacturers and distributors wishing to sell their products on Amazon’s vast global marketplace.
Created in 2014 to help brands and sellers launch, manage and grow their businesses on Amazon, the Amazon SPN is a collection of agencies trained and certified by Amazon to assist sellers in a number of ways — accounting, advertising, imaging, international shipping, storage, taxes, translation services, and more. Prospective sellers searching the Amazon SPN for assistance gaining compliance for their products will now find IAPMO R&T among an exclusive group of providers.
Amazon requires products sold on its platform to comply with all applicable safety standards, substance restrictions, labeling and certification requirements within the intended sales markets.
Amazon sellers who find IAPMO on the Amazon SPN will discover IAPMO’s accreditations and recognitions cover such worldwide regions as North America — United States, Canada and Mexico — Indonesia, Australia, India, EU, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. IAPMO’s expertise in certification, testing, inspection and auditing includes a wide range of product/service capabilities, such as plumbing, mechanical, swimming pool/spa, water filters, building materials, electrical, appliances, food equipment, solar, toxicity, lead free, Proposition 65, aerospace, medical devices, pharmaceutical, and more.
“IAPMO understands the marketplace is changing,” said IAPMO CEO Dave Viola. “E-commerce retailers such as Amazon are playing a major role in the global marketplace today. Being part of the Amazon SPN is evidence of IAPMO’s continuous commitment to provide a trusted and credible service with which many manufacturers and distributors are already familiar, offering a complete and convenient one-stop shop for all compliance needs — testing, certification, auditing, pre-shipment inspection, cargo loading supervision, etc. — through IAPMO’s strategically located offices and testing laboratories in the United States, Australia, India, China and Indonesia.”
The IAPMO Group’s testing, certification, auditing and inspection program is built upon IAPMO’s nearly 100 years of experience in the plumbing industry. Today, IAPMO’s experience and product knowledge have expanded beyond plumbing to cover a wide variety of industries. For more information, direct your web browser to www.iapmort.org or email info@iapmort.org.
IAPMO IBT Gains ANAB Accreditation to Conduct
ASTM C518 Testing
Ontario, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2017) — The IAPMO Group recently enjoyed a busy month of promoting its services at several industry tradeshows across the United States. In all, seven business units — IAPMO, IAPMO R&T, IAPMO R&T Lab, IAPMO EGS, Uniform Evaluation Services (UES), the Institute of Building Technology (IBT), and the Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA) — participated in four of the plumbing and construction industries’ largest and most well-attended annual shows.
IAPMO R&T, North America’s premier third party certification body for plumbing, mechanical, and solar products, IAPMO R&T Lab, and UES were an active and visible presence at the 2017 Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), Jan. 10-12, where 500-plus brands, including more than 100 new exhibitors, spanned two halls of the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Participating concurrently at the same venue, UES and IBT marketed their services to approximately 80,000 attendees and 1,500 manufacturers and suppliers at the 2017 NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS).
The following week, UES and IBT were back on the road for the 2017 World of Concrete, Jan. 17-20, at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino and Las Vegas Convention Center. This year’s show exceeded 50,000 registered attendees with nearly 1,500 exhibiting companies covering almost 700,000 feet of convention space.
“Companies were pleased and excited to learn that they could test and certify their products in a frictionless manner, all under one roof,” said Jay Mishra, Vice President of Building Product Testing.
This week, IAPMO, IAPMO R&T, IAPMO R&T Lab, and the RPA returned to Las Vegas for the 2017 AHR Expo, where 2,000 exhibitors presented to 70,000 attendees representing 150 countries worldwide.
The IAPMO Group’s booths saw a frenzy of activity, with representatives promoting the organization’s ever-expanding menu of product testing and conformity assessment services available throughout North America. Prospective clients learned about the marketing advantage and code compliance achieved by procuring third-party product testing, evaluation, and certification through the IAPMO Group’s comprehensive collection of professionally accredited providers, while existing clients received updates about regulatory changes that may affect their products and new services now available to them.
“This was a great way to start off the year, with a string of successful shows,” said Lee Mercer, Executive Vice President of Industry Relations and Business Development for The IAPMO Group. “Companies recognize the value in partnering with IAPMO Group companies to help them meet their needs and they seek us out at these events.”
About the IAPMO Group
The IAPMO Group offers an extensive menu of services — product testing and certification, code and standard development, training and education — offering clients worldwide one-stop shopping for all of their plumbing, mechanical, electrical, solar, and food equipment certification needs, all with fast turnaround and industry-renowned customer service. For a complete listing of available services, visit www.iapmo.org.
