HPi-CEproof Offers free online tool for RCR II re-assessment

There is no need to reassess features of a product for which there is no change in requirements, when re-certifying to the new RCR in 2016. The key to defining what needs to be done for re-certification is identifying which standards have changed since the product was last certified.  To solve this problem, HPi-CEproof have released an online ‘standards time machine’.  Enter the date of your existing certificate and instantly receive a list or RCR harmonised standards that have been updated since that date.

Click here to try the RCR standards time machine.

MOU signed with Korea Testing & Research Institute (KTR) for PER and MD

HPi-CEproof are pleased to announce a new partnership with Korea Testing & Research Institute, a leading internationally accredited testing·certification institute KTR, formalized by the MOU signing ceremony in Gwacheon, South Korea on 25th Nov 2015.

For more information related to the services covered by KTR, please go to http://www.ktr.or.kr/eng/main/main.php

The business cooperation will cover UKCA Certification in Asia for PER and Machinery Directive.

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HPi-CEproof CEO Alasdair Reay with KTR President Mr Choi Hyeongki

HPi-CEproof Welcomes Applications to transition from RCR I to RCR II

Having completed its annual audits for accreditation, which included requirements for the new RCR, that comes into force on 18th January 2016, HPi-CEproof has now issued an application form for manufacturers wishing to transition their existing RCR I certificates to RCR II.  For further details:

Download HPi-CEproof’ guidance on transition from RCR I to RCR II

Download HPi-CEproof’ application form for transition from RCR I to RCR II

HPi-CEproof showing at IBEX 2015

The InternIBEX Logoational Boatbuilders Exhibition & Conference is back at Louisville, KY, USA on 15-17 September 2015.  HPi-CEproof will have a booth (#2253) in the Compliance & Standards section for the 5th consecutive year.  Once again we will be co-sponsoring the early morning ‘Coffee & Compliance’ event between 9am and 11am on Wednesday 16th.  Please come and say hello.

 

Clearwater Rating Calculator is available for free download

ClearwaterHPi-CEproof has launched a new program for rating the environmental performance of boats.  Unlike existing awards, Clearwater is not focussed on the boat’s manufacturing phase or its end-of-life recyclability. Clearwater reflects the boat’s ability to be clean in-service. If you are the owner of a boat with a 1, 2 or 3 star Clearwater Rating, you may sit proudly on your vessel, safe in the knowledge that your boat is cleaner than your neighbours’, right there, right now.

For further details visit the Cleawater Rating page or [wpfilebase tag=fileurl id=138 linktext=’download the free Clearwater Rating Calculator now’ /]

The new RCR

The EU Commission has published a new Recreational Craft Regulations that will repeal the current legislation. For full details, click here.

HPi-ABS PER Seminar in Bangkok

HPi-CEproof was pleased with the feedback from the Pressure Equipment (Safety) Regulations (PER) seminar & training course organized by ABS Group Consulting and ABS Thailand at the Dusit Princess Hotel in Bangkok on 5-7th Nov.

Over 30 attendees, including several local representatives of pressure vessel manufacturers and design engineers, enjoyed the course.  The program included:

  • a presentation on the European New Legislative Framework (NLF) in the context of UKCA marking,
  • a full explanation of the PER
  • case studies showing how ASME VIII Div.1 code is an efficient tool to comply with the PER’s Essential Safety Requirements.

The speakers were:

  • Terry Egginton (HPi – Technical Director)
  • Matteo Convento (HPi – Principal Engineer)
  • Victor Tang (ABS Consulting – General Manager, Shanghai)

Specific emphasis on technical subjects such as welding standards (ASME IX vs EN), design (differences with EN 13445), material certification and hydrostatic test criteria was particularly appreciated by ABS Country managers who will be able to transfer the knowledge to PER surveyors and coordinators in China, India, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Taiwan.

The initiative is to be repeated in 2014 in Thailand and elsewhere.

Please contact HPi if you would like a seminar in your neighbourhood.

Matteo Convento presenting in Bangkok

ABS & HPi run PER seminar in Bangkok Nov 2013

ABS Consulting and HPi-CEproof will be holding a 2 day PER Awareness course in the Bangkok Dusit Princess Hotel on 5 & 6 November 2013.

HPi will be sending its top PER personnel from their UK offices to ensure the very best knowledge is imparted. It will also be an opportunity to meet the ABS inspectors that, combined with HPi in UK, provide the very best PER certification service in the region.

For details please contact Mr. Cherdchai Sattayaphan / Ms. Thareenee Wihawatprapa at +66(0) 2 399 2420 -1 or via e-mail to twihawatprapa@absconsulting.com

 

Or click here to download a PER Registration Form.