Notices Regarding Unauthorized Use of the ANAB Mark

American Management Technology, Inc., based in Fontana, WI, whose website is www.amtecregistrar.com, is accredited by ANAB and in good standing. This organization should not be confused with an organization falsely representing itself as American Management Technology, Inc., and operating websites at www.amtregistrar.com and www.amt-cn.com, which is not accredited by ANAB and has circulated a fraudulent accreditation certificate with the ANAB name and accreditation mark  and the IAF MLA Mark without authorization. [2010/06/16]

An organization representing itself as Euro Quality Certification, via Baldo Degli Ubaldi, 330, 00167 Rome, is not accredited by ANAB and is using the ANAB mark on certificates in Italy without authorization. The EQ certificate number C2009/114 issued by Euro Quality Certification for Cooperativa Sociale "Arteinsieme" bears the ANAB mark without authorization. [2010/03/10]

Guangdong Audit and Certification Centre of Quality System is not accredited by ANAB or the former ANSI-RAB National Accreditation Program (ANSI-RAB NAP) and is using the ANSI-RAB NAP mark on certificates in China without authorization. The certificate of conformity No. RAB2007Q0051 issued by Guangdong Audit and Certification Centre of Quality System for Probe Car Lifts Manufacturing Co., Ltd., bears the ANSI-RAB NAP mark without authorization and also has a five year period of validity, which does not conform with ISO/IEC 17021:2006. [2010/01/19]

A certification body at www.hkisa.com claims to be the Hong Kong office of International Standards Authority, Inc. (ISA), an ANAB-accredited CB headquartered in California (USA). ISA does not have an office in Hong Kong and has not issued certificates to any organizations in China or Hong Kong. The organization at www.hkisa.com is misrepresenting its association with ISA and is also misrepresenting being accredited by ANAB. The organization at www.hkisa.com is using the ISA, ANAB, and IAF-MLA marks without authorization. [2010/01/18]

Sweden Quality Certification (SQC) is not accredited by ANAB or the former ANSI-RAB National Accreditation Program (ANSI-RAB NAP) and is using the ANSI-RAB NAP mark on its Web site without authorization. According to the site, SQC is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in Norway, Finland, Germany, Japan, Iran, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This body is not accredited by SWEDAC or DANAK and is also using their marks without authorization. [2008/02/28]

B.R. Apartments (P) Ltd. of Vaishali, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, is not certified by CRS Registrars, Inc., and has used the marks of CRS Registrars and the ANSI-RAB NAP (predecessor of ANAB) without authorization. [2007/07/31]

Saro Agricultural Products Exporting Co. (Anbargol) of Tehran, Iran, is no longer certified by Alliance international Registrar, LLC, and has used the marks of Alliance international Registrar, LLC, and the ANSI-RAB NAP (predecessor of ANAB) on product packaging inappropriately and without authorization. ANAB and Alliance international Registrar, LLC, have informed Anbargol that it is prohibited from using their marks and have demanded that it immediately refrain from doing so and from making any other misrepresentations regarding ANAB-accredited certification by Alliance international Registrar, LLC. [2007/02/08]

TransOil, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, and Panama, is not certified by Smithers Quality Assessments, Inc., and has used the marks of Smithers Quality Assessments and the ANSI-RAB NAP (predecessor of ANAB) on a registration certificate inappropriately and without authorization. ANAB and Smithers Quality Assessments have informed TransOil that it is prohibited from using their marks and have demanded that it immediately refrain from doing so and from making any other misrepresentations regarding ANAB-accredited certification by Smithers Quality Assessments. [2007/02/01]

LT-Spedition of London, UK, is not accredited by ANAB and has used the ANAB accreditation mark on a registration certificate inappropriately and without authorization. ANAB understands that LT-Spedition copied the signature of an ANAB-accredited CB without permission in an attempt to pass off the certificate as authentic. ANAB has informed LT-Spedition that it is prohibited from using ANAB's mark and has demanded that it immediately refrain from doing so and from making any other misrepresentations regarding accreditation by ANAB. [2006/09/18]

Verisys Registrars of Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, USA, is not accredited by ANAB and has used the ANAB accreditation mark on a registration certificate inappropriately and without authorization. ANAB has informed Verisys Registrars and its client named on the certificate of the unauthorized use of ANAB's mark and has asked both parties to immediately refrain from using ANAB's mark and making any misrepresentation regarding accreditation by ANAB. [2006/07/31]

Additional Notice

Parry Jhonson Registrars Inc., a certification body operating in India, has no connection with Perry Johnson Registrars Inc., an ANAB-accredited certification body. Perry Johnson Registars operates in India under the name PJR Certifications, Pvt. Ltd., and its credentials can be verified at http://www.pjr.com/. [2006/05/17]

Notice: QSI Accreditation Withdrawn

QSI Auditing and Certification Services, LLC, is no longer accredited by ANAB. Any ANAB-accredited certificates issued by QSI are no longer valid. For more information, please send e-mail to anab@anab.org or call 414-347-9858, ext. 7827.

Court Rules in Favor of ANAB

The U. S. District Court of Massachusetts has ruled in ANAB's favor in a summary judgment against American Global Standards (AGS). The court found that AGS had used the accreditation mark of the ANSI-RAB National Accreditation Program (ANSI-RAB NAP, the predecessor of ANAB) without permission to deceive customers into believing that AGS was still accredited by ANAB (the ANSI-RAB NAP).