Bureau Veritas and EDF Form Strategic Alliance

HONG KONG, November 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

Bureau Veritas, a leading Testing, Inspection and Certification provider for the consumer and electrical/electronics product industry announces its strategic cooperation with EDF SA in France and EDF in China to provide testing and certification for high voltage electrical product/equipment manufacturers in China.

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A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreement was recently signed in Beijing, China by Xudan Song, Senior Executive Vice President of EDF China; Jacques Sacreste, International R&D Director of EDF SA (France), and Nicolas Girard, Vice President, Electrical and Electronics of Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services.

Chinese high voltage electrical product manufacturers continue to produce quality products and sell to global markets. However, to obtain market access, vendors are required to produce and test the products based on buyers' requirements and/or fulfill Short-Circuit Testing Liaison (STL) Certification scheme. There are limited solutions in existence today in China for STL Certification, which creates challenges with competitiveness and speed to market.

To facilitate fast market access, Bureau Veritas and EDF have reached an agreement on providing testing and certification solutions in China. This enables Chinese manufacturers to test their products in China for Protocol Testing and in EDF's high-voltage lab near Paris, France for official STL Certification. This partnership offers a credible alternative solution for testing and certification for high voltage product manufacturers.

Xudan Song, Senior Executive Vice President of EDF China commented, "Since the 1990s, EDF China has offered R&D support to nuclear plants and energy management providers in China. It is a big step forward to cooperate with Bureau Veritas to provide an alternative solution to assist Chinese high voltage E&E manufacturers in terms of testing, inspection and certification. Our R&D team is very enthusiastic to share the experiences and technical platform to support the development of the high voltage industry in China."