TTS Italia Handbook 2006

IMQ
The Company
IMQ is the main Italian testing and certification company for the safety and quality of products and
companies.
Set up in 1951, following the initiative of Italy's main scientific and technical bodies, IMQ has been
dealing with product safety and quality for the last 50 years, and since 1988 with company
management systems too. The core business of IMQ is the certification of products and systems, but
IMQ also focuses on other activities. In fact over the years the Company has diversified to become
what is today: a service company that supports businesses, that acts as a notified body for the main
EU directives and also supplies testing and measurement services, provides assistance for technical
and standardisation issues, support for export, as well as offering training courses.
ITS Expertise & Solutions
The Laboratory managed by IMQ is able to perform all the tests for Automotive Directives ( 97/24/CE,
93/33/CE, 95/54/CE, 95/56/CE, 2000/2/CE..), the compulsory Type Approval for electronic equipment
intended to be fitted into the different type of motor vehicles for "E" and "e". The Laboratory can also
test and certificate different type of apparatus used for Road Transport and Traffic Telematic (RTTT)
application like infomobility, electronic tolling fee, radiolocalization, safety.
References:
Head office: 20138 Milano - Via Quintiliano, 43 - Italy
Contact person: Vincenzo La Fragola
Email: vincenzo.lafragola@imq.it Phone: +39.02-38330315 - Fax: +39.02-38330316
Website: www.imq.it
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