Accreditations/Approvals

　In addition to ISO 9001:2000 (Quality Management System)confirming our, credibility as a laboratory, we obtained certification to JIS Q 9100,which has higher trust from the aerospace industry,in 2005.

　JIS Q 9100 was established in Japan as the quality management system standard for the aerospace and defense industry.Equivalent standards are AS 9100 in North America and EN 9100 in Europe. JIS Q 9100 includes requirements specific to the aerospace and defense industry in addition to requirements of ISO 9001.

Certification body	Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA)
Certification number	JQA-QMA16298（ISO 9001） JQA-QMA12316（ISO 9001） JQA-AS0019（JIS Q9100）

　ISO/IEC 17025 is an international standard specifying, general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. This accreditation, officially ensures that a laboratory has the competence to carry out specific tests and/or calibrations. Test certificates issued by a laboratory accredited by based on the accreditation from JAB are accepted worldwide through mutual recognition agreements.

　KMTL was first accredited to this standard in 1998. The present accreditation scope is as shown below.

Accreditation Body	Japan Accreditation Board(JAB)
Accreditation No.	RTL00430

The scope of accreditation for Harima Workshop:

The scope of accreditation for Ibaraki Workshop:

As a calibration laboratory, we are granted accreditation to JIS Q17025 Calibration Laboratories by Japan Accreditation Board for force calibration of testing machines.

The scope of accreditation:
– Uniaxial testing machine
– Tension & compression uniaxial testing machine
– Lever type tension uniaxial testing machine

Certification Body:	Japan Accreditation Board(JAB)
Accreditation No.	RCL00490

JIS Q 17043 is a Japan Industrial Standard created without changing the technical content and structure of ISO / IEC 17043. Accreditation bodies grant accreditation to this standard to proficiency testing providers that satisfy the requirements.

The proficiency test provider accreditation is one of the means to determine the competence of a proficiency test provider providing specific types of proficiency testing. Customers can use this official approval as a convenient means to identify and select a reliable proficiency testing provider that satisfies their needs.

KMTL Edge Tech Co., Ltd, a group company of Kobe Material Testing Laboratory Co., Ltd. has been accredited to JIS Q 17043 since February, 2016. The accreditation scope was expanded on February 26, 2018,for the second time to perform proficiency testing for the following.

Accreditation Body	Japan Accreditation Board(JAB)
Accreditation No.	PTP00040

　Nadcap is a global cooperative accreditation program for special processes* for aerospace engineering, defense and related industries administrated by the Performance Review Institute (PRI). Nadcap’s membership consists of “Prime Contractors” including Boeing, Airbus, GE, and Rolls Royce. Nadcap accreditation is mandatory for their suppliers.
* A special processes refers to the process where the product as a result of the process cannot be readily or economically inspected.

Accreditation scope for Harima Workshop（47-13 Niijima, Harima-cho, Kako-gun, Hyogo 675-0155）
Accreditation body: PRI（Performance Review Institute）

【 Materials Testing 】

　In addition to our accreditation to ISO 17025 as an independent laboratory since 1999, we became the first material testing laboratory in Japan to be accredited by Nadcap in 2006. Since then, we have been updating and expanding our Nadcap accreditation scope.

　GE-S-400 is the sourcing quality specification of GE Aviation for material testing laboratories. GE has accredited KMTL as a GE S-400 laboratory. The approved scope is as follows.

　Boeing Approved Process Sources D1-4426 specifies Boeing requirements for its suppliers. 　Boeing has approved KMTL as a Boeing processor conforming to D1-4426 for material testing.

　KMTL has been confirmed to meet the requirements of Rolls-Royce Plc, and certified as an approved supplier of Rolls-Royce Plc.

　KMTL has been confirmed to meet the requirements of Pratt & Whitney and approved as a P&W qualifiedapproved commercial laboratory. The approved test codes are as follows: