ISO Certification: ISO 9001
Applikon is proud to announce that our facilities in Schiedam, the Netherlands has been certified by Det Norske Veritas (DNV) as ISO 9001:2000 compliant. The certification covers business processes including bioreactor development, production, sales, service, customer support, and customised bioreactor system design.

The designation provides additional assurance, from an independent body, to customers and business partners that Applikon has the systems and procedures in place to provide services of consistently high quality. ISO 9001:2000 defines the criteria for a quality system audit and is part of the new ISO 9001:2000 certification requirements.

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PED
To further demonstrate the company's commitment to quality and offer customers even greater assurance, Applikon also received the approval to supply fermentors and bioreactor systems according to the new CE guideline; Pressure Equipment Derictive (PED).

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PED & CE-Mark
Since November 29th 1999, all pressure equipment with an internal pressure greater than 0,5 bar falls under the Pressure Equipment Directive (PED). The Directive is applicable within the European Economic Area (EU plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein). Pressure equipment can be traded freely within this area once the PED has been complied with. Compliance with the PED therefore ensures no barriers to trade in this area.

Legal Requirement
The PED is European Law. A transition period enables manufacturers to employ the old national requirements until May 29th 2002. Hereafter compliance with the PED is however compulsory, it is possible that for equipment not currently falling under regulation according to national law, conformity assessment is required under PED. It is therefore essential that manufacturers are well aware of the PED and its implications.

About The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO)
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies representing 140 countries. ISO is a non-governmental organisation established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardisation and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services and to developing co-operation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.