Las Vegas (Jan. 26, 2016) — IAPMO R&T, North America’s premier third-party certification body for plumbing and mechanical products, IAPMO R&T Lab, IAPMO EGS, IAPMO’s Uniform Evaluation Service (UES), and IAPMO’s Institute of Building Technology (IBT) recently concluded the 2016 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS) and the co-located NAHB International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Las Vegas. KBIS is one of the largest trade events in the United States, bringing together kitchen and bath dealers, designers, architects, remodelers, wholesalers, and custom builders for residential and commercial kitchens and bathrooms.
The IAPMO Group booths, in the North and Central Halls, were busy as representatives promoted a comprehensive menu of product testing and conformity assessment services available throughout North America – the United States, Canada and Mexico – the only provider accredited to offer such coverage.
“As always, we have just concluded another successful year at the Kitchen and Bath Industry Show in Las Vegas with a tremendous outcome,” said Dave Viola, IAPMO’s Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of Business Strategy. “IAPMO R&T’s booth was very busy with plumbing industry professionals stopping by and inquiring about our Uniform Plumbing Code® (UPC) certification. Many manufacturers also took the opportunity to sign up with our UPC certification program. It was a great feeling to know that after many years in the plumbing industry, our UPC certification continues to be the certification mark of choice in the industry.”
IAPMO UES, widely recognized as the most efficient and credible provider of code reports for building products, encountered great interest in its services for manufacturers seeking rapid speed to market for their innovative new building products.
“We were thrilled with the response UES received at the 2016 IBS, which far exceeded our expectations,” Viola said. “Our reception couldn’t have been better, and the booth traffic was the best we’ve ever seen at an IBS. It looks like 2016 is shaping up to be a wonderful year for the building industry.”
The Institute of Building Technology (IBT), a division of IAPMO R&T Lab, generated great interest with its ability to provide testing services to a wide variety of building materials.
“This was the first time for IBT at KBIS/IBS, and the response was tremendous," Viola said.
KBIS 2017 and IBS will be held Jan. 10-12, 2017, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. For more information, direct your web browser to www.kbis.com.
IAPMO’s certification marks of conformity carry the organization’s more than 70-year reputation for integrity and accountability and are readily recognized throughout North America. For more details about IAPMO’s services, please visit www.iapmo.org.
Sponsor of the Uniform Codes, IAPMO® – The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials – works in concert with government and industry for safe, sanitary plumbing and mechanical systems. Learn more about IAPMO at www.iapmo.org.
Ontario, Calif. (Aug. 31, 2015) — The IAPMO Group is pleased to announce that Sanjay “Jay” Mishra will be heading The IAPMO Institute of Building Technology (IBT), a division of IAPMO R&T Lab, as vice president of Building Product Testing.
Mishra comes to IAPMO after 24 years as vice president of RADCO in Long Beach, Calif., where he managed the company’s testing laboratory and code coordination activities. His has spent more than two decades designing, analyzing, and reporting on all aspects of physical compliance testing of building products for code bodies and federal/state regulatory approval. He also created procedures for manufacturers’ quality assurance programs, represented clients as an expert witness in cases related to water damage, weathering, and structural design, and was also the chief information officer at RADCO, handling all aspects of IT-related functions.
Since 1990, Mishra has authored numerous technical test reports for submittal and acceptance by federal, state, and city governments and agencies nationwide.
“We are thrilled to be adding such a well-known and respected name within the building product industry to the IAPMO family,” said IAPMO CEO GP Russ Chaney. “Jay’s two-plus decades of experience and expertise in the areas of testing and quality assurance — running a laboratory and developing testing programs for compliance — will be a valuable asset as we continue to expand not only throughout the United States, but also around the world.”
Mishra will focus his energies on establishing IBT as a great resource for providing consulting, R&D and testing services to the building industry. He will oversee all aspects of designing and implementing the capabilities of IBT, and has been instrumental in obtaining accreditation for a wide variety of methodologies. Mishra earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University in India and a Master of Science degree in Technological Systems Management from State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society for Testing & Materials.
"This is a very exciting time in our industry, and the synergies created by our diverse business units will allow us to provide a wealth of consulting and testing services to our customers," Mishra said.
For more information on IBT, direct your web browser to www.iapmoibt.org.
The IAPMO Institute of Building Technology (IBT) is a division of IAPMO R&T Lab, a nationally recognized testing laboratory accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories) by ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB). IBT provides consulting and accredited testing services to the building products industry.
