Our objectives therefore include continuous improvement of market image and reputation, stakeholders satisfaction (customer, dependents, suppliers), Customer support through dedicated communication channels and not least, reaching the high standards for health and safety in work environments and environmental impacts resulting from our activities.

Finally, we intend to give maximum diffusion and publicity to our Quality Policy in order to make our commitment to pursuing the achievement of a company that is greatly focalised on its customers and therefore it makes customer satisfaction the fundamental and differentiating factor in a market that is so greatly competitive.

Scafati (SA), May 3rd 2018

The accreditation is a confirmation of operating capacity of a person with recognised authority, released by someone carrying out a role in a specific context. In general, the subject operating in a field where competence, independence, honesty, organizational capacity, respecting high standards are necessary, is considered “custodian” of the quality of supplied performance. In this context, the term accreditation takes on a literal meaning: attribute or attest credibility of the one declaring conformity to a standard, whether it is related to quality, the environment, hygiene or safety.

The “Certification Bodies” attesting that an organisation conforms to the requirements established by specific standards therefore require a subject with recognised authority that accredits them. The ancient adagio of the Latin poet Giovenale: «quis custodiet ipsos custodes?» («who will supervise the same supervisors?») can be translated in this domain in the following manner: «who ensures that final users of services that are considered so important that the same subjects providing these services are “reliable”?» In Italy the “subject with recognised authority” is ACCREDIA.
ACCREDIA is the only national accreditation Body recognised by the State the 22nd of December 2009, born out of the merger between SINAL, SIT and SINCERT, as a Non profit association.

The voluntary accreditation system has been carried out by three distinct bodies since 2009: SINCERT (product, system and personnel certifications), SINAL (test labs) and SIT (calibration service). As a result of the implementation of the European Regulation 765/2008, which from January 1st 2010 is applied for accreditation and market vigilance in all EU Countries, the Italian State identified ACCREDIA as the only body foreseen by the Regulation, determining its requirements at the same time. ACCREDIA is a non-profit association whose shareholders are Ministries, great national administrators, business and professional organisations and other interested parties.
Every European Country has its own Accreditation Body. The National Body is responsible for accreditation in conformity to international standards of the ISO 17000 series and guides and the harmonised series of the EN 45000 European standards. All Bodies operate as non-profits.

ACCREDIA evaluates technical competence and professional suitability of conformity evaluation operators (Laboratories and Certification Bodies), ensuring conformity to mandatory rules and voluntary standards, in order to ensure the value and credibility of certifications.
The accreditation guarantees that certifications (for system,product and personnel) containing the ACCREDIA brand are released respecting the most stringent international requirements in terms of conformity evaluation, and behind a rigorous surveillance activity over the behaviour of supervising operators (Laboratories and Certification Bodies).

Ultimately, the accreditation is a service carried out as a public interest service so that users and final consumers can trust it, up to the last link in the production and distribution chain, of the quality and safety of goods and services circulating within a market that is ever more globalised.
However, system certification ensures the capacity of an organisation (producing goods or supplying services) to become structured and manage its own resources and its own production processes in order to recognise and satisfy the needs of customers, committing to continuous improvement. It is a type of indirect insurance and is about quality management systems (ISO 9001 standard), environmental (ISO 14001), work health and safety (OHSAS 18001), information safety (ISO 27001), food safety (ISO 22000).

The accreditation can be correctly defined as an independent conformity evaluation of certification, inspection and test laboratory organisms to recognised standards, in order to ensure their partiality and competence. Through its implementation, governments, purchasers and consumers can be confident in the correctness of:

• • certifications
  • audit reports
  • calibration and testing results

foreseen by reference standards.

Accreditation bodies are instituted in many countries, with the main purpose of guaranteeing that the conformity of evaluation bodies are subject to the supervision of a recognised body.

The accreditation bodies of different countries have signed mutual recognition agreements to make sure that operation of evaluation bodies operating in the respective countries can be automatically accepted by all other signatories in order to promote the approval of products and services beyond national boundaries by eliminating technical and geographical obstacles.

These agreements are managed at the European level by EA (European Accreditation forum) an at an international level by IAF (International Accreditation Forum) in the sector for management systems, products, services, personnel and other similar programs for conformity evaluation and, always at the international level, by ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation) in terms of accreditation for laboratories and control organisms

At a European level, the European Community Regulation n. 765/CE/2008 regarding standards for accreditation and market vigilance for commercialisation of products, defining accreditation in the following manner: «Certification on the part of a national accreditation organism which certifies that a specific conformity evaluation body satisfies criteria established by harmonised standards and, where appropriate, any other supplemental requirement, including those defined in the relevant sector programs, in order to carry out specific conformity evaluation activities».

Customers require ever increasing safety and quality of the products they use, of the environment they live in, reliability of sanitary services, etc., it is also important for companies and regulatory authorities to be confident in the integrity and quality of services supplied by test laboratories and certification bodies.
With this in mind, the accreditation system, whether it is voluntary or mandatory, is recognised as an adjustment and protection instrument of public interest for freely circulating goods and services within the European Community.

The European Commission has chosen EA as the official European accreditation infrastructure. This was formalised on April 1st 2009 at Bruxelles, when the guidelines for cooperation between European Commission (EC), the European Free Trade Association – EFTA), EA and national competent authorities was signed. These guide lines define the principles and objectives for cooperation between EA, EC, EFTA and competent national authorities, and provide criteria for effective and quick implementation of the reinforced role of EA.

The nomination of EA as the official European accreditation infrastructure follows the adoption of (EC) regulation n. 765/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of July 9th 2008, that has therefore instituted a reference legal framework for accreditation in the EU. This regulation has been in force since January 1st 2010.