Glass Technology Services (Glass Technology Services) has achieved Notified Testing Laboratory status for CE Marking glass construction products. The independent testing specialist is only one of a few providers in this sector to hold the accreditation, which means it can work with glass manufacturers, tougheners, laminators and processors across the supply chain to provide Initial Type Testing (ITT) under the new Construction Products Regulation (CPR, Regulation EU 305/2011) which became compulsory on 1 July 2013. Glass Technology Services Technical Director Dr Nick Kirk said: "The CPR has now fully replaced the Construction Products Directive (CPD Council Directive 89/106/EEC) and means that glass used in construction or road markings within the EU Economic Area must now be performance assessed (initial type tested) by a legally and technically independent notified testing laboratory. "It is enforceable across the EU and applies to all construction products that are covered by a Harmonised European Standard (hEN). Previously, manufacturers and processors were able to self-certify or simply opt out, but now legal action can be taken against manufacturers, their agents and notified bodies if a product does not have the appropriate declaration of conformity for its intended use and the CE mark."
