DNV Certified to Conduct ANSI/ESD S20.20 Audits (November 2000)
DNV Certification, Inc. has been certified by the ESD Association as the first ISO 9000 Registrar in the U.S. to be approved to conduct audits according to the ESD Association's new ANSI/ESD S20.20 ESD Control Program Standard.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, DNV Certification is a market leader in management systems certification in North America, having issued over 3,000 certificates for ISO 9000, QS-9000, ISO 14001 and related standards. The firm has auditors throughout North America with regional offices in River Edge, New Jersey; Atlanta, Georgia; Detroit, Michigan; Long Beach, California; and Toronto, Ontario. DNV Certification services clients across North America.

ANSI/ESD S20.20-1999: Development of an Electrostatic Discharge Control Program covers the requirements necessary to design, establish, implement, and maintain an auditable facilities ESD control program to protect electrical or electronic parts, assemblies and equipment susceptible to electrostatic discharge ESD damage from Human Body Model (HBM) discharges greater than or equal to 100 volts.

For additional information on DNV Certification programs, contact DNV Certification, Inc., 16340 Park Ten Place, Suite 100, Houston, TX 77084. Phone: 281-721-6818; Fax: 281-721-6903; E-mail: houcertmarket@dnv.com; Web site: www.dnvcert.com

For information on ANSI/ESD S20.20, contact the ESD Association, 7900 Turin Rd., Bldg. 3, Rome, NY 13440-2069. Ph: 315-339-6937; Fax: 315-339-6793; E-mail: info@esda.org

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